Bullet to the Head (2012)

After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

Director:

Walter Hill

Writers:

Alessandro Camon (screenplay), Alexis Nolent (based on the graphic novel "Du plomb dans la tête" by),

Stars:

Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sylvester Stallone	...	Jimmy Bobo
Sung Kang	...	Taylor Kwon
Sarah Shahi	...	Lisa
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Robert Nkomo Morel
Jason Momoa	...	Keegan
Christian Slater	...	Marcus Baptiste
Jon Seda	...	Louis Blanchard
Holt McCallany	...	Hank Greely
Brian Van Holt	...	Ronnie Earl
Weronika Rosati	...	Lola
Dane Rhodes	...	LT. Lebreton
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Detective Towne
Andrew Austin-Peterson	...	Crawfish Hollow Band
Paul Etheredge	...	Crawfish Hollow Band
Robert Cavan Carruth	...	Crawfish Hollow Band

Storyline

After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

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Plot Keywords:

hitman | based on comic | based on graphic novel | kung fu | police officer | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, language, some nudity and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Headshot

Filming Locations:

Kenner, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$55,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,548,201 (USA) (1 February 2013)

Gross:

$9,483,821 (USA) (8 March 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dark Castle Entertainment, IM Global, After Dark Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Not screened in advance for critics.

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Goofs

Near the end, Bonomo meets Kwon in a bar and he is drinking his 2 Bullets bourbon again. When they finish talking, Bonomo is shown tilting his glass all the way back to empty the glass. But when he puts the glass on the bar, we clearly see a small amount of bourbon left in the glass.

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Quotes

James Bonomo: Are you a cop or shrink?

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Connections

Featured in Film 2013: Episode dated 29 January 2013 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"J'Etais Au Bal"
Produced by Jay Weigel
Arranged by Louis Michot and Jay Weigel
Performed by The Lost Bayou Ramblers
Courtesy of OTUT Publishing and Carondelet Music Group,LLC

User Reviews

Entertaining and Bloody

In case you can't discern from the title, this is a *very* violent film, so don't be a putz and take your five or six year old kid, like a couple of people did at the Independence, Missouri AMC screening tonight. There are more triple-taps to the head than any film in recent memory, to the point that it becomes rather over the top by the time the film ends All that said, Walter Hill has woven yet another well-paced, engrossing buddy film actioner with a pretty good left hand twist. Stallone plays a weary New Orleans hit-man very convincingly, and with a very wry sense of humor. Were he any more droll, he would have to become a British citizen.

"Bullet" has everything an Action fan loves...really nasty bad guys, impossibly punishing fights, explosions, hot women, and main characters you can actually care something about. The plot isn't suspenseful, but it isn't meant to be, as our heroes go on what for one is a vendetta, and for the other a bumbling police investigation. Indeed, Sung Kang's Washington DC detective seems at times to have the insight of a rock, but Kang is pretty and plays well alongside the grizzled Stallone.

All and all, if you enjoy this sort of film, well...you'll enjoy "Bullet to the Head".