Neutered, but pretty, and lacking any real development, this is the cinematic equivalent of a eunuch whose voice unfortunately broke pre-castration
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09/11/08
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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 80
Fresh: 8
Rotten:72
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Consensus: With murky cinematography, a meandering pace, a dull storyline, and rather wooden performances, The Pang Brothers' Hollywood remake of Bangkok Dangerous is unsuccessful.
Theatrical Release: Sep 5, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $15,195,406
Synopsis: The second film from Hong Kong-born twin directors Danny and Oxide Pang to earn a U.S. remake (after 2002's THE EYE), BANGKOK DANGEROUS differs in that, this time around, the brothers are doing the remaking themselves. Swapping Pawalit... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnarm, Charlie Yeung
Director: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
Reviews for Bangkok Dangerous
Top Critic 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.
09/27/08
A perfectly uninvolving tale of errors acknowledged and manhood proved.
09/17/08
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.
09/16/08
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
09/13/08
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
09/12/08
This is as stale as Tuesday's Phad Thai, from its exhausted mythos of the surgically efficient, omnipotent hit man to the training scenes in which Joe explains the trade to the new guy, to the inevitable betrayals of the third act.
09/10/08
This one may have oozed on over into September, but it's every bit as bad as the previous month's studio-floor sweepings.
09/10/08
a promising film about a hit man that ultimately gets wacked because its star isn't suited for the role at all.
09/09/08
The Pang Brothers' remake yearns to be sensationalistic and probing but falls short in its request for a slight redemptive actioner that sizzles with moral conflict and confusion.
09/09/08
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Top Critic Try as they might, the Pangs can't cover the gaping hole at the center of the film where a charismatic leading man should be.
09/08/08
While Cage is making an effort to summon the troubled warrior within, it's hard to accept him for the cold-blooded killer he's trying to be.
09/08/08
Awatchable, but dull action flick with not enough body count to satisfy the average mixed martial arts fanboy.
09/08/08
There's a charming restaurant scene, some nifty hand-to-hand combat and the cast is great looking. But pretty much all the things that made the original so original are filtered out of this un-original.
09/08/08
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