It's hard to believe that Sylvester Stallone is a senior citizen (he just turned 66). Like a fine wine, Sly just seems to be getting better with age (and aging in reverse, he looks younger now than he did in Rocky Balboa 6 years ago!).
Dramatic reenactment of when Stallone shot Time in it's face.....
Bullet to the Head is his first non-old franchise, non-Expendables starring role since 2002's Avenging Angelo and he totally nails it in a role that fits him like a glove. Growling his way through every line of dialogue, Stallone is pure cinematic intimidation factor and owns every scene he's in (which make up about 80% of the the film). Fairing less well is Sung Kang (Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift) who often struggles through his role as a straight laced cop who's forced to team up with a far more capable partner.
"Acting in dodgy action movies is a honed skill kid, but don't worry, you'll figure it out someday."
Stallone's made a long and storied career of delivering awkward dialogue and does it like a venerable master; Kang hasn't quite perfected the art of circumventing bad screenwriters and struggles throughout the movie to make heads or tails of the dialogue or his character (in fairness, the role was originally intended for Thomas Jane). The film culminates with an amazing Axe fight with Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa; this climactic battle is more intense and thrilling than all the fights in the Expendables films COMBINED and worth the price of admission on its own.
...cause swords are for pussies!
Sure the script is pedestrian, and Sung Kang is just awkward at times, but Stallone and Momoa make this film worthy for all action fans. It's more time killer than anything else, but damn what a fun time. FOR ACTION FANS ONLY.
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