Bullet to the Head

Bullet to the Head

Rating 4 out of 10

I will admit when I first watched the trailer for this movie I got excited.  It looked like an action packed Stallone type movie with lots of good fights while you realize you park your brain at the door.  Sadly the last part what all that was true.  This movie is a mess even for this type of movie.  Yes I know. You hit yourself in the head with a hammer you should expect it to hurt.  As the wife often says I'm a man, I don't learn that easy.

Sylvester Stallone, who has to be closing in on 80 years old yet somehow still is chiseled like a Roman statue, plays a rough and tough hit man (Bobo)  hired with is partner to take out a bad cop in New Orleans.  He has a partner mostly so when he is double crossed and the bad guys (as apposed to him being the good hit man) take out his buddy he has more reason for revenge.  The killed bad cops ex partner shows up from NYC and when New Orleans police give him no help of course the person to turn to is the guy that killed him.  Takes him about five minutes to get Bobo's phone number and makes it clear he doesn't want the hitman he want's the guys that ordered the hit.  A buddy team from heaven is made!

The fight scenes are mostly cheesy and in the two minute trailer.  The two bright spots are the lovely Sarah Shahi who plays Bobo's tattoo parlor daughter and mostly Jason Momoa who does a great job playing the bad guy.  He was in the remake of Conan the Barbarian a couple years ago and I feel he has a future in action movies.  A bit of trivia in that he is married to former Cosby Show girl Lisa Bonet.

Good to see the old geezers Stalone and Schwarzenegger competing again.  I just wish it were not battling for the top spot on Royces Worst Ten of 2013.