Looks like Michael Haneke is not alone in his American remake of his own film; the Pang brothers are getting in on the action as well.

The brothers are noted for their style and though I’ve only heard of them in passing (I have a copy of Re-Cycle which I still haven’t seen), the discussion always tends to be pretty positive. Although their upcoming remake is not a shot for shot re-telling, it is an English language remake of their 1999 film Bangkok Dangerous about a hitman who is in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs and who falls for a local woman. I’m assuming all sorts of craziness ensues.

To bring in the big box office numbers, they’ve called on Nicolas Cage to play the hitman and as much as I dislike the guy, I must admit I like the way this trailer looks, if only because it doesn’t appear like the movie is taking itself too seriously.

At the moment, Bangkok Dangerous does not have a North American release date which scares me a little but again, the trailer suggests this could be fun. I doubt that they’ll completely bury a film with a big name star like Cage (because as much as we may dislike him, he still equals box office numbers) but it may suffer a fate like Pacino’s upcoming 88 Minutes and be buried for a year or two.

Thanks to RoS for the lead on the Spanish language trailer which has popped up online and there’s a load of really great looking movie stills at Beyond Hollywood.