Kong, a deaf-mute, lives a life of quiet desperation working for Bangkok mobsters. Despite his disability, Kong's mentor Joe trains him to be a stone-cold assassin. After a brutal hit abroad, Kong returns to Bangkok and falls in love with young pharmacy clerk.
Direction
Pang Brothers' kinetic visual language that Hollywood later diluted.
Acting
Pavarit's wordless performance—every glance screams what he cannot say.
Cinematography
Bangkok never looked this gloriously sleazy and seductive.
Director
Oxide Pang Chun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2008 Hollywood remake starred Nicolas Cage and was so poorly received that it effectively killed the Pang Brothers' American careers.
This film helped launch the Thai New Wave alongside 'Tears of the Black Tiger,' proving Bangkok could be as cinematically mythic as Hong Kong or Tokyo.
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