Bangkok Dangerous
A French Bangkok Dangerous movie poster.
Directed by	The Pang Brothers
Produced by	Adirek Wattaleela, Nonzee Nimibutr, Pracha Maleenont, Brian L. Marcar
Written by	The Pang Brothers
Starring	Pawalit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha, Patharawarin Timkul, Pisek Intrakanchit, Korkiate Limpapat
Music by	Orange Music
Distributed by	Tartan Asia Extreme (Region 0 DVD)
Released	November 1, 1999 (Thailand)
Running time	105 min
Language	Thai
IMDb profile

Bangkok Dangerous is a 1999 crime film written and directed by the Pang Brothers. Stylishly edited, it was the debut film for the twin-brother team of filmmakers. Nonzee Nimibutr (Thai นนทรีย์ นิมิบุตร, born 1962 in Nonthaburi, Thailand) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1999. ... A crime film, in its most general sense, is a film that deals with crime, criminal justice and the darker side of human nature. ...

Plot

Kong is a deaf-mute gunman, an assasin 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 Bangkok go-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 gave him an edge in shooting, as he wouldn't react to the gunshots and could better hold on his target. He would eventually get a job as a janitor a the range. The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of accuracy and speed when shooting various types of guns, including airguns. ...

One day, while cleaning up, a customer named Jo was at the range with his girlfriend, Aom. Jo noticed Kong watching them. He then offered the pistol to Kong, who impressed Jo and Aom with his shooting abilities.

Jo then took Kong under his wing and showed him more how to shoot. And, when Jo injured his gun hand, Kong was 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-mute. 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-mute 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

• Pawalit Mongkolpisit as Kong
• Premsinee Ratanasopha as Fon
• Patharawarin Timkul as Aom
• Pisek Intrakanchit as Jo

Awards and nominations

• 2000 Toronto International Film Festival - won the international critics' (FIPRESCI) Award
• 2001 International Film Festival Rotterdam - nominated for a Tiger Award.

Poster for the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is widely considered to be one of the top film festivals in the world and is the premiere film festival in North America which the Oscars race begins from. ... FIPRESCI (short for Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique), in English known as International Federation of Film Critics, comprised of the national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of... IFFR logo The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is one of the larger film festivals in Europe (arguably in the Big Five, alongside Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Locarno). ...

External links

• Bangkok Dangerous at The Internet Movie Database
• Bangkok Dangerous at Rotten Tomatoes