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Bangkok Dangerous

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Bangkok Dangerous reviews
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8.5 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 11 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller

Written by: Oxide Pang Chun
Danny Pang

Directed by: Oxide Pang Chun
Danny Pang

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 23, 2001
DVD: February 26, 2002

Running Time: 105 minutes, Color

Origin: Thailand

Language(s): Thai (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Pawalit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha, Patharawarin Timkul, Pisek Intrakanchit, Korkiate Limpapat, and Piya Boonnak

The story of a deaf-mute Bangkok assassin who seeks redemption in the love of an innocent young woman.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

The shooting sprees are full of razzle dazzle. The final gun battle -- between Kong and the police -- is especially effective.

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63

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

Always watchable and cinematically lively, but it never quite engages the emotions -- despite torrents of sentimentality and would-be heart-tugging scenes interspersed with the carnage.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The film never escapes the constraints of its genre, but it's a hell of a ride.

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50

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

There are movies that are all about the characters, and then there are movies, like Bangkok Dangerous, that are far more about the directors who created those characters.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham

Brothers Oxide and Danny Pang co-directed. What they lack in discipline they make up in razzle-dazzle, even if it sometimes is pointless.

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50

The New York Times Dave Kehr

Some of the nonstop commotion of Bangkok Dangerous is funny and inventive -- but much more of it is simply irritating and obfuscating.

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50

Film Threat Phil Hall

A style-rich, substance-weak B-level gangster movie which is noteworthy for two unusual reasons: it is one of the very few films from Thailand to gain international release and it is the perhaps the only film of its genre to feature a love story between a hit man and a pharmacist.

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50

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

May display an energetic and promising talent, but it is also uncomfortably close to being a 105-minute music video, with all the problems that suggests.

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40

Variety Staff (Not Credited)

Enjoyable in an undemanding way, and with a few interesting flourishes.

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40

Village Voice Jessica Winter

The movie is a technical marvel from its lysergic cinematography (by Decha Srimantra) to its pulsing-vessel sound design, but it has no identity apart from its influences, however dazzlingly they're deployed.

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40

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Better than slick, though it feels pointless -- another homage to a kind of filmmaking that's had more than its share.

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30

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

The editing looks like it was done in a blender, and the images of death and grief are so genre-primal that the Pangs hardly bother with dialogue.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Miki Y. gave it a10:
You know, Bangkok Dangerous is Miki Yeung's Favorite!

Bangkok Dangerous gave it a10:
Bangkok Dangerous is Ivana Wong's Favorite movie!

bryan x gave it a3:
Fine if you've never seen anything like this before. but i have seen anything like this before, much, much better. feels like there's nothing here but style. felt like a serious wong kar-wai/chris doyle knockoff without any of the emotion or smarts.

Sonny T. gave it a 9:
An excellent watch the Flashbacks were awesomely set. Had some interesting plot twists without being overdeveloped.

Peter T. gave it a 10:
The best ending in a movie ever.

Alec L. gave it a 10:
This movie rocked!

Nathan R. gave it a 10:
There are some movies out there now that are full of terrible acting and high priced special effects. then there are those select few that actually leave you in a daze at the end. Bangkok Dangerous is an excellent film with a very powerful and moving sequences. The subtitles just add to the high standard of this film. I rate this among one of my favorite movies.

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