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2008
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Positive Reviews
6
Negative reviews
37
Average Rating
1.9
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1.5
Dimly lit, emotionally empty, and devoid of thrills, Bangkok Dangerous should disappoint Cage fans looking for Wicker Man style camp thrills just as t ..
Av Club
2.0
The filmmakers even manage to turn seamy Bangkok into the least exotic setting imaginable.F
EW
3.0
Mercifully, his lines are few; the Cage nasality doesnt befit a killer.
Screen Daily
2.0
This version of Bangkok Dangerous is a respectable genre movie, but not much more.
Screen Daily
1.5
It could be argued that Cages wig is as much of a handicap as any sane scenarist should allow its like something out of Vonneguts Harrison Bergeron bu ..
2.0
Leon Ichasos film soft pedals everything save the language in what often resembles a made for cable biopic.
Telegraph
2.0
Theres a charming restaurant scene, some nifty hand to hand combat and the cast is great looking. But pretty much all the things that made the origina ..
2.0
Without the blunt warning of the title, it could be anywhere shiftily Asian, the exotic energy of Eastern stylists flattened by Western ennui.
2.5
All of this might be easily moved past if the parts of the film you paid money for werent disappointing as well.
Cinema Blend
1.0
Actually, there are two other things to consider: Cages embarrassing Alice Cooper hair and the trajectory of his fame.
Ny Daily News
2.0
Usually I find it to be a cheat a lazy way to bring us up to speed or tell us about a character instead of just showing us.
Screen Rant
1.3
The entire film is shot with a sepia tone that gives it a flat, documentary feel.But in any light, Bangkok Dangerous is a dark, grim film with no emot ..
Philly
2.0
The conclusion of the film at least makes some sense, but it is a downer.
Lariat
2.0
But even if you dont tire of the relentless violence, you might want to call time on Cages tough but sensitive ubermensch, the sort who can kill witho ..
Independent
2.0
It feels overly rewritten as well as badly bloated with contrived action sequences.
Shadows On The Wall
2.0
The View London Review out ofstarsRunning time:minsDirecting duo the Pang Brothers (Danny and Oxide) remake their own 1999 Thai thriller with Nicolas ..
View London
2.5
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News Day
1.5
But try as they might, the Pangs cant cover the gaping hole at the center of the film where a charismatic leading man should be.
Film Journal International ..
1.0
If you came up with one no and three yess, congratulationsa career writing lousy hit man with a heart of gold action movies could be yours.This kind o ..
Mountain X
1.5
It was wildly stylish, from a visual perspective, and just as wildly devoid of almost any human emotion.But you could see that these Pang kids had som ..
1.9
Awatchable, but dull action flick with not enough body count to satisfy the average mixed martial arts fanboy.
Toronto Star
2.0
There are some flashy sequences, which cant conceal the essential silliness and fatuity.
Guardian
2.0
The appropriately bleak ending may surprise those accustomed to false cinematic redemption.
Reel Talk Reviews
4.0
Its a visually intriguing movie with excellent performances by Nicolas Cage and Charlie Yeung, who fills the screen with charm and grace.
Reel Talk Reviews
1.0
The script is a compendium of cliches, but not all boring. There is one passable chase scene on motor boats and a characteristically gruesome shoot ou ..
Daily Mail
3.0
Whats Good About It: The hairpieces.You can always count on the hairpieces.
Movies
2.5
And so the movie grinds on, diligently skirting every chance to surprise.
New Yorker
1.9
Joes ultimate aim for redemption is not touching in the least, but it is a downer that renders all we have just seen as pointless.
The Movie Boy
2.0
Generic story aside, it would have been all too easy to forget about the films shortcomings had the Pang Brothers injected a little life into the proc ..
Bullz-Eye
2.0
The Haunting of Hill House ending explained everything you need to know after watching Feature The Haunting of Hill House ending leaves a lot of quest ..
Total Film
1.0
For a pure action film there is surprisingly little compelling action.
Hollywood
2.0
Cage is deadly dull in lifeless Bangkok Dangerous Nicolas Cage is back to his dreary former self you know, the guy who starred a decade ago in such do ..
Seattle Pi
1.3
Jason Richmans screenplay shuffled the characters and comes up with something even more derivative and cliche driven than the original, which got by o ..
Movies Tv Guide
1.5
If nothing else, its nice to see an action movie that takes Europe, not America, as its grounding point.
La Weekly
2.0
The only reason to see a Nicolas Cage movie these days is to have a good laugh at his latest wig.
Mirror
2.5
The Soundtrack Formulaic and given to baffling character swings in our anti hero, the missing ingredient is meat on the bones of the people, who remai ..
Varia Gate
1.3
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News Blaze
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
2.0
Its glacial, abysmally photographed, dreadfully acted, faintly plotted, and frequently absurd.
Brian Or Ndorf
1.0
Ludicrous Occasionally. Ponderous Frequently. But dangerous Only for the careers of Cage and his stylist.
Sky
3.0
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2.0
Cages new, younger audience will be expecting another Ghost Rider or National Treasure whiz bang visuals, smart quips and a pacey narrative.Instead, w ..
The Shiz Nit
2.0
If that last touch sounds more like a Hong Kong thriller, youre right.
Metro
3.8
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2 The Advocate
1.0
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This Is London
2.0
Mostly what were left with is a perfectly uninvolving tale of errors acknowledged and manhood proved, all leading to a swashbuckling episode of consci ..
Style Weekly
1.5
And in all fairness to directors/screenwriters Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang, theyve made a film with a solid story and some dynamic action scenes.
Jeffreyklyles Word Press
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