Walter Hill's reputation as a masterly director of existential thrillers and westerns is secure, though apart from co-producing Prometheus, his important work this century has been for TV, notably the style-setting pilot for Deadwood and the western mini-series Broken Trail.
Based on a French graphic novel, Bullet to the Head takes him back to New Orleans and settings and themes he explored to greater effect in Hard Times, Southern Comfort and Johnny Handsome. It's a moderately entertaining buddy movie in which a Korean-American cop from New York joins forces with ageing hitman Sylvester Stallone to pursue some local cops, but Alessandro Camon's script is indifferent, and Stallone's characteristic combination of preening posturing and gruff self-pity makes him an unsuitable Hill hero. Over 30 years ago, Stallone passed on appearing in two of Hill's early masterworks, The Driver and 48 Hrs. Hill and his admirers should count themselves fortunate.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/03/bullet-head-review-sylvester-stallone
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