I was amped on Bangkok Dangerous ever since the film's first trailer. The only thing that troubled me was that it looked like Lionsgate was afraid to show anything else. As I feared, we are now told that the film isn't all that.
Bangkok Dangerous Gets Reviewed
Well, at least it's decent. Variety has posted the first official review we have seen for the film and it acknowledges that the film is serrated around the edges.
Heavy on the spice and cheap on the meat, "Bangkok Dangerous" adds plenty of Thai seasoning to the Hollywood lone-assassin recipe, but the result is only mildly pungent. Rehashing certain elements -- including striking location shooting -- that marked their much grittier 1999 feature of the same title, Hong Kong's Pang brothers increase the decibel level of the gunshots and the schmaltz level of the scenario, but such embellishments, not to mention a Nicolas Cage doused with Clairol, make this hefty remake seem less dangerous than incongruous. Low September B.O. body count should be surpassed by acceptable ancillary returns.
Check out the entire review for Bangkok Dangerous at Variety.
Bangkok Dangerous opens to theaters on September 5th.
Bangkok Dangerous
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