Bangkok Dangerous (1999)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Directors:

Oxide Pang Chun
Danny Pang

Writers:

Oxide Pang Chun (writer)
Danny Pang (writer)

Release Date:

24 November 2000 (Thailand)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller | Romance

Plot:

The story is of a deaf-mute hitman and his partner who are based in Bangkok. He is friends with his...

Plot Keywords:

Assassination | Flashback | Stripper | Hitman | Deaf Mute

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 10

3:00 AM

SHOW

Cast

Pawalit Mongkolpisit	...	Kong
Premsinee Ratanasopha	...	Fon
Patharawarin Timkul	...	Aom
Pisek Intrakanchit	...	Jo
Korkiate Limpapat
Piya Boonnak

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and sexuality.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Thailand

Language:

Thai

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:18 | Hong Kong:III | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Film Bangkok

Movie Connections:

References Gojira (1954)

A Nutshell Review: Bangkok Dangerous

I picked up this DVD because I've been to Bangkok couple of times, and wanted to see how the filmmakers Oxide and Danny Pang manage to capture the more sleazy side of the city, and combine it with gangster noir to come up with Bangkok Dangerous. I've heard about the movie, and was surprised that our National Library actually had this DVD in its collection.

Bangkok Dangerous tells the story of a deaf mute assassin Kong (Pawalit Mongkolpisit). His is a life of mission after mission, a cold and professional, though small time, killer. Growing up being bullied because of his disability, he finds work at a gun range as a cleaner, until he chances upon Joe (Pisek Intrakanchit) and his girlfriend Aom (Patharawarin Timkul). Kong learns his skills from Joe (in an excellent montage), and together, form a tag-team partnership.

During the course of work, Kong chances upon the beautiful Fon (Premsinee Ratanasopha) who works at a drugstore, and in between missions, he romances Fon, who doesn't shun him in spite of being a deaf mute. The killer has finally known what it is to develop feelings and to love.

However, if you live by the gun, chances are there will be those who are after you. Things change for the worse when Aom offends one of the gang's ranked member, and gets raped. Joe goes for revenge, but ultimately gets literally betrayed by the hand that feeds. Kong has to decide - to finish what had started and avenge his friends, or to try and begin life anew with the woman he loves, even after she has started to avoid him, knowing what he does for a living.

In a cosmopolitan city like Bangkok, this film manages to capture a kaleidoscope of colours, mood, and use various camera angles to its advantage. It contrasts the shady underworld and strip bars, and its pulsating music, with the silent, kind world of love that Kong for the first time experiences when he's with Fon.

It's a story of finding one's own morality when living in the midst of violence and sleaze, and the seeking of redemption from a life of sin.

Code 3 DVD extras: Filmography of filmmakers and inspiration for the film.