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Bangkok Dangerous Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Bangkok won't be making any appearances at the Oscars, but it is executed with skill and -- a severed limb or two notwithstanding -- without too much bloody excess.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  Without the technical nastiness and fatal realism that made the initial film so compelling, the remake feels like a hollow excuse to present the myriad ways in which a bullet can pierce a cranium, rather than an edgy portrait of Third World violence.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Pretty much all the things that made the original so original are filtered out of this un-original.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesNathan Lee

  Of all the shoddy, insipid qualities of Bangkok Dangerous, the most egregious is the most fundamental: The film is simply dreadful to look at.

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• 0

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  The filmmakers even manage to turn seamy Bangkok into the least exotic setting imaginable.

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