Bullet To The Head

Growing up in the 80´s with action movies on VHS, i loved watching Sylvester Stallone kicking ass in some of his greatest classic motion pictures. Who did not enjoy Rambo,  Cobra and Tango & Cash ? Of course most people think of his Rocky movies, but i have to say there are some other titles worth checking out. Locked Up is one of those titles many people forgot, a good mix of action drama, without being sentimental. In the 90´s he still gave us some classics. We all know what happened after Driven, with some box office failures, it took some time before Stallone came back on top again with the 2006 release of Rocky Balboa and with the 4th movie of Rambo. Walter Hill is a director, who made many classics like 48 Hours, Red Heat and Trespass. Back in the action genre, does Walter Hill and Sylvester Stallone work out as a perfect combination, or is Bullet To The Head another action movie with too many bullets and not much else to offer ?

In New Orleans, hitman Jimmy Bobo ( Sylvester Stallone ) and his partner Louis Blanchard ( Jon Seda ) kill a corrupt policeman, Hank Greely  ( Holt McCallany ). But Jimmy discovers there is a witness, a prostitute named Lola ( Weronika Rosati ). He does not kill her, and leave the appartment. As the two hitmen go to a bar, Louis is brutally murdered, while Jimmy manage to survive.  Detective Taylor Kwon ( Sung Kang ) arrives in New Orleans to investigate the death of Hank Greely. At the morgue, he finds out that Louis Blanchard might have been involved in the death of Louis, that leaves him clues to Jimmy. Detective Taylor manage to contact Jimmy, to hear what really happened. Jimmy agree to meet Taylor at a bar, but leave no answers. While leaving the bar, Taylor is chased by corrupted cops, but manage to survive thanks to Jimmy. Since Taylor was shot by one of the corrupted cops, Jimmy takes him to a his daughter Lisa ( Sarah Shashi ), who helped his dad before taking care of bullet wounds. They both managed to survive this time, but they are now both on the run from Keegan ( Jason Momoa ) and his team.

Let´s get this straight out. If you love design shows like Äntligen Hemma, and go on antique shops, this is the movie that will give you a stroke. This is as far away from Martin Timell as you could possibly go, and this is one of the reasons why you should watch Bullet To The Head. This is pure action entertainment, designed to help you forget about shows like The Real Housewives Of New Jersey. Lots of guns, fighting, sexy girls, just like in the good old days of the 80´s and 90´s. Even if this is not the greatest action movie director Walter Hill have made so far, this is still a fun ride with Stallone tough as hell. The plot may be just as small as my manhood, but who cares ? This is all about action, and for that reason Bullet To The Head works well. What about the acting ? Let me put it this way, you can forgive some of the actors since the action scenes deliver. Bullet To The Head will not find a new audience, and you can tell people did not find this one, turning out to be one of the biggest box office failures for Stallone in many years. But don´t focus on this, just take this for what it is. Sometimes it´s nice to have a ball breaker in your blu ray player, without any logical explanations.

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