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Bullet
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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   2,707 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Mickey Rourke (writer)
Bruce Rubenstein (writer)
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Release Date:
13 March 1997 (Australia) more
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Tagline:
You only get one shot at revenge
Plot:
Butch "Bullet" Stein is a Jewish junkie from the mean streets of Brooklyn, is paroled after eight years in prison... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A very underrated hood classic! more (47 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mickey Rourke ... Butch 'Bullet' Stein

Frank Senger ... Prison Guard

Adrien Brody ... Ruby Stein

John Enos III ... Lester
Fatmir Haskaj ... Punk #1 - Jamie

Joe Dain ... Punk #2 - Brian (as Joseph Dain)

Manny Perez ... Flaco
Shirley Scott ... Heavy Woman
Heather Laszlo ... Dog-Walking Girl

Jerry Grayson ... Sol Stein
Suzanne Shepherd ... Cookie Stein

Ted Levine ... Louis Stein
Matthew Powers ... Paddy
Jerry Dean ... Fingers

Tupac Shakur ... Tank
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, drug use, pervasive language and a graphic sex scene.
Runtime:
USA:100 min (unrated version) | USA:96 min | Argentina:98 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Mickey Rourke, who co-wrote the script, also supervised as Music Supervisor on the film. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Bullet is confronted in the bathroom you can see a microphone hovering in the bottom right corner, to the left of Bullet's legs. (1:17:42) more
Quotes:
Louis: Men love to hate. It's what separates us from the females of the spieces. It's the natural law in Wild America. more
Movie Connections:
References "The Montel Williams Show" (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Never, Never Gonna Give You Up more

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21 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
A very underrated hood classic!, 18 May 2005
Author: josh-hall from United Kingdom

I saw Bullet about a year ago after really getting into Mickey Rourke films and i have to say i really liked it a lot. I can see why some critics flushed it, yet not all of them the film is very different from Rourke's usual work and nothing like other ghetto greats like 'Boyz n the hood' and 'Above the rim'the film has a kind of quirky way about it especially since it's story centres around a Brooklyn born Jewish junkie(instead of African-American)and his rivalry with drug dealer Tank (a small yet great cameo from Tupac Shakur)and also his social problems with friends Lester (who he thinks might be gay) and his two brothers Ruby (Adrien Brody)a painter who is looking for a way to get out of the whole street life and Louis (amazingly played by Ted Levine) who is a freaked out ex-soldier who still thinks the war rages on. So the story is very different,but in a good way i think. The acting is superb and directing from Brit Julien Temple is great. 9/10.

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