Bullet

Plot synopsis:
Nearing retirement, maverick Los Angeles-based detective Frank "Bullet" Marasco is assigned to hunt down the notorious drug baron Carlito Kane, following a tipoff from Leroy, who is later whacked to death with a golf club due to interrupting Kane's golf game. Bullet and his team storm one of Kane's hideouts but fail to capture him.
The plot thickens when Governor Johnson's daughter is kidnapped by Kane along with her boyfriend, in a bid to save his son Manuel from execution via lethal injection. Kane streams the execution of the boyfriend on a phone to the Governor and says that his daughter is next if they don't stop the execution of his son. Thereafter, Bullet send his grandson Mario to a community park where Kane exacts revenge on Bullet by kidnapping his grandson. Eventually Bullet himself is abducted too, but only for a brief period of time, as he is able to escape. After a lengthy car chase, Bullet successfully evades Kane and his men but gets ambushed by them once again the next day.
Finally, Bullet calls it quits as a civil servant and resigns, secretly becoming a vigilante and goes to his cousin for weaponry to take Kane down. He proceeds to interrogate one of Kane's aides, killing her in her bathtub after she fails to fully cooperate. Panicking, Kane and his closest subordinates retreat to a desert where Bullet starts to kill Kane's henchmen one by one, including his grandson's four kidnappers. The final showdown between Kane and Bullet has the latter emerge as victor. Bullet reunites with his grandson and rescues Johnson's daughter. The victory is sweetened when Manuel Kane is publicly executed. Bullet, his daughter and his grandson savour the evening at the beach, just as the credits begin to roll.

Tags: revenge

Review:
Another action movie where one man messes up with a lot of people and he shows what he can do on his own.
Well, I prefer the "Machete" style, but he is OK at this movie, even as a cop.Don't expect too much from this movie.
Its short lasting (1 hour and 20 minutes) helps the viewer to watch the movie without getting bored.
If you have seen a lot of action movies and you are trying to find another one to see, give this movie a chance, I think that it won't be harmful.
If you get bored at the beginning, don't shut the film down, because it's getting a lot better at the last 30 minutes.Not bad, not great..
I've been at 2 different screenings and have seen two different versions of the movie - the US cut distributed & cut by Giant Ape and the much better Director's Cut distributed by SC Films International.
I just recommend everyone - WATCH THE DIRECTOR'S CUT - these are 2 completely different movies!
As a huge fan of Trejo I can't believe what these incompetent guys at Giant Ape did with this movie!
The Director's Cut (International version) is really a great cinematic action-thriller, but the Giant Ape / US version is a slow-paced drama which reminds of a typical boring TV crime movie.
The slow-paced US cut misses a lot of necessary scenes which are very important for the story, for the characters and for the pace of the movie.
Instead it seems like they just put together the worst & most boring scenes with an absolutely boring score (Chris Ridenhour's score in the Director's cut is much, much more better!).
The Giant Ape cut should be seized immediately!This should be shown on all film schools worldwide as a classic example how editing & scoring can change & ruin a movie.Everyone who watches both versions will understand my anger.
If you want to see a good movie just watch the Director's Cut (International version)!
I like a lot of direct to DVD movies, and I also happen to like Danny Trejo, so I thought that I would enjoy "Bullet".
The low budget also hurts the movie at times.
While there are some bits that look very slick despite the low budget, often the movie looks underlit or has rotten photography.
The movie is also directed with low energy, with the action mostly coming across as flat and not the least bit exciting.
I love to see Danny Trejo acting, so I'm familiar with almost all of his movies.
This movie in particular have a common plot but in a different manner, what makes this a 4.5-5.0 rating is the poor directing, many scenes were bad and never made again, in other words with a good director this movie would get a 5.5-6.0 rating.
Give me a good story and some solid acting like this film delivers..
Simply an action movie, nothing new....
This movie will keep you interested only if you are the action lover.
Although the movie is a cheap one, it doesn't look that way.
