Pretty rubbish hitman thriller starring Nicolas Cage, who seems to have been choosing some really dodgy movies recently.
Basic plot, hitman in Bangkok, does a series of jobs, takes on a student (breaking his own rules), falls in love with a deaf-mute pharmacist (WTF?), gets a pang of conscience, turns good (-ish).
The whole romantic sub-plot should have been chopped out as it does little for the movie and is frankly boring.
Some of it is massively obvious - but just in case you couldn't see it coming, when the reveal happens, there's a flashback voiceover just to really hammer the point home. And then, the ending - actually is a bit of a shock which I didn't see coming, but it's too little too late.
The whole thing just feels a bit confused and messy - a lot like the dreadful hairstyle Nic sports throughout.
My rating: 4.9 / 10
IMDB rating: 5.4 / 10
Running time: 99 mins
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