Director: Oxide Pang Chung, and Danny Pang
Writers: Jason Richman, and Oxide Pang Chung
Producers: Nicolas Cage, Norman Golightly, William Sherak, Jason Shuman,
Starring: Nicolas Cage as Joe, Shahkrit Yamnarm as Kong, Panward Hammanee as Aom, and Nirattisai Kaljaruek as Surat(IMDb). Rated-R, 99min.
Joe is a hired assassin who is a strict observer of the code which includes not being emotionally intimate with anyone, but this cold and calculating assassin's heart was softened by a pharmacists and a hustler who believed that ultimately he was a good guy. The relationship he developed with the hustler and pharmacists will determine the outcome of his life in the long run.
Joe was a complex character who had insightful ideas relating to his line of work. Humans can become different species, so it is important to explore the society if a person in his line of work wanted to develop a keen sense of the people in that particular society. Joe's sense of duty was clearly explained through his autobiographical narrative, and the preceding sentence his an example of that. At some point in the movie joe became pliable, but and incident with his love interest caused him to relapse into callousness.
The action in this film was slow and methodical rather than fast pace and ostentatious, but it was acute. The action scenes had to be constructed in this manner because Joe was very slow and methodical and not fast paced and ostentatious. More than an action movie, this film had an emotionality that was adequate without overpowering the action. The texture of this film seemed just right. This was an enjoyable action drama. According to Metacritic.com, the film received generally bad reviews, and Rottentomatoes.com granted it 4 fresh tomatoes to 37 rotten ones. I disagree with the bad reviews. This movie fits between a B- and C+. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.
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