Review of Bullet to the Head (2012) by Aodhan R — 31 Jan 2015

Sylvester Stallone plays one of his finest roles since John Rambo. He delivers an excellent performance to a character so cold-blooded, merciless and sentimental called Jimmy Bobo - 75% psychopath, not to be compared with John Rambo, who lived a life of isolation and guilt over the years.

Stallone basically plays a hitman, who obtains a thirst for vengeance when his longtime partner is brutally murdered. Jimmy Bobo is a very interesting character, with no definite back ground, innumerable times spent in prison, indefinite if he's a contracted assassin or not. He's a character worth studying clearly; he seems like a good assassin who always annihilates his targets without failIng, and he's almost completely sentimental. He's nothing compared to Stallone's previous similar role in 'Assassins' - Robert Rath lived a life of guilt over what he's been doing as an assassin and wants out, unlike the heartless, merciless, cold-blooded killer Jimmy Bobo.

Walter Hill's direction in this movie was absolutely superb like some of his previous work in the eighties like 'Red Heat' which he worked with Arnold Schwarzenegger in. The writing is also fairly good.

What I love most is the action scenes. There's a lot of scenes of Stallone and the villain, played by Jason Momoa annihilating targets by shooting single rounds to their foreheads - killing them instantly - and it's really fun to watch nonetheless (Stallone and Momoa handle pistols with engaged silencers to prevent a proper bullet sound when disposing of targets and it's exceedingly fun for an action flick).

It's definitely one of Stallone's best roles and best movies with unlimited action and it's in line somewhere with the 'Rocky and Rambo' series, 'Cobra', 'Assassins,' 'The Expendables movies' and 'Demolition Man.'.