It's a good film. I watched it maybe 10 years ago or more, I remember a few scenes. The American version is NOTHING like the original. I prefer the original even if I have forgotten much of the film which I am now about to watch or download since I am fixated on watching Joker again, as it is a most fascinating film on many levels. Bankok Dangerous maybe not so much.
Mai pen rai.
You, parenthetical reader, can watch it if you will see a rape scene and murder!!! American films mostly focus on murder and consensual sex. Welcome to Bangkok Dangerous. There's also a Muay Thai fight scene and a motorbike race. The Thai Government has recently outlawed/banned street motorbike racing as many have been injured or killed. That is a reality and shown in the movie as the reality of Bangkok. As for the rest, it's about gangs and drugs. But it was the rape scene which was unusual as I wrote, women being raped in a movie is not a very American media pursuit. Men who are raped in movies (usually hinted at, never shown) make waves in culture whereas women being raped is relatively not portrayed as a crime as much as men being raped (which appears as a huge tragedy for endless series --i.e. Mr. Robot.) Men are allowed to murder their assailant whereas women get killed in the movies if they say no, are somehow to blame if they get raped, or are killed off at the end (Thelma & Louise--I HATED THE ENDING they should have lived happily ever after with some fun, happy boy toys who are not playboys like b.p who starred as the one-night boy toy in the movie). When will H-wood ever get it straight-up? As I recall, in the Thai version the male friends of the woman raped go get some payback for the rape and beating the beautiful escort Thai prostitute/bar girl endured. It was a work of art, deserving of the awards it received. The American version was of a mercinary money-oriented white male who gets a Thai blind lover who showers him with the servitude he is lacking in Western society, etc murders upon contract--bloodshed as the final tumultuous climactic ending---like the last movie, and the last H-wood movie, and the last H-wood movie....
and assouncing--Bangkok Dangerous, where women raped get supported by men and girls can also drag race on motorbike and be tough and intelligent!
You just have to watch the move to see what I mean. I also forgot the ending so this movie watched once again will be a very nice treat compared with the usual climactic death ending (it probably follows the same formula).
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