Bullet to the Head
User Score
5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 31
  3. Negative: 5 out of 31

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  1. MarcDoyle
    Feb 9, 2013
    2
    What kills this movie for me, more than anything else, is the co-star Sung Kang. He's terrific in the Fast Furious movies, but he's criminally underdeveloped, under-directed, and just terrible in this film. He needs to have at least SOME backbone to serve as Sly's foil. Shahi could have been directed better as well. What's more, the ending is terrible. Don't bother considering this one see Joe Morgenstern's review for further guidance.… Expand
  2. TVJerry
    Feb 12, 2013
    4
    Walter Hill used to be a top action director and Sylvester Stallone was once an action hero. Both men have blown it with this lame dud. Stallone plays a hit man who teams up with a cop (Sung Kang) to avenge their partners and shut down a group of gangsters. Stallone acts more wooden than ever and the character's weak attempt to channel Eastwood's racist curmudgeon in "Grand Turino" is embarrassing. The action and writing are uninspired. Just skip it.… Expand
  3. marco34la
    Feb 4, 2013
    0
    I went in with ZERO expectations and came out in the NEGATIVE column. It was beyond bad. In many ways it's reprehensible. The story is ridiculous and the dialogue is tedious. Seeing a 70 yr Stallone all steroid-ed up with his face still botched up, was unnerving. Seeing him battle the young, hunky
    Jason M... was a just an embarrassment. Skip this one folks! Save your hard-earned dollars     and see something else.… Expand

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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
  1. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Jordan Hoffman
    Feb 26, 2013
    42
    Unfortunately the bulk of the picture is cut together like a beer commercial on poorly lit cheap video without much panache. Unless primary colors with a gauzy halo is panache.
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  2. New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Reviewed by: Mike Scott
    Feb 8, 2013
    40
    It's done with affection, so it's hard to begrudge Hill for indulging in a postcard cliché or two. After all, it - like Hill's movie as a whole - certainly beats a bullet to the head.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    Feb 4, 2013
    70
    The upshot is a shoot-‘em-up with a lean palette and relatively streamlined carnage, wet but not sloppy. It can almost pass for “classical.”
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