By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore
If movies have taught us anything, it's that there's a huge shadow economy for professional killings, and dozens of angsty men and women around the globe specially trained to fill it. "Bangkok Dangerous" finds Nicolas Cage becoming the latest to join the ranks of these sad assassins, and in honor of the film, this week on the IFC News podcast we look at the many reasons movie hitmen tend to be so tragic.
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[Photo: Nicolas Cage in "Bangkok Dangerous," Lionsgate, 2008]
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