Bangkok Dangerous

Thailand 1999, 106 minutes
Dir. Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
In Thai, Cantonese with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Action/Adventure

Feat. Pawalit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha, Patharawarin Timkul

Aroview: Frenetic, violent gangland tale set in the throbbing Thai capital, about a deaf-mute hitman isolated by his affliction and his profession, and caught between his ruthless mentor and new romantic interest.

Fusing the darker elements of Asian cinema (esp. Woo, Kar-Wai and Takeshi) with the burly-romantics of Luc Besson, the Pang Brothers (who write, direct and edit) experiment with film stocks, speeds and rapid cutting with confidence if not yet refinement in this striking debut.

NZ International Film Festival 2001