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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang

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Nicolas Cage stars a hit man who develops a crisis of conscience in the Pang brothers' remake of their 1999 film.

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From Time Out New York

In the overwrought 2002 war drama Windtalkers, Nicolas Cage appeared to take on the entire Japanese Imperial Army by himself. His latest, Bangkok Dangerous, has a similarly high Asian body count that’s inversely proportional to its originality. Joe (Cage), a professional assassin, goes to Thailand for one last job before getting out of the killing game forever. Things get sticky, though, when he violates his own rules by befriending a youngster named Kong (Yamnarm). Cage is believable as the brooding lone-wolf gunman, but the “hit man screwing himself by growing a conscience on his final kill” ploy needs to be put down for good.

Author: Drew Toal 2008-09-09 18:52:00

Time Out New York Issue 676: September 11 - 17, 2008

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Bangkok Dangerous

Cast & crew

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Charlie Yeung, Panward Hemmanee full cast

Rated: R

Duration: 99 mins

US Release: Sep 5 2008


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