Walter Hill
Bullet to the Head

THE REVIEW

Walter Hill is a guarantee.

If you don’t know much about cinema, you will have seen “The Warriors”, a cult film and cornerstone of a sub-genre that many have heavily borrowed from, often ending up with just a fistful of dollars (they wish). Well, he did that.

If you know him, you already know the value of good old Walter, go check out his filmography.

Not to mention the usual ones, I recommend “Trespass” from ‘92.

He’s gotten old now, almost 80 years, yet he still pulls it off.

In 2012, his “Bullet to the Head” came out with Sylvester Stallone.

Nothing particularly original in the writing, but the film is full of events, twists, and turns. It has a lively and steady pace—it’s quite a tasty dish and it works.

Sly here is a criminal and he does it pretty well, though in the end, I’m not saying he’s good, but he’s fair. No matter how you look at it, he’s right. Then there's the even more evil antagonist, a mercenary from the Foreign Legion, and in his way, he’s fair too. There will be punches exchanged.

Action. Do you enjoy action movies? Then you’ll like it—fights, gunfights, people getting killed quickly and messily are in industrial quantity and everything is done with great skill. It’s like when you go to a trattoria: you eat a lot, everything is good, it might not be gourmet, but in the end, you pay little and know you will return.

It’s a good film because the craftsmanship is top-notch. Dolly, tracking shots, long takes, overlapping and faded images, rich photography—guys, this is cinema, not peanuts.

Don’t mess with Jimmy Bobo.

Don’t mess with Walter Hill.