Rama’s SCREEN

I’m still disappointed, half upset at the fact that Lionsgate is not planning to hold any press screening of BANGKOK DANGEROUS prior to the movie’s release on September 5th, 2008.
The movie, so far, does give the impression that it’s not gonna live up to the expectation but maybe this featurette can change that assumption… or not.
Via IGN, this is a brief featurette of BANGKOK DANGEROUS that shows you some behind-the-scene stuff and as always, the actor Nicolas Cage and the producers would give the directors praises. I guess I as an Asian should be a bit proud of that but I’d be prouder of those two Pang brothers cast someone like Bruce Willis instead.. but my hero Bruce is probably too awesome for this gig anyway.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:

The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, instead finds himself mentoring the young man while simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok’s intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard …just as Surat decides it’s time to clean house.

Directors Oxide Pang and Danny Pang (The Eye) paint an explosive picture of the Bangkok underworld, illuminated with neon and saturated in violence. Based on the Pang Brothers’ wildly popular Hong Kong action film of the same name BANGKOK DANGEROUS is written by Jason Richman. The adrenaline-powered thriller stars Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, National Treasure), Charlie Young (Seven Swords), Shahkrit Yamnarm (Belly of the Beast) and Dom Hetrakul (Sniper 3). The film is produced by Jason Shuman, William Sherak, Nicolas Cage and Norm Golightly. Andrew Pfeffer, Derek Dauchy, Denis O’Sullivan and Ben Waisbren serve as the executive producers.

BANGKOK DANGEROUS will be in theaters September 5th