Michael Ledo James Bonomo (Sylvester Stallone) is a hitman. Due to a number of circumstances he teams up with Taylor Kwan, an honest cop (Sung Kang) who wants to take people in while Bonomo wants to take them out.The screenplay for this film is based on a novel which means the writing is a step above the hack made-for-film scripts we've been subjected to by the other heavy weight action film stars...especially the guy with the pony tail. The title "Bullet to the Head" has a duo meaning as Stallone enjoys Bullet bourbon. In the beginning Stallone swerves to miss a cat. This is an omen to the next scene where he spares a woman with a panther tattoo on her back. These subtleties (pay attention writer/actor/cop Steve) along with Louisiana harmonica blues grindhouse music and a superior script overcomes bad acting, including Christian Slater.The film is filled with action and bullets to the head. It was just enough drama filler to make a story so we don't get bored when we see people get shot. Worth a view for those who like action films just a cut above the grindhouse style.Parental Guide: F-bombs. Nudity (Weronika Rosati, Sarah Shahi-briefly, plus extras. No sex.

Michael_Elliott Bullet to the Head (2012) ** (out of 4)James Bonomo (Sylvester Stallone) is a professional hitman who pulls a job with his partner. Later that night he is attacked and his partner is killed so he teams up with a Detective (Sung Kang) to find out who placed the hit on him.Walter Hill's BULLET TO THE HEAD just seems very old. I say that because Hill has been working this genre for decades and we all know that the same is true for Stallone. The two men have created some of the best actions movies out there but sadly them teaming up did nothing because the film itself is just rather lousy and feels as if both are just going through the motions.To say I was disappointed in this film would be an understatement. As I said, both Hill and Stallone have done so many good things that one would have hoped that by teaming up we'd get some sort of fun action picture but we don't. There are several issues with the film but the biggest thing is the fact that there's really nothing new here.We've seen this story done countless times before and much better. We've seen these type of action scenes before and much better. There's absolutely no chemistry between Stallone and Kang, which really kills the attempt at a buddy picture and of course we've seen that before. In fact, I thought Kang was incredibly dull here and brought nothing to the picture. Christian Slater has a thankless role but Sarah Shahi and Jason Momoa at least bring a little life.BULLET TO THE HEAD didn't even seem like a theatrical film as it felt like a direct-to-video release. The movie isn't awful by any stretch of the imagination but there's just very little life here and even less entertainment. It seems like an elderly movie trying to fit in on a new crowd and it just doesn't work.

bowmanblue Bullet to the Head is basically a typical Stallone/Schwarzenegger film which would probably be more at home in the eighties or early nineties. Like Arnie's 'The Last Stand' it shows off what Stallone does best, i.e. grunt, look mean and generally kill people.This time he's a hit-man whose partner gets killed by... well, it doesn't matter. What does is that he makes sure the bodies start piling up.It's an action film. Nothing more, nothing less. There are no great surprises here and, if you know Stallone's body of work, you won't really expect much more.If you're looking for deep and meaningful character development with twists and turns and plenty of originality, move alone! If, however, you just want to see Stallone bust heads for an hour and a half, then put your brain on hold and enjoy Bullet to the Head (and quite possibly The Last Stand, as the two films seem to go hand in hand as two of a - highly entertaining, if rather dumb - kind).

Robert J. Maxwell When it comes to brutality, you can go too far -- and they have gone it.It's got everything an action movie fan would want. First, there is Sly Stallone with his shirt off, only this time he's covered with tattoos. Next, there is the mild-mannered minority cop, Sung Kang, who teams up with hit man Stallone in order to find a smiling, high-echelon gangster who runs organized crime in Crescent City (ie., New Orleans). The gangster's chief muscle man who does the wet work is Jason Momoa, a heap of sarcomeres, who wipes out an entire room of people in cold blood. There's a delicious young brunette, Stallone's daughter, who is also tattooed, but not all over.The are gun shots galore, knifings, car chases, an explosion that destroys a fishing cabin and the dozen men inside. Plenty of mano a mano fights, it goes without saying. I gave up watching when Momoa abducted Stallone's daughter after decking two men. I didn't mind the abduction. It's just that Momoa is allowed to use the hoary device of bumping his head against somebody else's head in order to knock the enemy out. It's a violation of Newton's third law. I don't know much about physics but I know what I like.Stallone now has a neck the girth of a telephone pole and a raspy voice that can drop to such a low frequency that it can be heard only by elephants. He did a professional job in "Cop Land." It's a little sad to see how retrograde this film is.