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Hitman
Joe (Nicolas
Cage) goes to Bangkok
for a month-long assignment, to kill four people for Bangkok ganglord
Surat.
He hires pickpocket
Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm) as his go-between, a condition
of the contract being that the gang will never meet Joe. Contracts from
the
Bangkok gangsters go through Kong via a nightclub dancer, who becomes
romantically involved with Kong.
Joe's first execution is done in traffic with him
riding a bike and stopping in front of the car. He then shoots the
target and
everyone in the car with a machine pistol. His second target is a hotel
owner.
Joe sneaks into the penthouse and kills the target by drowning him in
the pool.
Originally he plans to kill Kong before he leaves
but after Kong gives him information about the second target he begins
to train
Kong. For the third execution Kong assists Joe, the kill does not go as
planned, with the target nearly getting away before Joe catches him and
shoots
him after a chase in front of many shocked onlookers. Before the third
kill the
gang attempt to identify Joe, he warns them off.
His fourth target is the Prime Minister of Thailand. Joe
is about to make the kill when he has second thoughts, is spotted, and
escapes
through a panicking crowd. Joe is now a target and is attacked at his
house by
four gang members. He manages to use explosives to take them out and is
faced with
the choice of rescuing Kong or leaving the country unharmed. Joe
decides to
rescue Kong, so he sets off to the gang's headquarters with one of the
half-alive attackers who was injured in the explosion at Joe's safe
house.
Joe goes to the gang's headquarters, kills most of
the gang and saves Kong and the dancer, Aom (Panward Hemmanee). The
fearful
gang leader flees to his car with three other accomplices. Joe spots
him and
shoots the gang members at the front of the car dead. After one of the
gang in
back of the car attempts to run to safety, Joe kills him. Joe gets into
the
back seat with Surat, the gang leader.
As the police arrive at the
location, Joe is again in a difficult situation; he decides to use what
is
believed to be his last remaining bullet to kill himself by
putting both his and Surat's heads together. Joe then puts the gun up
to his
temple and pulls the trigger, killing himself and Surat. |