Bullet to the Head

A straightforward, slightly dumb, disposable old-school offering that is unfortunate for its rather low budget which was probably swallowed mainly by the fees for the famous five names appearing here. The rest of the cast is made up of absolutely awful (non)actors who are incapable of saying one line with it sounding at least a little natural. The second flaw was pushing Stallone into the noirish, cynically sarcastic voiceover. Sly has a lot of things going for him, but delivering complex lines is not one of them. But when he’s quite or just filtering out a wisecrack through his teeth, it’s the Sly we know and love. Otherwise there isn’t much to fault, unless you aren’t expecting anything that I mentioned above. (25/05/2013)

There’s really no great miracle here, and if it weren't for Stallone in the lead role, my rating would be even one star less. The script has nothing in it with which to surprise, except perhaps for the way it resembles the scripts that have been used by Seagal, Lundgren and others in recent years. The direction is nothing miraculous, the action scenes lack tension, and the only thing worthwhile was the final battle with axes, but which ended rather stupidly. What I really liked was Mazzar's music, which I've been listening to for a few weeks now. If I have to compare, Arnold's more imaginative and less serious/ridiculous The Last Stand is clearly better. (06/07/2013)

Some senior citizens choose to spend their twilight years in cottages, fishing, or freestyle fighting in Wallmart. Grandpa Sly, on the other hand, approaching 70, remembered the good old 80s, and it didn’t turn out bad at all. I'm not sure if ‘Aquaman’ was a good choice of the main villain. Jimmy Bonomo often looked a little sad next to him, but oh well. It was packed with action, one-liners, Sarah Shahi looked great, and, most importantly, I had fun. (16/11/2020)

A proper homage to the 1980s. From the music, through the editing, the sounds of blows, the voice-overs, the script. Walter Hill put it together well, the film works. It doesn't want to say too much, nor does it have much to say. It's about having fun, nostalgically reminiscing, and moving on. Stallone is in fantastic form even at his age, the action is tough, without slow motion, plenty of blood, exactly as it should be. Jason Momoa is a phenomenal opponent. It was solid entertainment, without further ambitions. (23/06/2013)

I simply like Stallone, so I tolerate it when he appears in something that is story-wise extremely boring. This is exactly the case. I am really curious whether the comic book source material is equally boring, but I would be quite surprised. However, Americans just remade it their own way and it turned out to be a rather ordinary action cliché. (01/10/2014)