Bangkok Dangerous
Headline: ** Weak Action Movie **
Title: BANGKOK DANGEROUS
Quality: * * Acceptability: -3
SUBTITLES: -- Some portions in Thai with no English subtitles --
WARNING CODES:
Language: LL
Violence: VVV
Sex: SS
Nudity: NN
RATING: R
RELEASE: September 5, 2008
TIME: 99 minutes
STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Shahkrit Yamnam, Charlie Yeung, Panward Hemmanee, and Nirattisai Kaljaruek
DIRECTOR: Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang
PRODUCERS: Nicolas Cage, Norman Golightly, William Sherak, and Jason Shuman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Denis O'Sullivan, Andrew Pfeffer and Ben Waisbren
WRITER: Jason Richman
BASED ON THE MOVIE WRITTEN BY: Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang
DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate Films
CONTENT: (PaPaPa, FR, B, C, LL, VVV, SS, NN, A, DD, MM) Very strong pagan, immoral worldview with a minor scene of character praying at Buddhist temple as well as a moral, redemptive thread; 11 to 13 obscenities, including some "f" words, and no profanities; very graphic violence as main character assassinates victims, at least a dozen men shot point blank, sniper, explosions, man's hand cut off, shot of decapitated head, poisoning, martial arts fighting, suicide, man strangled underwater; one brief shot of depicted sexual relations between one man and two women, fondling, man offers to find girls or boys for tourists, and implied rape; brief upper female and rear female nudity, many scenes with dancing girls in revealing outfits; drinking of alcohol; smoking and references to heroin; and, protagonist is an assassin, stealing, eluding police in one scene after breaking a traffic law.
GENRE: Crime Thriller
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Older teenagers and adults
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SUMMARY: BANGKOK DANGEROUS is the story of hit man who attempts to complete his last few assassin jobs in Bangkok so he can quit and have a normal life. The movie is filled with plenty of strong violence and some explicit sex and nudity, but there are a few redemptive moments when Joe begins to rethink his ways.
IN BRIEF:
BANGKOK DANGEROUS is the story of Joe, a hit man who tries to complete his last few assassin jobs in Bangkok. Joe enlists a young man named Kong to act as the courier between himself and his client. However, Joe violates one of his rules and befriends Kong. Joe is also attracted to Aom, a young deaf girl who works at a pharmacy he visits. With his guard down, and Joe's murders begin to go awry. Aom sees his violent streak and leaves him. With a stricken conscience, Joe is not able to assassinate a beloved political leader. Instead, he tries to flee. However, his client has kidnapped Kong, and so, for once in his life, Joe tries to help someone else. He takes on a small army of thugs to rescue Kong. This leads to a tragic ending.
BANGKOK DANGEROUS has a few action moments and a couple plot twists. Otherwise, it's a bit slow and pretty predictable. Although Joe tries to change his ways, the movie is extremely violent, with murder being the protagonist's chief activity. The movie also contains some explicit sex and nudity and strong foul language.
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