Bangkok Dangerous is a 2008 crime film written and directed by the Pang Brothers and starring Nicolas Cage. It is a remake of the Pangs' 1999 debut film of the same name, a Thai film for which Cage's production company, Saturn Films, purchased the remake rights. Known by its working title, Big Hit in Bangkok and also as Time to Kill, it began filming in Bangkok in August 2006, with locations that include Soi Cowboy. 

The plot: Hitman Joe (Nicolas Cage) goes to Bangkok on an assignment to kill four people. He hires pickpocket Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm) as his assistant and meets a beautiful deaf mute girl along the way. Kong regularly comments on, and asks about Joe's victims being bad people. This awakens Joe's conscience. His fourth target is a politician beloved by the people, including Kong. As a result Joe hesitates when he is about to shoot him, which has dire consequences.