Bangkok Dangerous is an action thriller movie about a hit man. The hit man is named Joe (Nicolas Cage), and he goes to Bangkok to fulfill several contracts for a dangerous crime boss named Surat (Nirattisai Kaljaruek). While in Bangkok Joe performs the first several hits in his usual manner. Joe then surprises himself when he breaks several of his personal rules by becoming involved with his helpers: a deaf-mute exotic dancer named Aom (Panward Hemmanee), and the young pickpocket named Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm) that he has chosen to run his errands. Joe learns that the gang is breaking the rules of his employment by attempting to learn his identity. He begins to train Kong to be a hit man also, and as events unfold, Joe the hunter becomes the hunted.