Bullet to the Head

Bullet to the Head
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWalter Hill
Written byAlessandro Camon
Based onDu plomb dans la tête
by Matz
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLloyd Ahern II
Edited byTim Alverson
Music bySteve Mazzaro
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • November 14, 2012 (2012-11-14) (Rome Film Festival)
  • February 1, 2013 (2013-02-01) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$55 million
Box office$22.6 million

Bullet to the Head is a 2012 American action film directed by Walter Hill. The screenplay by Alessandro Camon was based on the French graphic novel Du plomb dans la tête written by Matz and illustrated by Colin Wilson. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christian Slater, and Jason Momoa. Alexandra Milchan, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Kevin King-Templeton produced the film. The movie follows a hitman (Stallone) and a cop (Kang) who are forced to work together to bring down a corrupt businessman (Akinnuoye-Agbaje) after they are targeted by the businessman's assassin (Momoa).

The film had an exclusive test screening at the International Rome Film Festival on November 14, 2012, and was officially released in US theatres on February 1, 2013. The film received mixed reviews and was a box office bomb.

  1. ^ "BULLET TO THE HEAD (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2012-11-30. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2012-11-30.