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Bangkok Dangerous (Single-Disc Edition) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Charlie Yeung, Charlie Young, Dom Hetrakul, Chakrit Yamnarm
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 127
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
UPC: 031398104469
EAN: 0031398104469
ASIN: B001J710Z2
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: January 6, 2009 (New: This Week)
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Condition: Brand new; still in shrink wrap!!
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An adrenaline-charged action thriller, Lionsgate's Bangkok Dangerous stars Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, National Treasure) as "Joe," an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, finds himself mentoring the young man instead whilst simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok’s intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard ?just as Surat decides it’s time to clean house. Directors The Pang Brothers (The Eye) paint an explosive picture of the Bangkok underworld, illuminated with neon and saturated in violence. From a screenplay by Jason Richman, Bangkok Dangerous is based on the Pang Brothers’ wildly popular Hong Kong action film of the same name. Starring alongside Cage are Shahkrit Yamnarm (Belly of the Beast), Charlie Young (Seven Swords), Panward Hemmanee and Dom Hetrakul (Sniper 3). The film is produced by Jason Shuman, William Sherak, Nicolas Cage and Norm Golightly. Andrew Pfeffer, Derek Dauchy, Denis O’Sullivan and Ben Waisbren serve as the executive producers.
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 Great Pang Bros-BD A/V Great January 9, 2009
A Customer (L.A.)
I am convinced in mass hysteria when I see all the bad reviews of this film. It's a brooding, dark, slick, stylish, not-all-that-deep, sexy, graphically voluptuous, engrossing Action/Travelog/Romance/Drama Movie. The Pang's reputation precede their work. I like the original and I like the remake. Blu-Ray A/V quality is outstanding! The sound is even better than the Pang's obsession for fantastic visuals.
Better Effort January 8, 2009
Ron (Jersey)
I really like Cage when he plays rougher/meaner characters. I liked his turn in Kiss of Death as Little Junior. After seeing him in a hero role for Ghost Rider and the National Treasure movies, it was nice to see him in a grittier role. The movie is very well done. The story of a high level hitman with his own personal set of rules and code of conduct was great. The action was brutal and bloody. I thought the acting was very good all the way around. The only distracting thing was the hideous wig/hair piece Cage wore for the role. It really looks terrible and is actually distracting. That aside, this is a great action movie.
Wowee January 8, 2009
Blood Bath (Texas)
Wow! Wow! Wow! I have to admit, score one for Nicolas Cage, especially after "Ghostrider." What an incredible ending, I was really surprised. I have to admit "Joe" could have kept it together and let all his touchy feelings out after he retired, but "se la vie."
 Bangkok a doodle doo doo January 7, 2009
C. Christopher Blackshere (blind to reality)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
ENTER THAILAND
The city with the coolest name...
IT'S BANGKOK!!!
Nicolas Cage pulls in to town, and it's bound to get dangerous. He plays "Joe", the ruthless hitman with the bad hairdo. It's hard to strike fear in people when you look like the disgruntled son of Roseanne-Carrotop.
That's okay though. Joe works from the shadows and swears by four rules.
1. Don't ask questions
2. Don't take an interest in people
3. Erase every trace
4. Know when to get out
That's only half the rules of FIGHT CLUB, but of course Joe breaks every one.
Nicolas Cage delivers a surprisingly controlled performance. Yeah, no joke. He'll most likely never be effective in a comedic or dramatic role again. No, Cage is limited in his range, just a pure action film star.
And this film does bring plenty of quick-paced thrills and cool special effects. Of course there are also moments where common sense is off like a prom dress. But hey, it's Hollywood. You knew it was coming.
All-in-all, I hated this film much less than I anticipated. Maybe I'm getting dumber. Anyway, don't miss the original foreign film, also directed by the Pang Brothers.
FINAL GRADE 2.5 Stars
 You've Seen This Film Before January 7, 2009
Daniel G. Lebryk
About 30 minutes in, this film jumps the shark. The opening 30 minutes are really very good, excellent film style (unusual photography, sound enhances what you see, interesting lighting, and creative editing), voice over is enlightening, and I was drawn into the film. Once Nicolas Cage is off to Bangkok, the film spirals into something not so good. The original film style and story telling is lost, the film drags on in a story line I've seen 20 or 30 times. It's old hat, the hardened criminal whose heart is melted and turned into gold, in this case, by a young man and a woman. In addition, this is one of the poorest transfers to DVD I've seen in a long time.
What really ruined this film for me, where I stopped believing, Nicolas Cage witnesses a simple pick pocket on the streets of Bangkok. From this one chance meeting and event, he decides to use Kong as his assistant. To the viewer, Kong is a bumbling idiot. For still more confusing reasons, he decides to teach Kong instead of killing him. He also meets a beautiful young woman in a pharmacy that happens to be deaf. He immediately falls in love with her and becomes obsessed with being with her. The obsession is so deep that the hardened assasian breaks all four of his "rules" trying to be with her. From this point, about 30 to 40 minutes in, the film spirals out of control. There's just too many moments where you don't believe the action - the boat scene where he chases a king pin of crime, his escape from the assasination attempt, and the "dead man walking" sequence at the end. There's also way too many moments of doey eyed Nicolas Cage just looking at the camera. We get to watch about 3 or 4 minutes of Nicolas eating spicey Asian food and sweating. I like Nicolas Cage very much, 8MM, National Treasure, Matchstick Men, The Weather Man - all well acted, fine films. He's just made another film like Ghost Rider this time. The film just doesn't stick together.
The DVD transfer - there were many moments where Mpeg-2 compression hurt this film, mostly dark skies that showed color banding artifacts. The sound was very flat and two dimensional, very low quality (this was viewed on a calibrated high end surround system - if the quality was there it would have come through).
DVD Special features, thin, a making of and an alternate ending. The original ending is fine, maybe a bit melodramatic, but fitting. The alternate, happily ever after ending, fits better with the overall film of how could that happen? In this case, how could 100 police not catch somebody stealing a police car right in front of them?
If you loved Ghost Rider, my guess, you'll love this film. If you want your action film to be believeable or at least some closeness to probable, you'll not like this film at all. Instead watch Layer Cake (Widescreen), Snatch (Widescreen Edition), Memento, The Bank Job, or just about any other Jason Statham or Daniel Craig movie for that matter.
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