Review of Bangkok Dangerous (2000) by Kate H — 02 Sep 2008

Brilliant and visually stunning thriller about a deaf and mute hitman called Wong who usually takes out victims in a quick, cold blooded manner but this starts to change when he meets,and falls for,a local pharmacy worker.But things are difficult due to his line of work and the fact that there's problems in the local underworld that Wong, and his brother, get caught up in. This has some great action, violence and has plenty of drama and tension to. The Pang brothers do a brilliant directing job but i'd say the only downside would be to many different styles of picture during flashbacks etc, they over-do it a bit there but other than that, good script and story and some decent acting make this a stylish, entertaing and compelling film.

I can't begin to imagine how Nicolas Cage and friends can even come close to matching the quality of this film.I highly doubt they will and it'll be some made for chavs thriller which will be about as deep as a puddle so watch this and see how it was really done!