

Bangkok Dangerous
It's all in the execution.
When carrying out a hit, assassin Joe always makes use of the knowledge of the local population. On arriving in Bangkok, Joe meets street kid Kong and he becomes his primary aide. But when Kong is nearly killed, he asks Joe to train him up in the deadly arts and unwittingly becomes a target of a band of killers.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $45M
- Box office
- $42.5M
- Language
- Thai
- assassin
- hitman
- gun
- asia
- deaf-mute
- bangkok, thailand
- thailand
- apprentice
- video surveillance
- strip club
- flashback
- remake
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Produced in
Thailand, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR4 Sept 2008
- PhysicalRDVD & Blu-Ray Release6 Jan 2009
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical185 Sept 2008
AustraliaAU
- TVMA 15+12 Jul 2010
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1615 Jan 2009
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1612 Sept 2008
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1519 Sept 2008
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1531 Oct 2008
FranceFR
- Theatrical27 Aug 2008
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray19 Mar 2009
- Digital / OTTVOD16 May 2016
- Digital / OTTNetflix1 Apr 2019
GermanyDE
- Theatrical188 Jan 2009
GreeceGR
- Theatrical168 Oct 2008
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT155 Sept 2008
ItalyIT
- Theatrical29 Jan 2010
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Bangkok Dangerous was released on 21 August 2008.
Audience reviews
2- J6/10
John Chard
5/16/2015
I was taught four rules... The Pang Brothers remake their 2000 Asian film for the American audience with mixed results. Starring Nic Cage, film follows Cage's hit-man to Bangkok where he is to complete a number of hits. He tells us via narration that he has a set of rules that he follows so as to survive in the "business". He then promptly breaks his own codes and his life comes under threat. That's pretty much…
- J5/10
JPV852
4/21/2026
One of the most mundane and average suspense-thrillers to come down the pike. I suspect if this was released today it'd be on Netflix. In any case, this is watchable but utterly forgettable. Nic Cage sleepwalks through his performance (so we get the Left Behind Cage vs Wicker Man Cage) while everyone else was okay, I guess. There's nothing original here and the only noteworthy element is it's a movie with one of the …
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