Nicholas Cage, who is in the process of committing career suicide, plays a tired old lump who kills for a living and spouts half a dozen rules he doesn't live by in "Bangkok Dangerous", a pointless remake of a film that wasn't great in the first place. One cliché-ridden scene follows another in this Pang Brothers pile-up of movie references. Even a generous budget can not inject an ounce of life into this sorry mess. The action scenes are slow and confusing. The performances are all retarded and misdirected. The words "stylish" and "cool" have been bandied around in reviews of this abortion. The film is neither. Cage's hit-man is a massively unengaging character with the year's worst haircut; he looks like an extra from "Combat Shock", a film that is one hundred times better than this (made for 10,000 times less). Ultimately, a depressing viewing experience and a cinematic eyesore.
Review of Bangkok Dangerous
