Bullet to the Head

Bullet to the Head is a 2012 action thriller movie. Sylvester Stallone and Christian Slater star. The earlier plays a hitman.

Plot
In New Orleans, hitman Jimmy Bobo and his partner Louis Blanchard kill a corrupt former Washington, D.C. policeman, Hank Greely. Bobo leaves a prostitute, Lola, alive. Later, at a bar, Blanchard is murdered by a man named Keegan. The man also threatens to kill Bobo.

Bobo and Detective Taylor Kwon meet each other in a bar. Kwon informs Bobo he knows Bobo and Blanchard killed Greely. Bobo leaves, and Kwon tries to follow him. Kwon is attacked by corrupt cops who were ordered by a man named Robert Morel to prevent Kwon from further investigating about Greely. Bobo rescues Kwon and takes him to a tattoo parlor. There, Bobo's estranged daughter, Lisa, treats Kwon's wounds. They later go to a massage parlor, where Bobo interrogates a middleman named Ronnie Earl, the man who hired Bobo and Blanchard on Morel's behalf. Ronnie Earl tries to kill Bobo. Bobo then kills Ronnie Earl, though his gun jams.

Bobo and Kwon agree to work together. They kidnap Morel's lawyer Marcus Baptiste and take him to Bobo's house. Baptiste is forced to give them a USB flash drive, which details Morel's plans to acquire housing projects and demolish them. Baptiste reveals Keegan is an ex-mercenary hired to be Morel's enforcer. After that, Bobo shoots him in the head.

Cast
 Sylvester Stallone as James "Jimmy Bobo" Bonomo
 Sung Kang as Detective Taylor Kwon 
 Sarah Shahi as Lisa Bonomo
 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Robert Nkomo Morel
 Christian Slater as Marcus Baptiste
 Jason Momoa as Keegan
 Jon Seda as Louis Blanchard
 Holt McCallany as Hank Greely
 Brian Van Holt as Ronnie Earl
 Weronika Rosati as Lola
 Dane Rhodes as Lieutenant Lebreton 
 Marcus Lyle Brown as Detective Towne
 Douglas M. Griffin as Baby Jack

Reception
Rotten Tomatoes gave Bullet to the Head a 47% rating. Metacritic gave the movie a 48 score, meaning "mixed or average reviews". Jay Weissberg of Variety magazine called it a "kickass actioner driven by personality rather than plot."

Box office
Bullet to the Head was Stallone's worst opening weekend box office in 32 years. The movie only took in almost $22 million, failing to bring back its $55 million budget.

Awards
Stallone was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor in this movie.

References

Category:2012 thriller movies
Category:2010s action thriller movies
Category:American action thriller movies
Category:Movies directed by Walter Hill
Category:English-language movies