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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

Action Suspense
Rated R
100 min.
Release Date
September 5, 2008
DVD Release Date
January 6, 2009 (Buy on Amazon)
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
Running Time
100 minutes
MPA 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,... Full synopsis »

MOVIE REVIEW

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 story. 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. Full movie review »
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