Bangkok Dangerous Movie
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There's only one way out.
A professional hit man, who picks someone of the street to do his errands, and after he is finished kills that person. His next assignment takes him to Bangkok, and as usual, he finds a street kid named Kong to help him. After Kong has a close call and learns who he is, asks him to train him and he does. He also meets a local girl who is deaf and spends time with her. However, has a hard keeping his other life from her, and it also appears, the person who hired him, breaks his rule of complete anonymity and tries to find him.
| Nicolas Cage | Joe |
| Shaun Delaney | Joe's Father |
| Dom Hetrakul | Aran |
| Philip Waley | Police Van Driver |
| James With | Chicago |
| Shahkrit Yamnarm | Kong |
| Panward Hemmanee | Aom |
| Charlie Yeung | Fon |
| Oxide Pang Chun |
5.40 out of 10 (5587 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Shockingly bad stuff!
posted on 24 Aug 2009i went to watch this movie last night because I had a bad hangover and just needed to sit in front of stupidity on a screen. Usually, Nic Cage action flicks are cheesy but have some sort of entertainment value as he can act it up when he chooses to. I couldn't believe my eyes and ears in almost every scene. Even some local chavs behind me were laughing in disbelief. The montage scenes where he is taking the deaf and dumb girl out to dinner and stroking elephants were among the worst I've ever seen. Also, his smile is disturbing. Nic, what the hell's going on brother? Also, the Pang brothers were an edgy asset to film-making. I'm surprised that between them and Cage, they did not sit forward in the editing suite and say 'we can't release this crap!'
Predictable
posted on 20 Aug 2009This is about an assassin called Joe who decides to end his career after his next trip abroad. The next trip is to (you'll never guess) Bangkok, where he has 4 people to kill, and he hires a young crook to work for him. However, Joe begins to break his own rules as he begins to see something of himself in the crook and falls in love with a deaf chemist.I feel sorry for Nicolas Cage. He is possibly the biggest victim of typecasting in Hollywood, and he does his best with the roles he is given but the odd film slips through the net, and sadly Bangkok Dangerous is one of them. Nic is distinctly average in this and the performances of the supporting cast aren't much better with the notable exception of Charlie Yeung, who delivers a fine performance as the love interest.This film isn't awful, it just suffers from an average and completely unoriginal script. This is Action Movie 101, and unlike some movies it doesn't get away with it by glossing over the cracks with special effects, like Wanted. Like Wanted, I successfully predicted the entire plot straight after Nic's opening monologue. Some scenes were very good, some very bad, the scale is balanced. The movie is like Marmite, you'll either love it or hate it.
Caged storyline
posted on 06 Aug 2009Nicholas Cage is back and without any real vengeance. Just intent on killing left and right. But only if the price is right. That said a hit-man goes by rules... Four to be exact, the last being knowing when to get out. Rules are to be broken and although Joe the hit-man has yet to break a rule it seems his month long killing spree in Bangkok offers sufficient motivation. First of all he befriends his associate, whilst normally he would 'clear all traces he existed'. Secondly he romances with a local deaf girl putting into doubt his life and goals. Add to that the fact his employers are sleezeballs and you have a show-down on your hands.Nicholas Cage surprisingly moves away from his traditional type-cast role, albeit not be much. He is more reserved and drawn inwards than usual. You always have to say he is keeping in form and sells himself as a professional hit-man quite well. His supporting cast is mostly fine, even though nobody is really fleshed out for us to really feel for the characters, although the hapless helper Kong (Shahkrit Yamnam) should be more defined in order for the story to really work. In the end the storytelling falls flat with a resounding yawn and while you see the film go from point A to point B you can't say it was properly presented. It just happened, because the script said it was so.You have to congratulate the Pang brothers on the action sequences, which are on par with the best of John Woo and really keeps the movie involving. There is unfortunately a bit of fast editing, but thankfully nothing on the level of Anderson or Bay, so the movie is watchable throughout.A notch down from the original, but in all truth there really isn't that much in common between the two. It felt more like a homage, than a remake.All in all a decent action flick almost balancing out into the above average zone. But not quite.
a pretty good movie
posted on 06 Aug 2009First of all like another poster wrote this film deserves an 8 but I up-voted to 10 to offset the unfair low votes.This is a good and believable action film from start to finish. It is not ruined by over-the-top special affects that dominate so many action movies today. I liked also that it was filmed on location in Thailand.Nickolas Cage's acting was fine. How is a depressed, anti-social, loner hit-man suppose to act? Also the mute women that Joe (Nick Cage) finds interest in is fitting. What better romantic interest for a loner anti-social hit man? I urge anyone to see this film and do not judge this film by the reviews.
