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Bangkok Dangerous
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24 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 9 out of 16
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Stephen Farber
    60
    Bangkok won't be making any appearances at the Oscars, but it is executed with skill and -- a severed limb or two notwithstanding -- without too much bloody excess.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    50
    Doesn't work because it isn't much of a ride. The action scenes are strictly by rote. The incidental characters are all incidental.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Jordan Mintzer
    50
    Without the technical nastiness and fatal realism that made the initial film so compelling, the remake feels like a hollow excuse to present the myriad ways in which a bullet can pierce a cranium, rather than an edgy portrait of Third World violence.
  4. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Stina Chyn
    40
    I didn't hate this film. I didn't find it to be a waste of time or brain waves. Given the reasons I saw the film, I suppose I'm 50% disappointed.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Michael Ordona
    40
    Pretty much all the things that made the original so original are filtered out of this un-original.
  6. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Anthony Lane
    40
    Parts of Bangkok Dangerous, far from seeming unfamiliar or freshly stylized, offer nothing that you couldn't catch in an episode of "CSI."
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Joshua Katzman
    40
    While the film includes several exciting, creatively shot action scenes, the drama is otherwise so shopworn that the violent climax is a relief.
  8. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    30
    I'm beginning to suspect there's some sort of ancient, or at least post-Pearl Harbor, curse in play that stops genre-oriented Asian filmmakers from creating anything of all but the most negligible merit once they hit the California shore.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    30
    Of all the shoddy, insipid qualities of Bangkok Dangerous, the most egregious is the most fundamental: The film is simply dreadful to look at.
  10. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: David Hiltbrand
    25
    As a cinematic experience, it's like being locked in a coffin for an hour and a half.
  11. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    25
    A morose, slow-moving action picture.
  12. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    25
    Dimly lit, emotionally empty, and devoid of thrills, Bangkok Dangerous should disappoint Cage fans looking for Wicker Man-style camp thrills just as thoroughly as action buffs looking for a passable thriller. It's never close to good, and it can't even get bad right.
  13. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    20
    Adds to the sad realization that this once-vibrant and witty actor (Cage) is completely controlled now by his inner teenager.
  14. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tim Grierson
    20
    Another of those dopey crime thrillers where the hardcore, bad-ass antihero inexplicably decides one day to lower his guard and open his heart, causing all kinds of hell to break loose.
  15. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    12
    Bangkok Dangerous is bad without lifting a finger toward interesting. The trouble with it is that the people who've made it don't appear to understand life enough to allow any of it into their movie. This is an airless affair.
  16. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    0
    The filmmakers even manage to turn seamy Bangkok into the least exotic setting imaginable.
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5.2 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15
  1. grandpajoe6191
    3
    "Bangkok Dangerous", a action kookie based on the 2001 movie with the same title, is terrible. It's cliched and fails to handle all the action into one piece. Most of all, Nicholas Cage performed terribly with a stone cold face. Trust me; If you watch this, you're weird.… Full Review »
  2. [Anonymous]
    5
    May not be worth watching, very simple all around.
  3. JayT.
    1
    With films like this no wonder everyone is turning to the tv! Nic cage is the last person i would cast for an action film, he is without life when he acts and the person who directed this piece of **** should give up his day job and spend his money else where. Easily the worse film of 2008.… Full Review »
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