Bullet to the Head

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  • Opened February 1, 2013 
  • 1 hr 31 min
  • R | Strong violence, bloody images, language, some nudity and brief drug use
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says not for kids. More on child suitability

  • When veteran hit man Jimmy Bobo (Sylvester Stallone) and his partner, Louis (Jon Seda), kill a corrupt ex-cop, Louis in turn loses his life to an ex-mercenary named Keegan (Jason Momoa). Detective Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang) senses a connection between the two killings and seeks out Bobo, who subsequently saves Kwon from an assassination attempt. The pair join forces against a common enemy: a ruthless real-estate developer named Robert Nkomo Morel (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). Full synopsis

  • Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater
  • Director: Walter Hill
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller

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Bullet to the Head

by stevendbeard

This is a good old fashioned action movie , directed by Walter Hill , a good old fashioned action movie director [he directed The Warriors , 48 Hrs , Red Heat , Another 48 Hrs] starring a good old...

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Good action attitude flick. Sly still has the bricks!

by Mike Blondino

Just went and saw Bullet To The Head. Just me and a friend. This movie is NOT for kids. Extremely graphic. Ok.. two things about Sly, the man is hard as rock even at his considerable age, and...

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Hard to like a movie in which you don't like anyone!

by kathleencharles

Wanted to like this movie, but when you don't care about any of the main characters...it's impossible. Stallone's stilted, monosyllabic dialog, a dumb cop, a daughter who can't act her way out of a...

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

A good action movie, whose title expresses what is, more or less, a recurring motif. It also gives a sense of the film's general attitude toward life. It's a film with no ambition but to get viewers' pulses moving. It does that, and with a fair degree of wit and style. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
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Bullet to the Head doesn't try to adapt its star to 2013. It just pretends that we're still living in 1986. And for 91 minutes, it just about works. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
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Like the amped up comeback tour of two rockers who had their heyday sometime in the mid-'80s, Sylvester Stallone and director Walter Hill (48 HRS., The Warriors) join forces for a hard-hitting exercise in beefy, brainless fun with the New Orleans-set actioner Bullet to the Head. Read full review

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NPR
| Mark Jenkins

The plot fails to deliver a single surprise, however, and the characterizations are thin even by the standards of the tough-guy genre. Read full review

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Sylvester Stallone as Jimmy Bobo in "Bullet To The Head."