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Bangkok Dangerous (Blu-ray)
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Bangkok Dangerous (Blu-ray)
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| | | |The Hitman Has Become the Target.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, Subtitled, French, Spanish
As a hired assassin, Joe (Nicolas Cage) is the best in the business, but the years of stone-cold murder have taken their toll. Joe's plan to make this current assignment in Bangkok his last takes a wild turn when he violates one of the most important rules of the game. Now the hunter is the hunted in this hard-driving, action-packed thriller.
"...visually exciting." Betty Jo Tucker, ReelTalk
"The Pang brothers, besides being artisans of action and suspense, tell a good story." John Wirt, The Advocate
"...delivers for action fans." Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter
Editor's Note
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 Mongkolpisit's mute Thai hitman from the original 1999 film for Nicolas Cage's brooding (but talking) American assassin, this version is less moody and stylized. Still, fans of Cage, and action aficionados who favor exotic locales, should find much to chew on in this unique thriller. Following an assignment in Prague, lonely hitman Joe (Cage) arrives in Bangkok under contract to a mobsters who have hired him to kill four people, including a trafficker of young girls and a politician. After seeing young street criminal Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm) in action, Joe hires him to be his liaison to his employers. During a trip to a pharmacy to get disinfectant for a wound gotten during a motorcycle chase, Joe meets pretty mute pharmacist Fon (Charlie Young). The two begin to date, and though she is oblivious to his profession, she provides some sweetness in his dangerous, lonely life. Joe also becomes a mentor to young Kong, but these meaningful distractions in his life could prove dangerous to his job. BANGKOK DANGEROUS has an unglamorous slickness that makes it seem as if it could've been made in the late 1980s or early '90s. Cage is appropriately stoic as Joe, and sports a bizarre mane of jet-black hair. The Bangkok locations are effective and the crowded nighttime streets make for exciting chase sequences. The onscreen violence is not exceptionally graphic with the exception of a realistic arm severing, and one sequence of bullets puncturing a boat as seen from underwater is beautifully shot. Most surprising, though, is the film's final sequence, which is uncharacteristic of most American-made action yarns.
| Features | MoLog: Movie Blog Network Connected Community & Interactive Movie Blog Tool Set | | Alternate Ending | | Audio: English DTS HD 7.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French | | Featurettes: From Hong Kong To Bangkok - A Cinematic Movement, & Bangkok Dangerous - The Execution Of The Film | | Includes A Digital Copy Of The Film For Portable Media Players! | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Lions Gate |
| Release Date: 1/6/2009 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2008 | | Catalog ID: 24750 | | UPC: 00031398104483 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Nicolas Cage | | Charlie Young | | Panward Hemmanee | | Chakrit Yamnarm | | Dom Hetrakul | | Nirattisai Kaljaruek | | Jason Richman - Screenwriter | | Denis O'Sullivan - Executive Producer | | Nicolas Cage - Producer | | William Sherak - Producer | | Benjamin Waisbren - Executive Producer | | Andrew Pfeffer - Executive Producer | | Decha Srimantra - Director of Photography | | Derek Dauchy - Executive Producer | | Norm Golightly - Producer | | Brian Tyler - Composer | | Jason Shuman - Producer | | Danny Pang - Director | | Oxide Pang - Director |
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