Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
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Reviews Counted:87
Fresh:8
Rotten:79
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US 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... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnarm, Charlie Yeung, Charlie Young
Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
Reviews for Bangkok Dangerous
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Neutered, but pretty, and lacking any real development, this is the cinematic equivalent of a eunuch whose voice unfortunately broke pre-castration Full Review |
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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 |
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1/5 |
A by-the-numbers retread that’s ill-conceived as an action vehicle for Cage. Full Review |
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1/5 |
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 |
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Tediously monotonous. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
[Cage is] funless, scowly, grim, and steroidally impervious to the fleshy and salacious good cheer that surrounds him. Full Review |
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1/4 |
The burnt out assassin shtick is old and tired. Full Review |
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C- |
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 |
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A perfectly uninvolving tale of errors acknowledged and manhood proved. Full Review |
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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 |
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2/5 |
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 |
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 3/4 |
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 |
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2/6 |
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 |
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2/5 |
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. Full Review |
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4/10 |
Ominous maybe, but never dangerous Full Review |
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1/5 |
This one may have oozed on over into September, but it's every bit as bad as the previous month's studio-floor sweepings. Full Review |
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1/5 |
a promising film about a hit man that ultimately gets wacked because its star isn't suited for the role at all. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Remove Cage’s moody presence, and you could pick up this kind of action tat at your nearest service station. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Bangkok Dangerous
March 01, 2009:
Global-Report News: A toxic blend of hitman midlife crisis, homicidal existential angst and a little surprise sex tourism on the side, this arty assassin fare gels by sheer force of personality grim reaper guru Cage, no matter how cranky the guy can be. 
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January 04, 2009:
A toxic blend of hitman midlife crisis, homicidal existential angst and a little surprise sex tourism on the side, this arty assassin fare is held together by sheer force of personality grim reaper guru Cage, no matter how cranky the guy can be.
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January 03, 2009:
A toxic blend of hitman midlife crisis, homicidal existential angst and a little surprise sex tourism on the side, this arty assassin fare is held together by sheer force of personality grim reaper guru Cage, no matter how cranky the guy can be.
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January 03, 2009:
ActorsAndCrew.com: A toxic blend of hitman midlife crisis, homicidal existential angst and a little surprise sex tourism on the side, this arty assassin fare gels by sheer force of personality grim reaper guru Cage, no matter how cranky the guy can be.
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