Bullet in the Head

Bullet in the Head

Once The Best of Friends, Now The Worst of... Enemies!

Rating

4.5 (1)

Release Date

8/17/1990

Runtime

130 mins

Overview

Three childhood friends from the slums of Hong Kong flee to war-time Saigon after accidentally murdering a gang leader, but their troubles only escalate.

Status

Released

Original Language

cn

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue

-

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A relentless descent into violence and paranoia as three friends' bond fractures under the pressure of war and guilt. What begins as an escape becomes a nightmare of escalating brutality that transforms their lives beyond recognition.

Mood

TenseDread-soakedAngryBleak

Themes

FriendshipBetrayalWarSurvivalComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

while the film can sometimes feel drawn out and to long, its three leads change, evolve and devolve as the film progresses.

their bond changes, twists and eventually breaks as its scattered on the ground. a much better film about the vietnam war then something like deer hunter as john woo only uses it as a backdrop yet tells much more with it as the vietnam war visibly changes these character and therefore showing how people change within that without it being a cliché. john woo's action is fantastic obviously, he gives this all a brotherhood feel that eventually breaks.

(watch my film https://boxd.it/cQ1mBp )

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Bullet in the Head (1990) directed by John Woo | FirstCinema