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Bangkok Dangerous

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Remorseless assassin Joe (Nicolas Cage) is in Thailand to complete a series of contract killings for a crime boss called Surat (Nirattisai Kaljaruek). He hires a street punk named Kong (Shahkrit Yamnam) to run errands for him, all the while planning to kill the youth at the conclusion of his assignment. Instead, Joe becomes Kong's unlikely mentor,and begins a tentative romance with a local shop girl. But as Joe begins to let his guard down, Surat decides it is time to clean house.
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With murky cinematography, a meandering pace, a dull storyline, and rather wooden performances, The Pang Brothers' Hollywood remake of Bangkok Dangerous is unsuccessful.

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Joshua Katzman Chicago Reader While the film includes several exciting, creatively shot action scenes, the drama is otherwise so shopworn that the violent climax is a relief. Dec 8, 2008 Full Review Christy Lemire Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tediously monotonous. Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle [Cage is] funless, scowly, grim, and steroidally impervious to the fleshy and salacious good cheer that surrounds him. Rated: 1.5/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News This lifeless remake of a 1999 film by the Pang brothers is a predictable and rather down-beat film that brings out the worst in the action genre. Rated: D+ Oct 16, 2019 Full Review Jeffrey Lyles Lyles' Movie Files A promising film about a hit man that ultimately gets wacked because its star isn't suited for the role at all. Rated: 3/10 Oct 15, 2012 Full Review Ali Gray TheShiznit.co.uk At six foot plus, with his hair-plug mullet and his ice-white teeth, Cage sticks out like a sore thumb among the tiny Thai citizens, making for the most conspicuous hitman since Agent 47 rocked the bald head 'n' barcode combination. Rated: 2/5 Oct 14, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alex L Terrible, awful , inconsequential. Watch the original movie Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review James B really really bad terrible film Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/31/23 Full Review Robson C Joe é um experiente assassino profissional que chega em Bangkok para realizar 4 assassinatos para um chefão do crime local. Ele contrata o jovem Kong para ser o seu ajudante, mas acaba por se afeiçoar a ele, tornando-se uma espécie de mentor. Ao mesmo tempo, Joe se apaixona por uma jovem vendedora de uma farmácia que é surda-muda. Isto vai levando a questionar a sua vida. O filme é correto, tem boas sequências de ação. Cage encarna muito bem Joe, mostrando-se frio e distante e, depois, aos poucos se importando com aquelas vidas que ele tocou, mesmo de maneira involuntária. Como o único diferencial é Cage, temos um filme bem feito mas que também não quer ser mais do que entretenimento. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/12/23 Full Review Jack O Another Nicolas Cage film which I don't like and that is Bangkok Dangerous. Like I said to Snake Eyes that this film is boring. I mean it's not bad it's just that it's not good a good film but this one, this one is beyond boring. I watched this about once on YouTube and the part where it's bright red I just started rubbing my eyes cause it's flashing so bright and the part where Nicolas says 'Again'. The storyline is so dull, the cinematography is murky, it's a failure at the box office and there's nothing more I can about it, I just don't remember it all. FXXK! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/19/23 Full Review Georgan G Nothing special about this hit man, other than how he chooses to end the film. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review steve d Fine action flick with no new ideas. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Remorseless assassin Joe (Nicolas Cage) is in Thailand to complete a series of contract killings for a crime boss called Surat (Nirattisai Kaljaruek). He hires a street punk named Kong (Shahkrit Yamnam) to run errands for him, all the while planning to kill the youth at the conclusion of his assignment. Instead, Joe becomes Kong's unlikely mentor,and begins a tentative romance with a local shop girl. But as Joe begins to let his guard down, Surat decides it is time to clean house.
Director
Oxide Chun Pang, Danny Pang
Producer
Jason Shuman, William Sherak, Nicolas Cage, Norman Golightly
Screenwriter
Jason Richman
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Virtual Studios, Saturn Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Blue Star Pictures
Rating
R (Some Sexuality|Language|Violence)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 5, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 9, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.3M
Runtime
1h 40m
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