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Overview

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Director:
John Woo
Writers:
Janet Chun (writer)
Patrick Leung (writer)
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Release Date:
17 August 1990 (Hong Kong) more
Plot:
In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Later... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
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Cast

  (Credited cast)

Tony Leung Chiu Wai ... Ben / Ah Bee
Jacky Cheung ... Frank / Fai
Waise Lee ... Paul / Little Wing

Simon Yam ... Luke
Fennie Yuen ... Jane
Yolinda Yam ... Sally Yen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yue Ding
Shek Yin Lau ... Fatso
Chung Lin ... Y.S. Leong
Hee Ching Paw ... Ben's mother
Hang Shuen So ... Jane's mother
Kan-Wing Tsang ... Jane's father

Chang Tseng ... Paul's father
Kwong Lam Tsui ... Frank's father

John Woo ... Police inspector
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bullet in the Head (Hong Kong: English title) (USA)
Bloodshed in the Streets (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Dip huet gaai tau (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Runtime:
136 min | Australia:126 min | New Zealand:125 min | Germany:97 min (video version) (heavily cut)
Country:
Hong Kong
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China more

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Trivia:
Like Woo's previous film, _xue shuang xiong, Die (1989)_, this did not do well in Hong Kong because audiences didn't like the allusions to the Tienamen Square massacre during the riot scenes. Woo was deeply affected by the massacre and felt badly that he touched such a raw nerve in people, but at the same time he felt the Chinese people should react and not hide from it. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When the action moves to Vietnam the movie posters ('Dien Bien Phu', etc.) shown are films that came out well after the Vietnam war was over. more
Quotes:
Paul: All I want is this box of gold. Is that so much to ask? more
Movie Connections:
References Ying hung boon sik (1986) more
Soundtrack:
I'm a Believer more

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Bullet with your name on it..., 3 September 2006
10/10
Author: Frank Markland from United States

John Woo directs an absolute merciless Vietnam war drama that is comparable to The Deer Hunter in it's power and is quite possibly one of the greatest movies of Woo's career. The movie follows three trouble-making kids (Tony Leung, Waise Lee and Jackie Cheung) who are exiled to Vietnam to escape the Hong Kong authorities after a rival gang member is killed by them, once in Saigon the run into "The Viet Cong" who are far worse than the HK authorities and their rival gang and what the V.C do to our trio makes them regret in all their hearts that they didn't go to prison in the much safer Hong Kong. A Bullet In The Head would be a tale about friendship overcoming the hard times of war, if the friendships in the movie actually prevailed. Instead the movie gives us a heart wrenching look at war and what it does to the three friends in the movie. The kids in the movie are in the beginning not very sympathetic and give off the impression that they deserve what they get but once they go to Vietnam you realize just how much in over their head they are and Woo filters the emotion from this situation and effectively conveys a story that is hard to watch but very rewarding nonetheless. After witnessing the debacle of Windtalkers I decided to see if Woo could direct war, well it goes without saying this blows that one out of the water. This is up there with Hard Boiled and The Killer as Woo's best film.

* * * * out of 4-(Excellent. A Must See!)

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