Bullet in the Head
Once The Best of Friends, Now The Worst of... Enemies!
Country
Budget
$3 500 000
Box office
$1 092 869
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Wilson Chan
Composer
Romeo Díaz
Artist
Chung Yee-Fung, Joel Chong Kwok-Wing
Audition
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was originally conceived by John Woo as a prequel to 'A Better Tomorrow', but a disagreement with the producer ruined the project. However, 'Bullet in the Head' retains one scene that directly references the 1986 film: in a nightclub, the heroes are forced to down a bottle of liquor at gunpoint – an episode Mark, Chow Yun-Fat's character in 'A Better Tomorrow', recounted.
- John Woo's original version ran for over three hours. Like in the case of 'A Better Tomorrow 2: Hurricane Fire' (1987), the director was forced to cut the film down to just over two hours. However, according to Woo himself, the version shown in Hong Kong the day before the premiere was 2 hours and 35 minutes long. It was decided, however, that even this was too long, so all versions of the film already sent to cinemas had to be urgently cut and then resent to cinemas. Even after all these editing difficulties, due to local censorship and local market requirements, many different versions of the film of varying lengths exist.
- At the end of the film, in the episode in the underground parking lot, you can see that the moment of the collision with the 'Mercedes' is repeated twice: the 'Mercedes' first moves and receives almost no damage, then immediately a piece is inserted where the car crashes into a parked 'Mercedes', already visibly damaged in the collision.
- John Woo originally conceived the film as a prequel to 'A Better Tomorrow', but a disagreement with the producer derailed the project. However, 'Bullet in the Head' contains one scene that directly references the 1986 film: in a nightclub, the heroes are forced to down a bottle of liquor at gunpoint – an episode Mark, Chow Yun-Fat's character, recounted in 'A Better Tomorrow'.
- John Woo's original version ran for over three hours. Like with 'A Better Tomorrow 2' (1987), the director was forced to cut the film to just over two hours. However, according to Woo himself, the version shown in Hong Kong the day before the premiere ran for 2 hours and 35 minutes. It was decided, however, that even this was too long, so all versions of the film already sent to cinemas had to be urgently cut and then resent. Even after all these editing struggles, due to local censorship and local market demands, many different versions of the film with varying lengths exist.
- At the end of the film, in the scene in the underground parking lot, it can be seen that the moment of the collision with the Mercedes is repeated twice: the Mercedes first moves and receives almost no damage, then immediately a piece is inserted where the car crashes into a parked Mercedes, already visibly damaged in the collision.
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