Bangkok Dangerous!
posted on 04 Aug 2009One thing I had in mind was that since the Pang brothers mostly direct horror movies, I thought this should be Bangkok Ghostly. It should be a horror movie focusing in Bangkok rather than a action thriller. Anyway, It is interesting that some directors have the guts to not only direct their specific genres but to try and direct other genres. Bangkok Dangerous is a remake directed by the Pang brothers. The movie does give you the gritty feeling like the movies directed by them. It is quite gloomy too.The story: It is action-packed. I would not call it an action movie but rather call a thriller. It does not boast great action scenes but it is quite thrilling and there is some suspense. I have no idea but Nicolas Cage is funny in this movie. It is always funny to see his confused and stunned looks. I don't know whether that is a bad thing but it spoils the dark feeling of this movie. Other than that, it is good with the thrilling music.Overall: It is not bad for a Pang brothers movie as we all know that they did their specific genre, horror, good but if it is directed by some other big-action directors, it will be disappointing. Those who are the Pang brothers fans, this would probably be interesting. Those looking for a big plus non-stop action movie, this will probably be a disappointment.
A good remedy for insomnia
posted on 02 Aug 2009The story of this film is an easy one: a hit man has an assignment in Bangkok and during that assignment he finds out he's come to the last stage of being a hit man. He's crossing the rules of the business. This story, although simple, can be the base for a film. The Matador (2005) for instance was a good example of a similar story in a film. That film worked very well. This one does not.For me this film does not work because of two major factors: 1) it is hard, if not impossible, to grow some liking/sympathy for the lead character, and 2) it is as boring as the average re-run of a soap series. Cage is playing on auto-pilot, not trying anything impressive and the rest of the cast is just running along on the same pace and that doesn't do the trick.This is a remake of a Thai film and although I've not seen that one yet I highly recommend everyone to watch that one instead. It must be a dozen times better than this one.3 out of 10 hit men falling asleep at the job due to utter boredom
John Who? The Pang Brothers, that's who!
posted on 02 Aug 2009What is this? Could it be? Yes! Finally, a movie worthy of comparison to the classic John Woo masterpiece, Hard Boiled.Why am I so surprised to like this movie you ask? Nicholas Cage, that's why. Nick Cage's movie roster has been receding about as much as his hairline and, I've got to say, I haven't enjoyed any of his movies since John Woo's Face/Off. He really doesn't bring much to this film either but the Pang Brothers really pull it off with a combination of their brilliant story telling and their knack for colourful action scenes.Bangkok is teeming with life and adventure as the Pang Brothers use classic film making to explode the screen with excitement.The downside is you have to bear Nicholas Cage's inability to blink at anything and the absurdity of his role as a true action star at such a late age.The plus side is: BOOM! BANG! KAPOW! SPLAT! Look for the action not for the plot
Not quite awful, but Nic Cage still seriously needs to get his act together
posted on 31 Jul 2009STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning Joe (Nicolas Cage) is a hit-man who arrives in Bangkok to carry out a series of assignments for local crime boss Surat (Nirattisai Kaljareuk). Unfamiiar with the city, he enlists local pick pocket and scam merchant Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm- these funny Thai names!) to run some errands for him in exchange for money but when he clocks on to the business he is in, Joe instead ends up training him to be a professional killer just like him, whilst entertaining a romance with a deaf local pharmacy worker. But things get too hot to handle when he's asked to carry out a political assassination. How come no one hires him to take out Gary Glitter???I really think I have no idea what I'm missing out on not watching enough Hong Kong/foreign language action flicks. My interest in action films, and indeed pretty much all films, tends to focus only on the most widely publicised of them, which is of course those from the Hollywood market. The HK film-makers must have only a fraction or so of the budget the Beverley Hills bigwigs have but with sheer skill and determination produce results that, for the most of the ones I've seen, have blown me away with their sheer professionalism and incredible ability. Thais The Pang Brothers would appear, John Woo style, to have re-made their film Bangkok Dangerous in the land of the rich and famous so ignoramuses like me will give them better profits. I only hope the Thai version of their original film is more satisfying than this!After a promising opening, with a tense voice-over from Cage and some flashy, slick visuals, this descends into a dull affair, with Cage doing his flawed action man impression whilst entertaining an awkward romantic sub-plot that feels at odds with the sharp violence on display. It all just fails to hold together as a whole and the end result is a meandering, uninvolving actioner with more style than substance.It's not awful, and does have it's moments, but you just long for the day when Cage will make at least an okay film again. **