Both the hero job and villain job are okay and it's what needed for an action movie.
There are lot better movies than this, and you won't lose anything if you miss it..
Well, that's just handy as they can now have a mandatory action film car chase can't they?Very low budget film that has not used the little budget it had in an intelligent manner at all.Only worth watching if you are in the mood for a laugh at how poor film making can get.
A shame really as Danny Trejo was good in the Machete films, but then they did not take themselves seriously as this clearly does.Avoid..
Having seen many Trejo movies, and having loved many of them (not all mind you, just many), I was disappointed with this one.In order to make a old man into a larger than life figure, you need to pull off a small miracle.
Danny does not truly appear as a larger than life character who takes charge and lives life dangerously, but instead as a nearly retired cop who has too many problems.
like the illusion was empty.Trejo's movies are usually somewhat outlandish, heavy on the "grindhouse" style, and inventive.
The fun and vivacious extremity I was expecting was instead replaced with old cop movie clichés.The acting was poor because it tried too hard, the execution was plodding and halting.
This movie has too many of them.It was not a bad film.
But on the way to the traditional "Commando"-like action-movie denouement every 12-year-old boy expects, you'll ask yourself: Why is there always a long-haired, German super-villain lieutenant in organized crime?
 Why am I watching this to the predictable end?Well, I can at least answer the last question: so you can hear Danny Trejo bark the immortal line, "This is America!
This was even more of B movie than I expected, with embarassingly bad but entertaining editing and really ugly cinematography.
However, Danny Trejo is rather charming and some of the fighting and shooting scenes are quite okay..
DANNY TREJO IS GREAT IN THIS EXCELLENT ACTION THRILLER!!!.
I give this a 9 as Machete is his 10/10 but Bullet is an excellent little gritty crime Thriller thats got plenty of gun action & some good fights with the legendary Danny Trejo in another rare lead & he's excellent once again.
Bullet is a low budget B-movie in the Action Thriller genre but it's made really well & it's the best role Trejo has ever played after his Machete character but only in Machete (2010) as the sequel Machete kills was Terrible it was a stupid silly spy spoof just terrible!!!
But Bullet is a very cool movie with Trejo as a very tough & rugged old cop who turns vigilante out for revenge when his grandson is captured & frank Bullet is used as a pawn in a plot to get a cop killer off of death row it's just a simple revenge story & that's fine for a low budget Action movie starring cult B movie HERO DannyTrejo in the lead role it's just too Awesome!!!
Yes Trejo proves once again that he has a good screen presence & makes a really cool tough,gritty,violent old school action hero & as a Trejo fan that's pure late night entertainment for me!!!
Trejo has been around for so long & yes has starred in bit parts in so many things & yes alot have been terrible but for the best of Trejo i say double bill MACHETE & BULLET!!!
The guy usually have good screen presence even when relayed to a supporting cast, or even close to an extra.But this movie...
Like bad guy have could shoot him, but decide to for ...
Its really one of those very low budget movie that really do not deserve a second look.
I don't blame Trejo but really the production company and the director.Oh and i watched a dubbed version, and its really one of those super cheap dubbing in french, where you recognize every one of the voice actors, like there is a total of 10 people or less they employ in that company.
So yeah this didn't help, but usually they pick very low budget cause if not for them we wouldn't get those movie anyway, as nobody would pick them.
If you're a Trejo fan, you might like this a bit more than others.
The story itself not really worth mentioning (I don't even think it's possible to spoil any of it, even if you tried, because it's so clear cut).Some of the actors are way over the top (like the "german" bad guy of the week), which you'll either love or loathe.
Especially trying to repeat one of the better jokes in movie history -> "Don't bring a knife to a gun fight" ...
Add to that the inability of the bad guys and one slide/move by Trejo that would put Neo to shame (or Lucky Luke and his shadow combined).
A descent Cop movie with Trejo and Banks delivering the goods..
It's a flick for guys with a few laughs thrown in amid gritty action scenes, we even get a few 'bullet' time shootouts that are pretty nicely done.Danny Trejo is Danny Trejo.
