Credit: Warner Bros
The revenge genre in action flicks is
near the top of my list of favorites. I was really hoping I could add
Bullet to the Head as another one in a long list of enjoyable revenge
tales. Unfortunately, it's not that good. The premise is good enough: Stallone plays a hitman who is out to avenge the setup of him and his
partner, which lead to his partner's demise. Stallone kills off
everyone involved, one by one, uncovering each player involved, until
he finally gets to the head man in charge. It's a story we've seen
numerous times, and it's been done better.
Bullet isn't a bad movie, it's just one that is complacent in being average. The action scenes are good, and the pacing is right, the film never leans to the boring side. It's just hard to get emotionally invested because the movie never attempts to make you care about anything that's happening. The villains are all boring, and lack any characteristics that make them stand out (which, come on.. every great action movie has a great villain). I was hoping for more from Christian Slater, it was great seeing him in a major feature film role again (first since 2005's awful Alone in the Dark), he could have been the key to making a more entertaining baddy, but instead he's only in a few scenes. There' also a few plot twists at the end to shake things up a little, but by then it's too late.
Director Wayne Kramer (The Cooler, Running Scared) was the original director before being replaced when Stallone felt the film was going to be too dark. It makes me wonder what could have been. Instead we're left with a movie that, isn't bad, but isn't memorable either. It's an average movie, and doesn't strive to be anything more.
Rating: 5/10
Bullet isn't a bad movie, it's just one that is complacent in being average. The action scenes are good, and the pacing is right, the film never leans to the boring side. It's just hard to get emotionally invested because the movie never attempts to make you care about anything that's happening. The villains are all boring, and lack any characteristics that make them stand out (which, come on.. every great action movie has a great villain). I was hoping for more from Christian Slater, it was great seeing him in a major feature film role again (first since 2005's awful Alone in the Dark), he could have been the key to making a more entertaining baddy, but instead he's only in a few scenes. There' also a few plot twists at the end to shake things up a little, but by then it's too late.
Director Wayne Kramer (The Cooler, Running Scared) was the original director before being replaced when Stallone felt the film was going to be too dark. It makes me wonder what could have been. Instead we're left with a movie that, isn't bad, but isn't memorable either. It's an average movie, and doesn't strive to be anything more.
Rating: 5/10
Cast
Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jason Momoa and Christian Slater
Writer
Alessandro Camon
DirectorWalter Hill
Rated R
Writer
Alessandro Camon
DirectorWalter Hill
Rated R
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