Synopsis
When carrying out a hit, assassin Joe always makes use of the knowledge of the local population. On arriving in Bangkok, Joe meets street kid Kong and he becomes his primary aide. But when Kong is nearly killed, he asks Joe to train him up in the deadly arts and unwittingly becomes a target of a band of killers.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageJoe
- Shahkrit YamnarmKong
- Charlie YeungFon
- Panward HemmaneeAom
- Nirattisai KaljaruekSurat
- Dom HaetrakulAran
- Tuck NapaskornKong's Brother
- Steve BaldocchiMichigan
- Chris HeebinkUSC
- James WithChicago
Recommendations
- 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Bangkok won't be making any appearances at the Oscars, but it is executed with skill and -- a severed limb or two notwithstanding -- without too much bloody excess. - 50
Variety
Without the technical nastiness and fatal realism that made the initial film so compelling, the remake feels like a hollow excuse to present the myriad ways in which a bullet can pierce a cranium, rather than an edgy portrait of Third World violence. - 40
The New Yorker
Parts of Bangkok Dangerous, far from seeming unfamiliar or freshly stylized, offer nothing that you couldn't catch in an episode of "CSI." - 40
Los Angeles Times
Pretty much all the things that made the original so original are filtered out of this un-original. - 25
The A.V. Club
Dimly lit, emotionally empty, and devoid of thrills, Bangkok Dangerous should disappoint Cage fans looking for Wicker Man-style camp thrills just as thoroughly as action buffs looking for a passable thriller. It's never close to good, and it can't even get bad right. - 25
TV Guide Magazine
A morose, slow-moving action picture. - 20
New York Daily News
Adds to the sad realization that this once-vibrant and witty actor (Cage) is completely controlled now by his inner teenager. - 20
L.A. Weekly
Another of those dopey crime thrillers where the hardcore, bad-ass antihero inexplicably decides one day to lower his guard and open his heart, causing all kinds of hell to break loose.
