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Nicolas Cage is Back?

March 27th, 2008

Written By: Andrew James

This is really Kurt’s territory, but Asian directors Danny and Oxide Pang newest film entitled Bangkok Dangerous is slated for release this coming August. You might’ve seen a bit of the the Pang Brother’s other work in the original version of The Eye and its sequel; as well as quite a scary, surreal, but compelling little story about a novelist’s nightmare, translating into a pro-life message, movie entitled Re-Cycle.

At any rate, the newest from the Pang brothers bring aboard Nicolas Cage as an international hitman who falls for a local woman while in Bangkok on a job. I pulled down the poster that was just released and am posting it here for your viewing pleasure or displeasure. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Nicolas Cage and his pores:

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The movie could suck (or strike gold) but either way, I love the poster.

Comment by Marina Antunes — March 27, 2008
Yeah. Agreed. Nick is hit or miss recently. Some fantastic hits (’Lords of War’ ‘The Weatherman’) and some hideous misses (’National Treasure 2′ ‘Ghostrider’). Ugh.

On a side note, thanks to everyone at rowthree. I received my complimentary ‘Taxi Driver’ copy that goes out to all 5,000th comments award recipients. Thanks again guys!

Comment by Andy — March 27, 2008
Nice one on Taxi Driver.

The Pangs are so hit and miss. Sadly, I’ve actually not seen the original Bangkok Dangerous, so I’ll likely skip this until i manage to catch up.

The Pangs didn’t exactly hit gold with their english language debut “The Messengers” which admittedly was taken out of their hands and re-editted.

I remain apprehensive and tentative on anything they are doing, but freely admit to how much I enjoyed THE EYE and RE-CYCLE. And the first 2/3 of DIARY.

Comment by Kurt — March 27, 2008
Glad to hear it arrived safe and sound Andy! Enjoy!

Comment by Marina Antunes — March 27, 2008
I’m sort of interested in seeing how the Pangs remake their own movie. In a bit of a twist, I actually saw The Messengers when I was in Thailand, though I was in not-so-dangerous Chiang Mai.

Comment by Peter Nellhaus — March 28, 2008
And to go with the fancy poster, the fancy English trailer below:

Looking pretty decent!

Comment by Marina Antunes — March 28, 2008
Hmmm. I remain cautiously optimistic to use the parliance of our time. This looks like maybe some fun in a John Woo kind of way. Otherwise… *takes a deep breath and prays**

I’m a Cage fan and Pang brothers fan (from what I’ve seen), but this comes dangerously close to selling out to a Hollywood blockbuster. Something that obviously we wouldn’t put past Cage. I love that he takes chances and just does what he wants to, but seriously, how about another Adaptation or Leaving Las Vegas? Please?

Comment by Andrew James — March 28, 2008

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