Jonathan Banks works nicely opposite Trejo delivering a performance just as edgy as he gave in Breaking Bad. These two together on screen just doesn't get any better in my humble opinion.
You can just tell these two guys, along with the rest of the cast, had a boatload of fun making this action packed film and prove once again that producers don't necessarily have to use high-end special effects and martial arts to make a great action flick.
You can just tell these two guys, along with the rest of the cast, had a boatload of fun making this action packed film and prove once again that producers don't necessarily have to use high-end special effects and martial arts to make a great action flick.
Give me a good story and some solid acting like this film delivers.Like a fine wine, Trejo and Banks only get better with age.
Typical Trejo Movie!
Review: Typical Trejo movie, but in this one he actually lives.
This is your average cops against the baddies type of movie with some kidnapping added for flavour.
Although Trejo is looking pretty old, he proves that he can still kick ass against the bad drug lord who is trying to save his son from a lethal injection in prison.
It isn't as bad as a lot of Trejo movies that I have seen lately, but it still felt like a B movie that deserved to go straight to DVD.
Average!Round-Up: I'm enjoying watching these mindless Trejo movies, because you know what to expect.
He usually dies within minutes of his movies, but in this one he lasted all the way through, which was quite surprising.
He actually said more than a couple of lines and I could tell that the director wanted to make a franchise out his character.
At the end of the day, it isn't amazing but it's a easy way to pass the day.Budget: $3million Worldwide Gross: N/AI recommend this movie to people who are into there thrillers about a cop trying to take down a drug lord, 2/10.
not a bad movie (Spoliers).
i love Danny Trejo i am so happy that he is the main role in movies i loved Machete, Dead in the Tombstone i luv the movies that he is main role this movie had action but i wish the action and movie should have been better it was a bit too short they should have release the directors cut in Australia but they didn't i have no clue i liked this movie the Action, The lead actor is Danny Trejo.
I really appreciate him, I like his face and the way he is acting in action movies.
I really appreciate him, I like his face and the way he is acting in action movies.
Well, I prefer the "Machete" style, but he is OK at this movie, even as a cop.
i know him becoming a bad guy to good guy because sometimes i get bored when he plays the bad guy all the time all the time Danny Trejo is good guy i wanted watch this movie because he is main role i luv movies with him as main role.
the action scenes a bit of car chasing was awesome not much of car chase but it did good scene with he stabbed the guy in the eye with a becoming weapon pen in the eye that was awesome i didn't get the chance to see that in Machete Franchise the shooting was awesome in hotel area witch is awesome scenes specially he did a trap he put guy in the car 2 guys pulled him out the guy in car had a hand grenade behind him get Blown up very awesome not much gore shame !
i like the awesome car what Danny drives black car suits for this movie with this character fighting cage scene was awesome when Danny was fighting with the guy 70 years old man was doing push up witch is good to keep trejo fit Danny trejo should do more boxing movies like this cage fighting film couple of them were like that of his movies the fight was lucky awesome scene but there is gore in this movie not muchas Machete or Dead in the tombstone witch i like that better the Villains were (Johnathan Banks) from breaking bad was OK didn't do the best, villains are lame a bit i find them lame don't do much not much entering as Danny Trejo Character Bullet witch is trying to be like Machete to Bullet.
movie has a very short storyline that is A tough cop takes the law into his own hands when his grandson is kidnapped.
i mean it is kinda lazy needed more of movie and story Johnathan banks son died from lethal injection that's why he wanted to kidnapped grandson there is a lot gore in movie Johnathan had golf bat hit the guy thousands of times all blood went into the screen a lot of it witch was awesome the rest of scenes were like a bit poor made i like this movie for me 5/10 it could of have been better movie like Machete..
Because with sharper editing or better scene choices I think the film could have been much more effective.
They should have just left the Director's original intention alone (as usual...)Trejo does his usual Kick@ss job, and a few of his lines are great.
