Bangkok Dangerous, 1999

I have it on DVD. I've had it for years actually.
Purchased it from hkflix.com, which was one of my favorite online stores.

The movie is pretty solid and reminds of 80's action films. The last 20 minutes are pretty explosive. I hate comparing this to early-John Woo but that's really what it reminds me of.

I'm not the biggest fan of The Pang Brothers material. I've seen The Eye and The Messengers and I tried watching Re-Cycle but despite how visually appealing that is, I honestly did not finish it. Overall this is probably their best work. At least from the few movies I have watched.
 
I only learned about this movie because of recent re-run Bangkok Dangerous 2008 with Nicolas Cage
Bangkok Dangerous (2008) - IMDb

which is slightly different - only the pharmacy girl is deaf.
I haven't had the chance of watching the original B-D myself.

I read about the blind assassin and how it is possible to be the blind assassin
in the book by Margaret Atwood of the same title.
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Assassin-Novel-Margaret-Atwood/dp/0385720955]Amazon.com: The Blind Assassin: A Novel (9780385720953): Margaret Atwood: Books[/ame]

wow, great book btw

also from the movie with Rutger Hauer, for example
Blind Fury
Blind Fury (1989) - IMDb

What is your opinion of the deaf hit man in this movie?
how does he pulls it off?
Since he is deaf and all. How did they do it?

considering one need to be stealthy to be a hitman.


Fuzzy
 
I re-watched this last night and I think I appreciated it more with the second viewing.

Anyhow, the assassin/hitman is deaf and mute and he knows no sign language what so ever! He obviously lives a very isolated life and doesn't seem to interact with anyone but when he does communicate its by speech reading or notes. As far as how does he manage to be a successful hitman and do jobs so well with gusto? He's naturally talented and fearless. Also, He started working at a shooting range at a young age and and a guy name Joe, took him under his wing and taught him how to fight, show him the ropes, etc. There's a lot of back story and character development.

During the last scene, there is a huge shoot out brawl with Kong (the hitman) and mob henchmen in a warehouse. Kong notices that all the gunmen have guns with laser sights and the guns are pointed toward the ceiling! He uses this to strategize when and where to attack them. Smart move
 
Thanks, Kevin.

I apologize for getting back only now but I forgot to subscribe to this thread, yikes.

I understand what you say about being "fearless and talented", however
knowing how the deaf people have no perception of sound, I was wondering how he manages to go around that.
After all he must be stealthily quiet, or he will alert anyone about his presence.

naturally, this is only a movie, so everything is possible, but in real life I wondered HOW is that possible - if it is.

Since just recently there were threads about deaf people being innocently loud vs hearing people wanting purposeful silence.

I suppose in the movie they didn't worked on this angle very deeply,
just made it look believable, and that's it.


Thank you for your explanation, Kevin :)

Fuzzy
 
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