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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

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Release Date: September 5, 2008
On DVD: January 6, 2009
Genre: Suspense, Action
Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Writer: Jason Richman
Cast: Nicolas Cage, James With, Charlie Yeung, Philip Waley, Shaun Delaney, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Panward Hemmanee, Dom Hetrakul
Studio: Lionsgate
Official site: lionsgate.com/bangkokdangerous
Running Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality.

The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe,...

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In 1999, Hong Kong director Oxide Pang Chun created a Thai film named Bangkok Dangerous, about a deaf-mute assassin who realizes the consequences of his actions during a big hit. Ten years later, Chun decided to remake his own picture, albeit with a watered-down plot and a rather undeserving big-name Hollywood store. Face it: you know you're in trouble when a director proves he is so unoriginal that he is willing to remake his own movie.

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