Bangkok Dangerous

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Bangkok Dangerous

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Released Sep 5, 2008

1h 40m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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Christy Lemire

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tediously monotonous.

Oct 18, 2008

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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

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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

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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

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al x

Great action movie with some good philosophy and twist. Had me watching all the way. Not a dull moment.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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Lou M

One of the best Nicolas Cage movies out there. Don't understand the bad reviews. I enjoyed it from start to finish

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/25

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Alex L

Terrible, awful , inconsequential. Watch the original movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/24

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James B

really really bad terrible film

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/23

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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

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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

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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, Lionsgate Television
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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