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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

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Reviews Counted:92

Fresh:8

Rotten:84

Average Rating:3.4/10

Consensus: With murky cinematography, a meandering pace, a dull storyline, and rather wooden performances, The Pang Brothers' Hollywood remake of Bangkok Dangerous is unsuccessful.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence, language and some sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Theatrical Release: Aug 22, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $15.2M

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

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Charlie Young, Chakrit Yamnarm, Panward Hemmanee

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Charlie Young, Chakrit Yamnarm, Panward Hemmanee, Dom Hetrakul, Nirattisai Kaljaruek, Tuck Napaskorn, Shahkrit Yamnarm

Director: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang

Director: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
Screenwriter: Jason Richman, Oxide Pang Chun
Producer: Andrew Pfeffer, Derek Dauchy, Denis O'Sullivan, Ben Waisbren, Jason Shuman
Distributor: Lionsgate

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Jul 7, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

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Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Laremy Legel
Laremy Legel
Film.com
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Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Bullz-Eye.com

This has the look of a cheap quickie foreign film, not unlike a Hong Kong action film.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
Mar 23, 2010
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Between all the dates and dinners, Bangkok almost ends up being as less thriller and more travelogue; by the hour mark, there are literally more gulps than gunshots.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
Dec 17, 2009
William Goss
William Goss
Cinematical
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
Apr 23, 2009
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

While the film includes several exciting, creatively shot action scenes, the drama is otherwise so shopworn that the violent climax is a relief.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
Dec 8, 2008
Joshua Katzman
Joshua Katzman
Chicago Reader
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A by-the-numbers retread that’s ill-conceived as an action vehicle for Cage.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
Nov 20, 2008
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Hollywood.com

o Nicolas Cage na periferei tis ektos eleghoy sapoynoperikes toy moytes kai ti geloia malloyra toy, se ena pompodi poiitikistiko ahtarma, poy bromaei ap' opoy ki an ton piaseis

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
Nov 8, 2008
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Tediously monotonous.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
N/R

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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Mark Jenkins
Mark Jenkins
NPR.org

[Cage is] funless, scowly, grim, and steroidally impervious to the fleshy and salacious good cheer that surrounds him.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

The burnt out assassin shtick is old and tired.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

The film isn't overtly heavy-handed in its violence, but it doesn't provoke enough surprises to keep the mind from drifting -- a poison pill for an action film.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
Sep 27, 2008
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

A perfectly uninvolving tale of errors acknowledged and manhood proved.

Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | comment Comment
Sep 17, 2008
Thomas Peyser
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

It's garbage. Cage better be careful. If he keeps this up, he'll wind up just like Val Kilmer doing straight to DVD junk.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
Sep 16, 2008
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

Nicolas Cage parece determinado a sabotar a própria carreira... e muitos outros atores já teriam, em seu lugar, sido rebaixados a produções lançadas diretamente em DVD

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
Sep 13, 2008
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Not to be a contrarian, but as predictable as the movie is, its events often feel as if there were no alternative. The Pang brothers, besides being artisans of action and suspense, tell a good story -- or maybe I'm simply suffering from heat and Hurricane

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Neutered, but pretty, and lacking any real development, this is the cinematic equivalent of a eunuch whose voice unfortunately broke pre-castration

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2008
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

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.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2008
Drew Toal
Drew Toal
Time Out New York
 
 
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