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 by), Alexis Nolent (based on the graphic novel "Du plomb dans la tête" written by) (as Matz)

Stars:

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sylvester Stallone	...	James Bonomo
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

In New Orleans, hit men James Bonomo, a.k.a. Jimmy Bobo, and Louis Blanchard execute dirty cop Hank Greely in a hotel room. But they are betrayed and Louis is stabbed in a bar by a mercenary named Keegan while waiting for the payment of the contract. Meanwhile, Washington D.C. police detective Taylor Kwon comes to New Orleans to investigate the murder of Greely, who had stolen evidence from the New Orleans Police Department. Soon he is shot by two dirty detectives but Jimmy saves his life. Jimmy brings Taylor to the shop of his daughter Lisa and she removes the bullet from his shoulder and nurses him. Taylor and Jimmy form the most unlikely partnership to investigate the crimes and after contacting the intermediate Ronnie Earl that had hired Jimmy and Louis, they discover a network of corruption formed by the lawyer Marcus Baptiste and the entrepreneur Robert Nkomo Morel.

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Plot Keywords:

female rear nudity | man tied up | tied to chair | bloody nose | scene of the crime | 

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Taglines:

Revenge never gets old.

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sylvester Stallone's character is named James "Jimmy Bobo" Bonomo. In Oscar (1991), Stallone's character talked about his first job, working for James "Jumpin' Jimmy" Bonomo. In both movies, Stallone has a daughter named Lisa, and both films include hitmen as central characters.

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Goofs

Towards the end of the film, when Bonomo is in the warehouse, he climbs a set of stairs with graffiti on the side, in the next scene when he's reached the next level the same set of stairs is in the background of the shot.

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Quotes

[first lines]
James Bonomo: The guy I just saved is a cop. That's not the usual way I do things, but sometimes you gotta abandon your principles and do what's right.

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Crazy Credits

In the opening credits, an animated flying bullet destroys the logos of the various production companies.

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Connections

Referenced in Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)

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Soundtracks

Bastille
Performed by The Lost Bayou Ramblers

User Reviews

Watched the movie expecting absolutely nothing, came out having a good time

2013 has already brought back two of the coolest, if not the coolest action heroes: Schwarzenegger and now Stallone. The funny thing about it all is that Stallone already had his returning movie last year with the Expendables 2 as it mainly focused around him. Anyways, the trailer to the movie, as many may have said, looked absolutely horrible and I didn't really have any intention of seeing this, despite Stallone being my second favorite action star. Now, I'm kinda glad I saw it The film is based around Stallone's character James who is on a rampage to avenge the death of his fellow partner who was killed. Now the story line has been done to death but there is an alliance formed which was kinda cool. The most important thing about this movie is that it isn't trying to take the story far too seriously but keeps it important and is actually very good if you look at it.

The acting in the movie can be both good and crap but we really don't care much about the acting. Its about the action and having fun and the film knows itself. It actually brings us back to the 80's Stallone we used to love and is really cool! Sure there is plenty of bad dialogue, but no one really cares about that neither with any of the other flaws all for a legit reason; because the film knows what it is.

There is plenty of digital blood which is now commonly used in all action movies and can sometimes get a tad frustrating but is not a big issue.

Overall, I can say that this movie is made for Stallone fans! Worth a watch!

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA India Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Headshot

Filming Locations:

Kenner, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,548,201, 3 February 2013

Gross USA:

$9,489,829

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$21,947,209

Company Credits

Production Co:

IM Global, Dark Castle Entertainment, Millar Gough Ink

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1