Joe (Nicolas Cage) is a professional hit man looking for a final job. He arrives in Bangkok to do four hits in one location for crime boss Surat. He hires local disposable hustler thief Kong. He falls for deaf pharmacist Fon. He gets each target in a briefcase. The second briefcase gets opened. Kong realizes that Joe is an assassin and asks to be trained by him.
The pervasive dark blue photography gets a bit tiresome. I do like the exotic location of Bangkok and its foreign modernity. It doesn't really have the style or action to elevate this. Most of these foreign action movies have more exciting action and people expect it now. The movie is left with a cold performance from Cage and a simple assassin story. The love story doesn't take off either with such a detached character.
The pervasive dark blue photography gets a bit tiresome. I do like the exotic location of Bangkok and its foreign modernity. It doesn't really have the style or action to elevate this. Most of these foreign action movies have more exciting action and people expect it now. The movie is left with a cold performance from Cage and a simple assassin story. The love story doesn't take off either with such a detached character.