Bankok Dangerous

• Year Made: 2008
• Director : Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
• Lead actors : Nicolas Cage, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Charlie Yeung
• Genre : Crime Thriller
• Film Rating: 18
• Setting: Bankok

Plot: * * *  (3/5)
Characters: * * * (3/5)
Script: * * (2/5)
Direction: * * * * (4/5)

Overall: 6/10



A crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage as an assassin who starts with little morals until he gets to know his messenger and becomes his teacher. The change really happens when he falls in love with an innocent deaf and mute woman who changes his perspective off life. But it isn't all happy-go-lucky, there is plenty of shooting action and drama throughout the film.

Aside from the terrible film name, I quite enjoyed the film. There was quite a lot of repetition in the storyline which got a bit boring after a while. However the brilliant twist at the end made up for that, and make the wait worthwhile. The twist was completely unpredictable and the exact opposite of what I wanted to happen but his gave the movie more character.

In terms of the characters, I feel all of the characters were believable and genuine, the only ones I had a slight issue with were unfortunately the great Nicolas Cage. Normally he does an excellent job acting but I feel like his acting could have been better here, especially as he was the main character so that let down the film a little. The other disappointing character was Aom, played by Panward Hemmanee, I don't know quite why, but I just didn't connect with her.

Nicolas Cage and some background scenes look very grey at some parts of the film, especially at the start, just this monotone black and grey. I'm not quite sure why that was, if it was on purpose, that was a bad film choice and if it wasn't, I believe they need to hire some new make-up artists.

All my previous film reviews have been on PG cartoon films but this film is definitely not for children, hence the rating. There is plenty of inappropriate scenes filled with blood as you can imagine, a lot of shooting and guns, a quick show of some inappropriate female areas, but overall I don't think it should have been an 18, it wasn't that bad. But obviously ensure an adult watches it first before deciding whether it is suitable for younger viewers.

Overall, I think the storyline could have had more depth to it and more background to some of the characters.

Would I see the film again? no
Would I recommend the film? maybe

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