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Bullet in the Head
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Bullet in the Head

1990 | 2h 10min | 7.6

War does not break men. Money does.

ActionCrimeThriller

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Bullet in the Head
7.6

Overview

Three young men from Hong Kong's roughest streets think escaping to Saigon will buy them a fresh start after a street killing goes wrong. Instead, 1967 Vietnam swallows them whole. John Woo's most personal film strips away the usual cool of the heroic bloodshed genre and replaces it with something rawer: a study of how war and greed corrode loyalty until friendship becomes unrecognizable. What begins as a brotherhood story ends as something closer to a tragedy about who survives and at what cost.

Top Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-waiJacky Cheung Hok-YauWaise Lee Chi-HungSimon Yam

Details

  • Director John Woo
  • Year1990
  • Runtime2h 10min
  • StatusReleased
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Bullet in the Head

1990 | 2h 10min
Action | Crime | Thriller
★ 7.6
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9.6
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6.5
Casual Mind-Bending
ATMOSPHERE
3.1
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VISUALS
5.2
Raw / Indie Epic / CGI
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Bullet in the Head

1990
7.6
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