As dull as it is poor
posted on 25 Jul 2009Joe is an anonymous hit-man who is known by nobody and does his job with ruthless efficiency. He is in Bangkok for four hits before leaving again. As usual he finds an errant boy that is willing to work for cash, ask no questions and be disposable and he goes about his business. Something about the errant boy (Kong) makes him agree to teach him his trade though, and soon the two are training together. At the same time, a visit to a chemist's sees Joe meeting a deaf mute girl who seems to offer him something more pleasant than his life of killing. This softening of his rules makes him happy for once, but at the same time the nature of his work means that any looseness is a dangerous thing.Like everyone else, I went to see this film figured that, although not great, it'll probably deliver some good action sequences within an obvious plot. Sadly the reality was different and, despite the subject matter, the Bangkok Dangerous remake is a terribly dull film with almost nothing to recommend it for. Let's start with the plot. The plot is essentially the old "hitman gets a heart and risks everything" story and here we have Joe finding more to life in relationships – in particular one he builds with the deaf mute girl. In itself this is not a bad idea and anyone moaning about this plot or device has clearly never seen how good it can be done in the work of Takeshi Kitano. This is not a Kitano film though and instead of developing this thread, it is just dolloped onto the screen without worrying whether it works or not. It takes good actors and direction to make this (the heart of the film) work and it seems we have neither here. Not sure what the director's told them but the girl in question just smiles while Cage is just plain awful – there is nothing between Cage, the girl or Kong to explain why he has any connection to them emotionally.Indeed generally Cage is a massive problem in the film because the days where he was fun or interesting appear to have long gone and here he appears to know it. His performance is dull throughout and I do not mean that he is "dead inside" in the way that he is trying to be, but just that he is dull. I'm not sure if he has seen any Kitano but this is what he should have aimed for (particularly in the relationship stuff). His lumpy presence sucks the life out of the film and he cannot do anything to engage the audience – hence the ending, which should have impact, has nothing and the film limps off the screen. He is also poor in the action, although this is not all him as it seems to be directed by people who have only see it done by others. Now, I know this is not the case and I have added the original to my rental list to see for myself if this had been done better before, but here the Pang's have no fluidity, no thrills, no nothing – even the cinematography seems to miss the "gritty urban" feel it is aiming for an ends up just being murky to no benefit.The Bangkok Dangerous remake is a poor film. It is not so screamingly bad that you can take that away from it but just that it is dull as dull can be. Nothing really works in it whether it be the action or the emotional core of the story and it doesn't help one bit to have Nicholas Cage as the charisma black-hole at the heart of it all. I will check out the original just out of interest but I have no doubt that I will never be watching the remake again as it is as dull as it is poor.
Excellent
posted on 25 Jul 2009I think this movie is excellent. the story is solid. Joe is a precise mechanism. A perfect machine drift by 4 specific rules. But he is human. And we all know how bad we could fail. He felt himself attracted for the girl and this is one of his black holes' because he is a solitary man , living alone and eating alone with no friends and no bonds with the exterior world. The nature of his work ask from him that. But that doesn't means that in certain point in life he experienced the need for share things and time with someone. For me, how he fail with the girl and why is clear. The only point negative is why he develop a bond with Kong. Why? there no reason for that. According Kong behavior,he should be dead in their second encounter. But No, Joe keep him alive, even if he did a terrible mistake when pull out the red light bring upon him the police attention. It is no explainable why Joe doesn't kill him. In other sides,the photography is excellent and the movie global atmosphere, including the music, drive me to Michael Mann ( Heat, Miami Vice, Collateral etc). The end is simply perfect. No doubt that this is one of the best Cage movies in 2008.
Cage's worst movie -- ever!
posted on 21 Jul 2009This is a violent movie and a greater-than-average amount of gore. I can handle that but this movie is a real stinker which was trying to be a good movie. If it was any worse, it would fall into the "classic stinker" category which includes movies such as "Plan 9 From Outer Space" or "Attack of the Killer Tomatos." I kept thinking that Cage was hungover when he made this movie. The plot was bad (a hired killer mentors a Thai thug in the business and falls in love along the way) and the cinematography was bad as well. Many of the scenes take place at night and it's often hard to see anything due to the darkness of the images. Don't even get me started on the bad acting. Cage could have phoned it in.Do not waste your money on this loser. Do not go to the theater to see it, do not rent it and, God forbid it gets to TV, do not see it on TV either.
