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Kong, a professional killer, has been mute since childhood. He plies the city's bitterest streets, with silence his only response to the killings and assassinations he performs. He is deadly. He is numb. He enacts his grisly tasks with a sociopathic coldness -his steady, impersonal revenge on the world. Ultimately, the chance for his transformation (and redemption) finally arrives in the form of a girl able to provide the only tenderness and warmth he's ever known. It could save him. It could kill him. A gritty story, the film is a powerful thriller, with strong emphasis on style, suave cutting techniques, effects, and urbane production values. Fast-paced, bloody and exciting, this film shows Bangkok's darker worlds, and the glimmer of hope possible in the dimmest of lives. It's a film about cities, a film about death. With its high-speed chases, its gunfire and action, its intensity, Bangkok Dangerous is a killer. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (2)
It's a pity, I expected the film to be about snipers and the main character only holds a sniper rifle once in the whole film and he is deaf and dumb, which bothers me a lot when the main character (a gangster) can't drop any wisecracks in the whole film. The romantic insert also bothered me a lot, it took away from the pace. On the other hand, I'm surprised by the rather good visuals considering the age of the film and the decent bloody finale, but it's not enough for more than 3 stars.
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I have to say, I was rather annoyed by the gratuitous Pang visual "tweaks" the whole time. The characters were pretty weak too, and at least a few of those shootouts and fancy shots hit fertile ground. After all, my expectations weren't exactly high after the mega-funny American remake.
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