Sit back and relish Jonathan Banks and Danny Trejo's Bad@ssedness, and you should have a fun ride....
Been there, done that.Sometimes I get the feeling that the gun manufacturers in the USA finance movies just to show off their arsenal of weapons - especially when there's a scene in the back of a low-dive bar where all sorts of weapons are on display, shining like diamonds, for the good cop to choose from.
I think the only smart phrase in the whole movie is when good cop meets naughty daughter at the detox center and addresses the recovering folks: "Remember, work the steps because the elevator is broken".
Pity, because I like Danny Trejo - his ragged looks, his style, the characters he portrays.
Writer & director Nick Lyon's "Bullet" looks like a Nicolas Cage crime thriller without Nicolas Cage.
Instead, producer Robert Rodriguez cast likable veteran character actor Danny Trejo as eponymous LAPD detective Frank 'Bullet' Marasco.
Marasco has to rescue his adolescent grandson from a ruthless, trigger-happy, cartel chieftain, Carlito Kane (seasoned heavy Jonathan Banks of "Beverly Hills Cop") and his loquacious Teutonic sidekick Kruger (Torsten Voges of "The Lords of Salem") who like to wave their guns around and threaten our rugged hero.
Ironically enough, the daughter had cleaned up her act and then the villains snatched her son and she reverted to her bad ways.
Nevertheless, despite its low-budget look and formulaic plotting, "Bullet" isn't bad for a bullet-riddled kidnap & extortion thriller.
Banks' bald-headed hood orders the abduction of the daughter of California Governor Johnson (John Savage of "The Thin Red Line") so Kane can compel the state's chief executive officer to release his notorious son, Manuel Kane (Eric Etebari of "2 Fast & 2 Furious"), who is scheduled to die by lethal injection.
Frank 'Bullet' Marasco (Danny Trejo) is an LA detective.
When he is not at work he likes to cage fight, go to Narcotics Anonymous, and take long walks in the park with his grandson (Kyle Villalovos).
In order to prevent the execution of his son ( Eric Etebari) crime boss Carlito Kane (Jonathan Banks) who doesn't know about sun block, kidnaps the governor's daughter (Seri DeYoung) and Bullet's grandson.
Frank goes on a rescue mission.I love Danny Trejo,films and it was nice to see him in a movie longer than two minutes.
This was a bad script, with cliche filled stupidity and not in a good way.
The daughter (Tinsel Korey) ex-drug addict thing didn't work well with the rest of the film.The attempt to build Frank's character felt forced.Possible rental worthy for Trejo fans.Parental Guide: f-bombs.
We all like Danny Trejo.
True, it's formula action, with, as usual in these films, lots of plot holes and contrived situations.
As usual we have the good guy with serious problems, the bad guy who just can't get any badder, the child you know will end up being the bad guy's hostage.
And speaking of bad guys, who can better represent bad than Jonathan Banks?
Every action flick in LA has to have some scenes on, around and under one of the bridges.
Maybe it's something in the city charter that any action film made in LA County has to have some scenes including one of the bridges over the LA River, or in the actual riverbed, or both.
Where this film falls apart — make that, where this film completely breaks down, is when a fully armored SWAT team with assault weapons hits an apartment and two men, one being Mr. Banks hitting on seventy, armed with two pistols, kill each and every one of the SWAT team plus a couple of other detectives with only Danny Trejo.
Two good performances did not overcome a bad script..
They kill the young man to show how serious they are.Shortly thereafter, Carlito kidnaps Frank's grandson Mario, then attempts to force Frank to recant his testimony against Manual.
Does the governor's daughter get rescued?-----Scores-----Cinematography: 7/10 OK, not great.Sound: 6/10 A bit out of control on levels at times.
The actors seemed to be miked OK.Acting: 6/10 Danny Trejo and Jonathan Banks are their usual menacing, intimidating selves.
The other actors were forgettable, except for the terrible Torsten Vorges.Screenplay: 4/10 Throughout the film, I was confused as to whether Frank ever was a righteous cop.