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Bullet to the Head (2012)

Bullet to the Head poster
Directed by
Walter Hill
Genre
action film, crime film, buddy cop film, crime thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 1,395 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hitman and a detective must team up to take down a corrupt businessman and his assassin. The story follows the unlikely duo as they navigate double-crosses and violence in New Orleans.

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What happens

Bullet to the Head is a 2012 American action film directed by Walter Hill. The screenplay by Alessandro Camon was based on the French graphic novel Du plomb dans la tête written by Matz and illustrated by Colin Wilson. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christian Slater, and Jason Momoa. Alexandra Milchan, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Kevin King-Templeton produced the film. The movie follows a hitman (Stallone) and a cop (Kang) who are forced to work together to bring down a corrupt businessman (Akinnuoye-Agbaje) after they are targeted by the businessman's assassin (Momoa). The film had an exclusive test screening at the International Rome Film Festival on November 14, 2012, and was officially released in American theatres on February 1, 2013. The film received mixed reviews and was a box office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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