Variety
The pic's chief pleasure lies in its store of funny lines, which Stallone tosses off with genuine brio.
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Bullet to the Head
'80s throwback actioner with Sylvester Stallone as a New Orleans hitman who teams with a Washington D.C. cop (Sung Kang, Fast Five) to deliver vengeance against a mutual target - the man who killed their respective partners. Based on Alexis Nolent's graphic novel, directed by Hollywood veteran Walter Hill (The Warriors).
2012USA
Action
- Director:
- Walter Hill ('The Warriors', '48 Hrs.', 'Red Heat', 'Undisputed')
- Writer:
- Alessandro CamonWalter Hill
- Cast:
- Sylvester StalloneSung Kan
Bullet to the Head / Reviews
The New York Times
No one here seems to notice that there's not much going on, including Mr. Stallone, which somehow makes it easier to watch.
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A wilfully old-fashioned, oddly soothing sprawl of cool cars, heavy weaponry, chain-link fences and cackling crooks.
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Los Angeles Times
An adrenaline shot to your movie memory if the blunt, gleefully dumb, no-nonsense ways of '80s-style action flicks are your nostalgia drug of choice.
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Empire Magazine
Fun in parts, and Stallone’s always watchable, but it’s an ’80s tribute movie that coasts along on rapidly diminishing goodwill. Beige Heat, if you will.
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A.V. Club
Hill works his usual magic on the big confrontations - the punches hit so hard that the sound of ax handles clacking isn't much blunter.
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