Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Directors:

Oxide Pang Chun
Danny Pang

Writers (WGA):

Jason Richman (screenplay)
Oxide Pang Chun (1999 film)

Release Date:

5 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

There's only one way out.

Plot:

A hitman who's in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs falls for a local woman and bonds with his errand boy.

Plot Keywords:

Remake Of Thai Film | Slow Motion | Stripper | Beating | Topless

Awards:

1 nomination

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Joe
Shahkrit Yamnarm	...	Kong
Charlie Yeung	...	Fon (as Charlie Young)
Panward Hemmanee	...	Aom
Nirattisai Kaljaruek	...	Surat
Dom Hetrakul	...	Aran
Tuck Napaskorn	...	Kong's Brother
Steve Baldocchi	...	Michigan
Chris Heebink	...	USC
James With	...	Chicago
Peter Shadrin	...	Anton
Arthajid Puengvicha	...	Official
Duangjai Srisawang	...	Man in Arena
Veerasak Boonchard	...	Winai
Joe Sakol Palvanichkul	...	Tuk Tuk Driver (as Sakol Palvanichkul)

Also Known As:

Time to Kill (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | UK:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | USA:R (certificate #43590) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Singapore:R21 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:15 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version)

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Bangkok Dangerous

Trivia:

The picture was shooting during the 19th September Coup d'etat. Nonetheless, filming only stopped for six hours. The Armoury department claim they fired the only shots in the coup.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Joe twice declares that he lives by the rules, leave no traces. Yet throughout the movie, he handles his guns and ammo with bare hands--leaving fingerprints and DNA all over them.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Bangkok Dangerous (1999)

Soundtrack:

GONNA MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL

Lame, boring and obvious

I don't care how interesting the scenery is if you know the entire story arc in the first 45 seconds - and you haven't even watched the trailer. Nic Cage looks like a corpse and his acting isn't much better. The relationship that the film puts forward is as believable as a love affair between a squirrel and a stuffed alligator. Plus of course the story has Cage break every rule he says is important - but never offer a plausible motivation. Maybe the original was really something, but this version is dead on arrival and should be saved for the second DVD in a video night, when you want everyone to leave your house and let you get some sleep.