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Movie Overview
Cast
• Nicolas Cage
• Chakrit Yamnarm
• Nicolas Cage
Director
• Oxide Pang
• Danny Pang
• Oxide Pang Chun
• Danny Pang
MPAA Rating
R - for violence, language and some sexuality
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 10% Rotten
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"An exhaustingly mediocre remake that suffers from a nasty case of dullness and inactivity."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  A. J. Hakari

" Predictable as a snowstorm in December -- but visually exciting. Plus Charlie Yeung fills the screen with charm and grace."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

1.5/5
"the proverbial sound and fury, filled with typical Asian action film gravitas yet signifying nothing. A whole lot of nothing."  Filmcritic.com  Bill Gibron

D
"It turns out Bangkok isn't very dangerous. It's glacial, abysmally photographed, dreadfully acted, faintly plotted, and frequently absurd. But dangerous? Not really."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

1.5/4
"Pretty junky stuff, but it is notable for one oddball thing: the end credits attribute someone as 'Personal Chef of Nicolas Cage' and someone else as 'Assistant to Personal Chef of Nicolas Cage'. Yikes."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

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."  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

D-
"All it proves is that on their home turf the Pangs can make an international hit-man tale every bit as trashy and dull as the ones made in Hollywood or Europe."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/10
"Click here to read review"  vj.net.ua  Jaroslav Vishtaljuk

"While production values in 'Bangkok Dangerous' are competent, there are no technical fireworks to compensate for the story's dearth of energy and originality."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  John P. McCarthy

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"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

1/4
"The film is handsomely cold looking, but so generic that it's hard to work up much interest in its car chases, shoot outs and frequent breaks to ogle the firm young flesh for sale in Bangkok's fleshpots."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

1/3
"Los Pang utilizan los mismos trucos que en sus películas de terror; mientras que ya en éstas resultan molestos, en Bangkok dangerous no hay por donde cogerlos."  Off-Off-Critica  MalaBesta

"Hollywood came a-callin', and said [to the Pang brothers], 'Come work for us. We're pay you a sh*tload of money. All you have to do is sell us your souls.' And the brothers said yes."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

1.5/4
"Bangkok isn't dangerous so much as really, really boring."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

1.5/4
"As they did with their original, the Pangs steal liberally from John Woo without ever replicating his shootout-choreography inventiveness or proficiency."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

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"  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

2/5
"Danny and Oxide Pang [rework] the plot of their 2000 thriller to make way for Nicolas Cage and his Big Star persona"  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

4/5
"Been there, seen that. But it's not the notes, it's how Cage plays them."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

3/10
"Toxic and tedious, it's 'Bangkok Boring.'"  SSG Syndicate  Susan Granger

2/10
"Would that the film were a tenth as deliciously bad as its title."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton
OFCS Rating: 10% Rotten
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