One habit that I
desperately need to break this year is getting in late for a movie. I have missed the start of all movies in the
last week. A 100% record for movies
released in the week of 1st to 7th February 2013!!!! And
last night went that much further. Left
home late. Got stuck in traffic on Aarey
Road.
And before that
@ L&T signal. The result – got in 25
minutes late for Bullet to The Head. Didn’t
miss much thankfully. At least that’s what
I am informed by Prarthana. But that doesn’t
excuse my behavior. How can I walk into
a movie 25 minutes late!!! I shall endeavor to change this as mentioned.
James Bonomo (Sylvester
Stallone) has a record that is not too enviable. He was dishonourably discharged from the Navy
under a cloud of suspicion. Something that could never be proven in open court
but at the end of the day he was jobless thanks to allegations of stealing
ammunition and supplying it to undesirable people.
Taylor Kwon
(Sung Kang) is a 2nd (if not 3rd) generation
Korean-American (or is it American-Korean) and is also a cop with the New Orleans
Police Department. Often mistaken for being
Japanese or Chinese and ergo – very irritated.
Is a self-confessed telephone geek and believes his world revolves
around his Blackberry.
What do a young
NOPD Cop and a 60+ man who does odd jobs for very questionable people have in
common? They have both had their partners killed thanks to a double cross that
has much more than meets the eye for certain.
To find out more, they get together and begin the hunt for those who
betrayed them. Along the way, they ensure that there are several dead bodies
including a bad man played by Christian Slater!!! (definitely out of good work
right Mr. Slater?)
Directed by
Walter Hill (Last Man Standing), Bullet to the Head is a below average action
flick primarily due to the lack of anything new whatsoever. The dialogues are quite corny – something that
you associate with Sly Stallone and have been delivered with far lesser punch
than Stallone could have. I guess age is
catching up.
Sung Kang doesn’t
cut too much ice either and Sarah Shahi (playing Bonomo’s daughter) is decorative
furniture at best. In summary, there is
nothing much to look forward to with this movie. I guess the fact that I missed 30 minutes (or
25 – I can’t remember) didn’t matter at all.
5 on 10. Meant for only the
extreme Sylvester Stallone fan and maybe some serious action aficionados.
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