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Bangkok Dangerous (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 35

Fresh: 19

Rotten:16

Average Rating: 5.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Oct 19, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: Twin brothers Oxide and Danny Pang make their first feature together with this raw attack on the senses. BANGKOK DANGEROUS is like Pop Rocks candy: it leaves a funny taste in your mouth and the... Twin brothers Oxide and Danny Pang make their first feature together with this raw attack on the senses. BANGKOK DANGEROUS is like Pop Rocks candy: it leaves a funny taste in your mouth and the stinging pop is strangely alluring. It's a unique mixture of kinetic editing, textured visual sensuality, and aural assault. It's so incredibly gory and fantastic it literally vibrates. Kong (Pawalit Mongkolpisit) is a killer. Because he is deaf and mute, he isn't scared of the sound of gunfire. Working as a professional hit man, he stalks the seedy streets of Bangkok carrying out orders or drinking at the nightclub where the boss's moll, Aom (Pisek Intrakanchit), moonlights as a stripper. Joe (Pisek Intrakanchit) is Kong's best friend (and Aom's ex), who retired from working as a hit man when his hand was injured in a shoot out. With nothing to do, Joe is always drunk and depressed. One day, Kong meets Fon (Premsinee Ratanasopha), a sweet innocent who works in a drugstore. He falls in love and begins to question the life he leads. But it happens too late. When Joe is murdered, Kong decides to seek redemption by turning against his crime bosses and assaulting the Thai underworld. [More]

Starring: Pawalit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha, Patharawarin Timkul, Pisek Intrakanchit

Starring: Pawalit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha, Patharawarin Timkul, Pisek Intrakanchit

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun
Screenwriter: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
Producer: Nonzee Nimibutr
Composer: Orange Music
Studio: First Look

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The pacing is usually clumsy and transitions are clunky. There are two bravura sequences not quite worth the price of submission . . . other scenes suggest that the Pang Brothers really want to make a new horror film, not retread stagnant action plots.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
10/09/08
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Bangkok Dangerous mixes mindless violence, sappy romance, and philosophical pretentiousness. On the whole, it does the first better than the other two.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
09/19/08
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
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N/R

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09/08/08
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

No frills at all [on the DVD release} and a marketing attempt to garner some extra revenue by capitalizing on the [upcoming] Nic Cage version.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
09/02/08
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Doesn't make much of a lasting impression except as a case study in the dreariness of style-over-substance filmmaking when said style is the height of derivativeness.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
08/27/08
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

...an old-as-the-hills hit man story jazzed up by flashy visuals and a charismatic turn by the very good looking lead.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
08/27/08
Laura Clifford
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Enjoyable in an undemanding way, and with a few interesting flourishes.

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06/03/08
Variety Staff
Variety
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Seriously impressive.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out

The poorly worked plot and lack of decent dialogue makes you wonder if the title Bangkok Monotonous isn't more appropriate.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
01/30/03
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Written, directed and edited by the Pang brothers, Bangkok Dangerous delivers 105 minutes of explosive, stylised, bone-splintering violence that leaves little room for dialogue.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/23/02
Empire Magazine

Style-rich, substance-weak.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Phil Hall
Film Threat

The film moves at a dizzying pace, as it moves either backward or forward with no rhyme or reason.

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03/18/02
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The Pangs' film is leavened with charming pathos and romance. This is a sure-footed, watchable film that lingers in the mind.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
03/03/02
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

A worthy attempt to add an emotional dimension to the standard bullet play that characterises most action movies.

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02/26/02
FilmFour.com

Expect the Pang brothers receive a call from a Hollywood studio soon.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment 1 Comment
02/17/02
Tom Dawson
BBC

Combined with the rather touching romance that's trying to bloom between rivers of blood, the film is more than a little unsettling ... and unsuccessful.

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02/14/02
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Scene after thrilling scene, this movie takes your breath away.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
02/01/02
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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It's so simple it seems silly, but the Pangs absolutely kick the thing out with exquisite photography, editing and music.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
01/25/02
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

It's long on style but short on substance.

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01/10/02
Gary Dowell
Dallas Morning News
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A succession of set-pieces, each of them individually impressive but adding up to very little because there's nothing between them to move us.

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01/06/02
Frank Swietek
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