Film Reviews
Bangkok Dangerous
- Director: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
- Starring: Nicolas Cage, Shaun Delaney, Panward Hemmanee, Dom Hetrakul
- Details: USA / 100mins / (TBC)
Release Date: 5th September
PREVIEW
The first question is: who came up with a title that ridiculous title? That'd probably be either director Oxide Pang Chun or Danny Pang when they were helming the original Thai version in 1999. Fair enough - it probably sounded better as a foreign language. The original was the story of a deaf, mute hitman and his partner, and this American version stars Nicolas Cage as a hitman who falls for a local woman and becomes friends with his errand boy while on a job in Bangkok. The things people do for money...
Review by Jenny Mulligan
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