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Directed by | Walter Hill |
Written by | Alessandro Camon |
Based on | Du plomb dans la tête by Matz |
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Cinematography | Lloyd Ahern II |
Edited by | Tim Alverson |
Music by | Steve Mazzaro |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.