Review of Bullet to the Head (2012) by Dominic P — 22 Jun 2013

Enjoyable but pedestrian thriller about cops, hitmen, cross and double cross set in the back alley scuzzy worlds that director Walter Hill (48hrs, Trespass, The Warriors) inhabits so well. Only he appears on auto pilot here, delivering an unremarkable and forgettable adaptation of a French graphic novel.

Rumour surfaced during post-production that Stallone was delivering a new cut and rewrites of the material which may explain the lack of Hills trademark style and the clash of styles as the film lurches from mismatched uneasy buddy territory to brutal casual violence without any real depth to the characters which is a real shame because the material is there and so is the strong cast and director.

... they just do not have much to do. Stallone (The Expendables, Rocky 1-6, Rambo 1-4) stars alongside Sarah Shahi (TVs Life, Chicago Fire, Persons of Interest and Fairly Legal), Jason Momoa (TV's Stargate Atlantis, Game of Thrones and 2011's Conan the Barbarian), Christian Slater (Kuffs, Mobsters, True Romance, El Gringo), Sung Kang (Ninja Assassin, Fast & Furious 1, 3 - 6) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (TV's Lost, The Thing (2011), GI Joe, Thor: The Dark World).