Do you know the feeling of having a bad dream and you wish that you could stop it by waking up? That’s how watching Bangkok Dangerous is like except you’re wide awake and fully conscious when it’s happening.
It didn’t help that Nicolas Cage stars in this movie. As an assassin, he broke all four rules he said was important for his job. The story was so predictable that you could guess what the ending might be in the first 10 minutes of the movie. After that, you wish that the pace would pick up or an act of god could save the plot but no beacon of hope came for the viewers.
Joe (Nicolas Cage): I was taught four rules. One. Don’t ask questions. There is no such thing as right and wrong. Two. Don’t take an interest in people outside of work. There is no such thing as trust. Three. Erase every trace. Come anonymous and leave nothing behind. Four. Know when to get out. Just thinking about it means it’s time. Before you lose your edge, before you become a target.
I should have followed rule number four and got out of the movie when I thought that the movie is going nowhere. I saw the original Thai movie and I liked it more than the Hollywood version. I don’t know why the Pang Brothers have agreed to remake their movie. In the original, the assassin was deaf-mute but in the Hollywood version Nicolas Cage’s character was normal but his love interest was the one who was deaf-mute.
*Spoiler*
Joe shot himself in the head, also killing the man who hired him for the Bangkok job.
