Written by James M. Tate / 2/02/2013 / 1 Comment / 2013 , action , sylvester stallone , walter hill
HILL DIRECTS STALLONE IN BULLET TO THE HEAD
year: 2013 cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sun Kang, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater rating: ***1/2 |
While most of the fist fights are dizzying, with the camera moving along with each punch, the gun battles are of the old school crime genre backed by Walter Hill’s signature use of gritty guitars, sounding like music pouring out of a redneck bar: a brawny retro score befitting our sixty-something anti hero.
Eventually, at a multilevel structure almost too perfect for a violent climax, there’s the one decision-making head villain responsible for holding the Sly's daughter hostage – yet it all comes down to Jason Momoa’s muscular henchman, the killer who’d wreaked havoc throughout the film, going one-on-one with Stallone in a battle with, of all things, a pair of antique firemen axes. But with all the blood and guts it’s really about those two guys teamed against the odds, which, thanks to Bonomo’s know-how to do very bad things to the right bad people, are mostly in their favor.
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Walter Hill directed this? My favorite Western, THE LONG RIDERS, was directed by Walter Hill. I didn't even know he was still alive and directing movies. Awesome! Well then I am going to have to see this this week.
ReplyDeleteGreat review sir.