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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.

Plot

Kong is a 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.

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.

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