Bangkok Lame-gerous
posted on 21 Jul 2009Man oh man, how Nick Cage has fallen. From Ghost Rider to Next, National Treasure 2 (not that bad), and now Bangkok Dangerous. This movie was badly paced, with less than stellar dialogue and waaaay too much of Cage's overly-serious narration. The biggest problem I had with this movie is how little talking there was, especially in the latter half. A lot of the scenes were only supported by soundtrack, and actors giving visible reactions. Also it was funny to see super hit-man Joe not be able to hit a guy through some water bottles when he was 5 feet away. Cage is a much better actor than he showed in this movie. It really isn't worth seeing unless you're some hardcore Nicolas Cage fan, and you thought Ghost Rider wasn't a big steamy pile.It only gets away with 2* because there really are a lot of movies out there that are way worse
Fantastic Film! In the search for the new Ridley Scott!
posted on 19 Jul 2009I've recently seen a lot of crappy movies. Exaggerated, with terrible screenplays, but I'm really amazed by this one! The Pang brothers did a very good job with this remake! You can remember the good old days of Ridley Scott's Black Rain. I must say the the photography is fantastic!, and even with Nicolas Cage, the film is great! I must also say that all the Thai cast is amazing! I f you did not like this movie, maybe is because you actually like Spiderman 3....I can understand that, but that is very sad. I completely recommend this film for all the REAL cinema fans! By the way, great job from Brian Tyler! Fantastic score!
i eat alone...i sleep alone....
posted on 19 Jul 2009first things first. the major talking point of this movie is cages hair. yes, it's hilarious, but hair does not make a movie....cage plays a lonely assassin who has had enough of his life in the shadows (is there any other type of assassin?) and falls in lust with a mute pharmacist, while training up a young whipper-snapper called Kong, who cage would usually kill after he has finished his business time.a re-make of the 99 film of the same name (which i have not seen, so cannot express an opinion), this feels just like other cage films that are a huge disappointment... see Windtalkers, the wicker man, captain Corellis mandolin, and guarding Tess, in that it;s just an average 99 minute movie, which offers nothing new and has Cage (even though the guy produced it) on auto pilot for the whole duration.none of the other characters are explored, and there is no back story to Joe, who it appears, just turns up to burn some photos and do some shooting.still, it's flashily edited, with some John Woo-lite set pieces, but in the advent of films such as Collaterall, it falls way short of the mark.you end up not caring for Cage's character, which in turn, makes you care less for anyone involved with him. it starts off really promising, but as soon as we enter the titular city, it loses it's pace and focus.plus it doesn't help when it features the most lethargic boat/bike chase this year, and with a decidedly un-sympathetic ending.it does have some redeeming factors though, the mugging scene, which is the most effective part of the film, and it is quite funny when Cage is eating spicy food, but i wonder if Cage was method acting for this part.not a disaster as everyone says it is, but highly average in all respects.more Bangkok tedious, than dangerous, i'm afraid to say
not as bad as it looks
posted on 17 Jul 2009Bangkok Dangerous, a remake with alterations of the first Pang Bros' flick, makes adequate use of the exoticism of the city, while the line of action is not in disagreement with the mainstream tendency characteristic of this kind of action film. I must concede that Nicholas Cage' performance cannot measure up to the caliber of the hard-boiled, stone-faced, cold-blooded assassin he desperately tries to depict. It was reminiscent of two extraordinary characterizations of the type, one by Alain Delon in Melville's masterpiece Le samourai (1967, and Edward Fox in the original version of The Day of the Jackal (1973). Nevertheless, to dismiss the movie as poor entertaining or highly confusing is more a matter of expectations than of analysis.
Bangkok Dangerous
posted on 13 Jul 2009Minor spoilers I guess, but nothing you won't have gathered from the trailer or the back of a DVD cover.This started out surprisingly well despite Nicolas Cage looking even more bizarre than he has in perhaps any other film. At no point was it great, but certainly solid.The script is brave enough to establish him as a genuinely cold-hearted assassin, the plot was interesting, the backdrop too. I also liked every one of the scenes with his sidekick. In particular the awkward romance with the deaf pharmacist was actually very sweet, honest and remarkably subtle for a film of this sort.Perhaps the film should have stayed with that romance, because the hit inevitably goes wrong - hey, at least it wasn't his "one last job"! - and things descend immediately into dull shootouts until the final scene which I'm not sure I fully understood because my brain had died. A real pity, because it's only the last act that lets the film down. It could quite easily have been a handy genre piece.
