- Bangkok Dangerous
Infobox Film
name = Bangkok Dangerous
caption = The Thai theatrical poster.
director =The Pang Brothers
producer =Adirek Wattaleela Nonzee Nimibutr Pracha Maleenont Brian L. Marcar
writer = The Pang Brothers
starring =Pawalit Mongkolpisit Premsinee Ratanasopha Patharawarin Timkul Pisek Intrakanchit Korkiate Limpapat
music = Orange Music
cinematography = Decha Srimantra
editing = The Pang Brothers
distributor = Film Bangkok
released =November 1 ,1999
runtime = 105 minutes
country = Thailand
language = Thai
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:226989
imdb_id = 0263101"Bangkok Dangerous" ( _th. เพชรฆาตเงียบ อันตราย) is a 1999
crime film written and directed bythe Pang Brothers . Stylishly edited, the story of a deaf hitman was the debut film for the twin-brother team of filmmakers. A 2008 remake of the same name also directed by the Pangs, starsNicolas Cage .Plot
Kong is a deaf gunman, an
assassin for hire who can neither hear his gunshots nor the people pleading with him not to kill them. He receives his assignments through Aom, a hostess at a Bangkokgo-go bar .Kong lost his hearing when he was a child. Because of his disability, he was taunted by other children, and he grew up into an angry young man.
At a target range, he found he had a special aptitude for
target shooting when he pictured the faces of the boys that taunted him in the target. His deafness gives him an edge in shooting, as he doesn't react to the gunshots and can better hold his attention on his target. He eventually gets a job as a janitor at the range.One day, while cleaning up, a customer named Jo is at the range with his girlfriend, Aom. Jo notices Kong watching them. He then offers the
pistol to Kong, who impresses Jo and Aom with his shooting abilities.Jo then takes Kong under his wing and shows him more how to shoot. And, when Jo injures his gun hand, Kong is ready to take on more work.
Working for a mob boss, Kong is sent on a job to
Hong Kong . He shoots his target while riding on the Hong Kong subway.When Kong returns to Bangkok, he has a cold and needs some medicine, so he stops in a pharmacy and meets Fon, a pretty pharmacist who is somehow able to connect with the deaf. With Fon, friendship grows into something deeper. This changes Kong's perspective on life as he realizes that life can be meaningful, even for a deaf assassin like him.
Meanwhile, Aom is having trouble with one of the mob boss' henchmen, who ends up raping her. Enraged, Jo takes matters into his own hands, killing the henchman, which brings the mob's wrath down on Jo, which in turn leads to more revenge killing by Kong, and a final big shoot-out in a water bottling plant.
Cast
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Pawalit Mongkolpisit as Kong
*Premsinee Ratanasopha as Fon
*Patharawarin Timkul as Aom
*Pisek Intrakanchit as JoAwards and nominations
*2000
Toronto International Film Festival - won the international critics' (FIPRESCI ) Award
*2001International Film Festival Rotterdam - nominated for a Tiger Award.Remake
At the
2006 Cannes Film Festival , the Pang Brothers announced they would remake "Bangkok Dangerous" withNicolas Cage in the lead role, though Cage's character would not be a deaf. With the working titles "Big Hit in Bangkok" and "Time to Kill", shooting took place in Bangkok in August 2006 with the release set for September 2008.External links
*imdb title|id=0263101|title=Bangkok Dangerous
*amg movie|id=1:226989|title=Bangkok Dangerous
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1110876-bangkok_dangerous/ Bangkok Dangerous] atRotten Tomatoes
* [http://www.movieset.com/bangkok-dangerous Bangkok Dangerous] at MovieSet
* [http://madeinatlantis.com/movies_central/2008/bangkok_dangerous_production_details.htm Bangkok Dangerous Production Notes]
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