Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

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

Directors:

Oxide Pang Chun (as The Pang Brothers) , Danny Pang (as The Pang Brothers)

Writers:

Jason Richman (screenplay), Oxide Pang Chun,

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Charlie Yeung, Shahkrit Yamnarm

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

Joe is a professional hit man who picks someone off 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-wise guy named Kong to help him. After Kong has a close call and learns who Joe is, Kong asks him to train him and he does. Joe also meets a local girl who is deaf and spends time with her. However, Joe has a hard time keeping his other life from her. It also appears that the person who hired Joe, breaks his rule of complete anonymity and tries to find him.

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Plot Keywords:

main character dies | assassin | deaf | rescue | pickpocket | 

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Taglines:

The hitman has become the target

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

13+

Details

Official Sites:

Lions Gate Entertainment [United States] TFM Distribution [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Thai

Release Date:

5 September 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Danger à Bangkok

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£307,420 (UK) (5 September 2008)

Gross:

$15,279,680 (USA) (17 October 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Initial Entertainment Group (IEG), Virtual Studios, Saturn Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nicolas Cage had committed to several pictures after the completion of his work on this film. To accommodate his limited schedule, some sets were recreated and built in different locations so no shooting time would be wasted.

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Goofs

Joe shoots two men while his girlfriend isn't looking at him. Blood splatters all over his girlfriends back. The next shot of her back has hardly any blood at all.

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Quotes

Joe: Where there's money, there's competition and the guy paying me usually wins.

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Connections

Referenced in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #7.79 (2009)

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Soundtracks

Gonna Make Me Lose Control
Written by Rick Garcia and William V. Malpede
Performed by THE JACK DARBY feat. Belinda Kazanci
Published by Brush Jacket Music and William V Music

User Reviews

Reasonably good movie

First of all, for those of you seeking an incredibly deep and intriguing story line, this movie is not for you! This is a movie for people who just want to see some good solid action and good entertainment.

When i first saw the grade on IMDb i was a bit skeptical, but after seeing the movie i was quite satisfied with it.

Sure, it is quite predictable and the acting is not ground breaking. But the lasting action was quite entertaining for me.

The biggest flaw of this movie is probably the story line. Some parts of the story are rather rushed without telling background information. Sometimes the story feels a bit rushed with more focus on the action than the actual reason for an event to happen. Some parts of the movie feel a bit overdone and unnecessary making the main character look quite dumb...

I find this movie worth a 6,4 (i did not want to give it a 6 because i do find it deserves higher than a 6, this explains the 7 star rating)