Bangkok Dangerous is a 2008 American action thriller film written and directed by the Pang Brothers, and starring Nicolas Cage.

He uses multiple aliases and usually hires young pickpockets or small-time criminals as his local help and middlemen between him and his handlers, always murdering them the end of the job to prevent any identification.

He hires a local Thai pickpocket named Kong, who has simple English knowledge, as his go-between in Bangkok, a condition of the contract being that the gang will never meet Joe.

Before Joe executes his mission, Kong informs him of the target, Pramod Juntasa, another notorious gang lord and Surat's rival crime boss who acts as a sex trafficker, buying young girls from impoverished parents and selling them for sex.

The kill does not go as planned, and the target, a playboy and a criminal underworld associate, nearly gets away but Joe manages to catch and assassinate him.

His fourth target is the Prime Minister of Thailand, who is revered by many but a great hindrance to Surat due to his hard-line crackdown on organized crime.

An alternative to the theatrical version depicts Joe about to kill himself when he sees Kong hijacking a police car and coming to his rescue.

They help him recuperate while one local mentions Surat's reputation, adding that his death should mark an end to his crimes and atrocities in their community.

Joe thanks Kong for his assistance and gives him a bank account number with "a bonus", calling him a good student.

The original film's main character is a deaf hitman, whose disability makes him a fearless, unflinching gunman.

"We'd like to keep him the same, but we understand that from a marketing point of view Nic needs to have some lines," Oxide was quoted as saying in The New York Times.

The website's critics consensus reads: "With murky cinematography, a meandering pace, a dull storyline and rather wooden performances, the Pang Brothers' Hollywood remake of Bangkok Dangerous is unsuccessful.