Bullet in the Head (1990)
Directed by John Woo
Three childhood friends from the slums of Hong Kong flee to war-time Saigon after accidentally murdering a gang leader, but their troubles only escalate.
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In fact, the film feels a lot like “Bullet to the Head,” the recent Walter Hill flick starring a revenge-thirsty Sylvester Stallone – which should never be confused with Woo’s blunt and brutal 1990 Chinese version of “The Deer Hunter,” “Bullet in the Head.”
Besides De Palma, Cruise has worked with some of the industry’s most distinguished directors just over the crest from their cinematic highs, including action auteur John Woo (“Bullet in the Head,” “Face/Off”), J.J. Abrams (the later “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” chapters) and animator Brad Bird (“The Incredibles”), but for these last four he’s settled on Christopher McQuarrie as his director and pen man.
The longtime Hong Kong director of such action films as "A Better Tomorrow," "The Killer," "Bullet in the Head," and "Hard-Boiled" came to Hollywood in the early '90s and made "Hard Target" and "Broken Arrow" before turning to "Face/Off."
In The Killer, Bullet in the Head, and Hard-Boiled, Woo amplified the emotional intensity by using wide-angle lenses and a shallow depth of field, eliminating objectivity and implicating the viewer in the mayhem.
Films like The Killer (1989), Bullet in the Head (1990), and Hard-Boiled (1992) are so damn good that Hollywood would never allow their like to be made again.
"John Woo: A Life in Pictures" (26 mins.) is premature, to say the least, but offers a surprisingly broad overview of the HK auteur, paying particular attention to Woo's nominal artistic triumph Bullet in the Head.
Many of Woo’s American films are suitable demonstrations of his hyperkinetic aesthetic, 1997’s Face/Off in particular, in which Woo’s proclivity towards excess is most clearly manifested.
In John Woo's most recent U.S. film, "Face/Off," John Travolta and Nicolas Cage transformed into each other, via mannerisms and plot devices.