Bullet to the Head
Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 34
  3. Negative: 5 out of 34
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  1. Movie Nation
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    Jan 30, 2013
    38
    Choppy and bordering on incoherent, Bullet to the Head is Stallone's answer to Schwarzenegger's "The Last Stand," an action exercise in "Here's how we used to do it."
  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    Feb 1, 2013
    25
    I can't detect the hand of Hill in even a single scene in Bullet in the Head. It plays like a Stallone vanity project, impure and stupefyingly simple.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Scott Bowles
    Jan 31, 2013
    25
    Alas, shell casings, switchblades and severed limbs are all that's offered in this vile film, whose sole redeeming quality is that it ends. Eventually.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    Jan 31, 2013
    25
    Hill and Stallone seem determined simply to prove that, even in their golden years, they're still tough enough to rumble with all comers. Bullet to the Head exposes that bravado for the pose that it is, and it's not a good look.
  5. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    Jan 31, 2013
    20
    By the end I could have used a Bulleit to the mouth.

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User Score
5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. analogkid280
    7
    Hope I look that ripped when I am 66 years old. This is another action movie retro film riding on the success of the Expendables movies. We got one good Expendables film and now we get Arnie, Willis, and of course Stallone shoveled into their own me too action fiestas. If you are a fan of action films and old people jokes then this is the year for you! Oh, this is a movie review not a rant column. Sorry, the movie is a great Stallone movie. As it should be being directed by the master of this genre.… Full Review »
  2. Spanky
    8
    This was a very good action movie. Nothing more, nothing less. Personally, I thought Stallone looked great for his age, regardless of how he got there. If you go in with zero expectations, then you deserve to be disappointed. This ain't Shakespeare, folks. It's a rough and ready popcorn movie that just happens to be done very well.… Full Review »
  3. Movie1997
    5
    If only director Walter Hill could make a great Sylvestor Stallone action movie like memorable hits such "Rambo" and "The Expandables", but i guess this is all he can give to us. It's not that it's terrible because it's not terrible, but it's storyline is uninteresting and unoriginal. If this movie had came out in the 80s, it probably could have been a big hit. But since it's 2013, i don't think we're into those typical action movies anymore. Overall, just a boring, unoriginal story of vengeance.… Full Review »
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