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Bullet in the Head
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by Tai Seng
Sales Rank: 20880
Price: $18.98
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In John Woo's most ambitious film, three rumbling teenage thugs decide to flee Hong Kong for the greener pastures of war-ravaged Vietnam, circa 1967. They are entangled almost immediately in the bottomless horrific amorality of the war zone, which harshly tests their quasi-medieval bonds of "brotherhood." Whatever force this notion has comes mostly from the three leading players, who are all terrific: Tony Leung as the idealistic point-of-view character, Waise Lee as the greedy turncoat, and Jacky Cheung as the sap whose massive head wound turns him into a vegetable. Everyone in sight is revoltingly corrupt--only the Americans are portrayed as relatively nonvicious hapless victims--and Woo admits that he simply wasn't much interested in the Caucasian characters; the movie is about Asians fighting each other. The film was cut down to 2-1/2 hours from an initial "director's cut" almost three hours long, and it was mostly motivating dramatic material that was jettisoned. Finally, <I>Bullet</I> may simply be too intense for its own good. From the opening moments, people are screaming and brutalizing each other, and the ferocity rarely ebbs. The final hour is nonstop mayhem, and it numbs you out.. <I>--David Chute</I>
Viewer Reviews
This movie was amazing. The character development was superb, coupled with excellent acting. The story follows three young friends through their young life as friends through a journey that none will forget. The action is amazing, and in many ways some scenes are almost too intense to take. I loved the movie, seeing what happened to each character, and the way some peoples lives end up far different than expected. See this movie if you love movies, you will not be disapointed.
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