‘Cause they’re fighting with axes, get it? No?
Anyway. Bullet To The Head, Walter Hill’s first feature in way too long, is out today, and reviewed here. Warm Bodies is not without interest. I should have posted my reviews of Parker and John Dies At The End when they opened last week (all for MSN Movies), but, to once again quote Kim Jong-Il in Team America: World Police, do you have any idea of how fucking busy I am?
I still have a mind to write more about Parker in relation to its source material and other film adaptations of Richard Stark novels, and I hope to get around to that soon. But the Disgusting Novel I have been working on is in its home stretch, and to tell the truth it’s been a disturbingly consuming process.
I feel pretty much the way you do about BULLET IN THE HEAD: above average genre film that showcases its star perfectly. What I haven’t seen anyone talk about is his co-star, Sung Kang. It’s the first time I see him in something since I’ve deliberately avoided the FAST AND FURIOUS series. Is it me, or is Kang the dullest sock puppet to head up an action film in some time?
Wonder how John Woo feels about the title of his best film being taken for a Walter Hill payday – are we sure Paul Haggis had nothing to do with this? Most importantly, how long until we see a new film also written by the great master?
James:
Woo: Bullet IN the Head
Hill: Bullet TO the Head
So there’s a prepositional difference!
In, to, ex, propter hoc, freaking somebody produce a flick Walter Hill directs from his own screenplay!
(Additionally – oops.)
Nice to see Walter Hill working again.
Saw “About A Boy” again on cale the other day. Amaing to see how skilled Nicholas Hoult was when he was knee-high to a doormat. Everyone thinks “Warm Bodies” is going to make him a star, but he’s always been a star to me – especially as the seductive Kenny in Tom Ford’s adaptaton of Isherwood’s “a Single Man.”
As for Richard Stark (aka. Donald Westlake) my favorite “Parker” is still Anna Karina in “Made in USA” with Lee Marvin in “Point Blank” a very close second.
well I prefer punch culture.
Want to know how John woo feeling about the title of his best film be mistaken for walter hill payday – we of course Paul haggis had nothing to do with this? The most important thing is, how long to see a new film also write the master?
Avoid caffeinated drinks – including carbonated drinks that contain caffeine.