Bullet in the Head Limited Edition Blu-ray
'Bullet in the Head' Director: John Woo (1990) Arrow Limited Edition 3-Disc Blu-ray | 4K restoration | HK Theatrical Cut + Festival Cut | Cantonese or English audio w/ English subtitles
After re-inventing the action film with The Killer, John Woo would turn inward and deliver the semi-autobiographical Bullet in the Head, complementing the stylistic flourishes that made his name with an unflinching and nihilistic brutality to deliver one of the most intense war films of all time.
Set during the Vietnam war, the film follows three best friends fleeing from Hong Kong to seek their fortune as smugglers. In Saigon, they join forces with a fellow expat and double-cross a ruthless gangster to steal his gold and rescue a nightclub singer from his clutches. The gang must fight their way out of the country in a nightmarish odyssey where each new battle pushes them beyond their limits and threatens to destroy their friendship.
Combining the gravity of Apocalypse Now with the spectacular action of Woo's earlier films, Bullet in the Head is an uncompromising look at the ravages of war where ideals of brotherhood and comradeship disintegrate into greed and cruelty in a storm of bullets and blood.
Limited Edition contents:
- Reversible sleeve and double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Six postcard-sized reproduction artcards
- Collectors' perfect-bound booklet featuring new writing on the film by critics Priscilla Page and Sean Gilman, archival writing by critic Arnaud Bordas and an excerpt from an interview with John Woo conducted by Stéphane Moïssakis
Special features include:
- Audio commentary by film critic and Hong Kong cinema expert Frank Djeng
- New interviews with director John Woo, actors Fennie Yuen, Waise Lee, regular John Woo collaborator Terence Chang, editor David Wu, associate producer Catherine Lau, author and Hong Kong film expert Grady Hendrix, and author and historian Dr Lars Laamann
- Archival interviews with John Woo, David Wu, actors Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, stunt coordinator Lau Chi-Ho and associate producer Patrick Leung
- Deleted and extended scenes
- Alternate boardroom ending
- Alternate English opening and closing credits