Hit-man takes on help and things go wrong
posted on 09 Jul 2009This is clearly one of the worst movies that I've ever seen in my life. After leaving the theater in Chiang Mai, I wondered if some Thai buddies of Nicholas Cage got him to remake a really bad low budget Thai film. In fact, I think that must be what happened when Nic lost some kind of bet. Nothing Nic did made any sense. His hits were of little to no imagination and sometimes just downright stupid. What kind of hit-man stands in full view of an open window with a giant plain as day rifle sticking out the window? It didn't even help that I was in Thailand watching the movie even though I lived in BKK for awhile. It did give me a strange urge to go down to Nana Plaza though. If you see this movie after reading this review, you deserve it.If Nic didn't lose a bet, his career is over.
the 1999 version by same directors & writer was far better.
posted on 05 Jul 2009Oxide Pang Chun & his brother Danny Pang wrote & directed this tale in 1999,Now they & the powers that be decided to remake it.The brothers & Jason Richman revised the screenplay (see next paragraphs) and the 2 brothers directed it.The 1999 screenplay was about a deaf-mute assassin (name is KONG)_ who falls in love with a lady pharmacist. Nicolas Cage is the assassin in this film, He is is not a deaf-mute, He does however fall in love with a deaf-mute lady pharmacist.In all American action films it is required that our hero have a side-kick. In this revised mess, said side-kick is still named Kong, but as all true side-kicks is far from deaf or mute & he becomes the apprentice to our hero.This is where the film fails. Nicolas cage who is usually a very accomplished actor walks through the role in a glaze,He forget to build a character & just reads his lines.The actor who plays Kong; Shahrit Yamnarm is excellent,his role is the best in the entire movie. He like most Thai's speak Englis quite well. If they made him the Assassin,as the role was in the original,but let him speak, I feel this could have been a much better movie.The entire cast besides Cage is all Thai. The film was made (except for the first scenes) in Bangkok. We do see the crowded streets & clubs & can feel the excitement of this beautiful city. The opening scenes were made in Prague, also very well done.There is a good music score with some numbers done as background in a nightclub, one of the dancers is pertinent to the story.The movie is violent but not overly so, there is little foul languageIf it were not for Nicolas Cage poorly done role, this film could have been a first rate action movie. Sorry to say it is not.Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 72 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 10)
Truly dreadful
posted on 01 Jul 2009There certainly are better ways to see Bangkok -- you're less likely to fall asleep watching a dated tourist board film on the Travel Channel.No matter how high the body count rises, it is impossible to fight back the yawns. Even Nick Nolte, as the professional hit-man who discovers his heart of gold(!), seems ready for a nap as he deadpans his way through this exercise in total stupidity. The characters are entirely unbelievable, the plot is virtually nonexistent, the cinematography is pedestrian, and the inevitable shoot-em-up climax has been done better thousands of times.Even when this film comes to late night TV, you'll find it more entertaining to watch an infomercial for "The Magic Clothesline," or "Elvin's Extra-Slow Drying Paint."
nicholas cage in another melodramatic narrative storyline...
posted on 26 Aug 2009bangkok predictable...this would have been as effective as a pop-up type book...perhaps with a narrative tape telling the story...I'm really bored with this type of project from nicholas cage...It's just so monotone and predictable...it's best described as 'purposely detached storytelling'...It almost appears that it's a labor to narrate the story...Of course, because of his previous body of work, people will pay to see his movies...regardless of the content, story, the reviews or whatever...but this is just enough of the same...I'm bored watching it...there are literally millions of folks who worry daily (including me) about how to pay all the bills each month, so I feel a little guilty about complaining about a movie where millions of dollars are spent destroying perfectly usable property (in the name of entertainment...assuming the last eight years have left you with anything to pay on...all in the name of getting a film together...At least, with this much money being spent, it seems like EVERYONE would be giving it their all to produce the best thing they are capable of...Let's just hope this isn't the best thing cage is capable of...Maybe try letting someone else narrate the story???...Heck, I'll read the lines for pennies per word (cosidering it's at least a few paragraphs (and I get screen credit!)...The point is, this approach just doesn't work (more than a few times, by the same actor)...so TRY SOMETHING ELSE...PLEASE!...