Review of Bullet to the Head (2012) by Joe O — 10 Feb 2013

Good old fashioned Stallone. Yet a new unique character creation. Great action, awesome acting by Sly as usual, and a fun spin on replacing the buddy cop action flick with a buddy cop and hitman action flick.

I enjoyed the character of Jimmy Bobo as he is very unique from other Stallone characters. Rocky is the loveable, all around hero soaking in wisdom. John Rambo is a quiet, brooding killing machine, Jack Carter is a sauve, yet emotional and obsessive compulsive character, Barney Ross a very smart tactical leader who seems much like Stallone himself as a lead actor and director, and now in Jimmy Bobo Stallone has created a cold calculated, tattooed a-hole who uses excessive force to respond to offending actions, as well as wordshe doesn't appreciate.

The comparisons to 80s action movies I think is a bit unfair as that is just a stigma on Sly himself and the tag-line "Revenge Never Gets Old" doesn't really help that stigma disappear very much.

Frankly it only makes it worse, but I suppose that's marketing for you, which to me really hurt the film. Bullet to the Head seems to be a box office bomb, but that is because Warner Brothers dropped the ball.

The poster speaks volumes on that. The film features a very unique ax fight scene in the climax. Why not feature that on the poster instead of a very generic 80s looking collage design? This film deserved so much more, and could have made much more than it has or will.

It's action packed with great fight scenes, and better dialogue. It is something you can really munch on some popcorn to and just have fun at the movies, which seems to be a lost concept outside of anything but Superhero flicks these days.

So Go see it! Don't waste your money on stupid garbage like Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters, see Bullet To the Head instead. You'll be glad you did.