Bullet in the Head
Once The Best of Friends, Now The Worst of... Enemies!
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.
- Director
- John Woo
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Action
- Worldwide
- $1M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
13 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Bullet in the Head actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Bullet in the Head returned 0.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- Aug 17, 1990
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Cantonese, English
- Country
- Hong Kong
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