Die xue jie tou (1990)

Director:

John Woo

Writers:

Janet Chun (writer)
Patrick Leung (writer)

Release Date:

17 agosto 1990 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War

Plot:

In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Later...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Forest | Gangster | Blood Brothers | Prisoner Of War

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Best movie I've ever seen. It's also completely insane.

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu Wai	...	Ben / Ah Bee
Jacky Cheung	...	Frank / Fai
Waise Lee	...	Paul / Little Wing
Simon Yam	...	Luke
Fennie Yuen	...	Jane
Yolinda Yam	...	Sally Yen
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Yue Ding
Chung Lam	...	Y.S. Leong
Shek Yin Lau	...	Fatso
Hee Ching Paw	...	Ben's mother
Hang Shuen So	...	Jane's mother
Chang Tseng	...	Paul's father
John Woo	...	Police inspector

También conocida como:

Bullet in the Head (Hong Kong: English title) (USA)
Bloodshed in the Streets (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Dip huet gaai tau (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Bala en la cabeza, Una (Spain) [es]

Duración:

136 min | Germany:97 min (video version) (heavily cut) | Australia:126 min | New Zealand:125 min

País:

Hong Kong

Idioma:

Cantonese | English | Vietnamese | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Malaysia:18SG | Singapore:PG (cut) | Germany:18 (re-rating) (uncut) | Germany:18 (video rating) (heavily cut) | Netherlands:16 | Iceland:16 | Brazil:18 (DVD rating) | Hong Kong:III (video rating) | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Australia:R | Czech Republic:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | Japan:R-15 | Italy:VM14 | Ireland:18 | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Princess Film Production Limited

Trivialidades:

Since it had been radically cut from about 3 hours to about 2 hours, there are some still photos of this film, which indicate that entire subplots have been removed from the film, which aren't even referenced to in the final cut. On one such photo, you can see Tony Leungs face in bandages, his girlfriend standing near him. This is from a subplot in which Tony Leung gets his face burnt with acid by a rival gang.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When the action moves to Vietnam the movie posters ('Dien Bien Phu', etc.) shown are films that came out well after the Vietnam war was over.

Quotes:

Ben: Fai, I said we would go back to Hong Kong together. If you can't go back, then neither of us is going back.

Movie Connections:

References I Call First (1967)

Soundtrack:

I'm a Believer

Best movie I've ever seen. It's also completely insane.

How can you not like a movie that starts out with a bloody street fight to an instrumental version of The Monkees "I'm a believer"?

When you start watching this you'll probably laugh at some of the sentiment of the beginning, (the three main guys jump rope, ride bikes, and sing together for instance. Go ahead, try not to snicker, you won't succeed.) This is all a perfect setup for the following sucker punch of the most brutally and entertainingly violent and horrifying series of events ever put on film. People are shot in their head, people explode, demonstrators are shot, exploding Cuban cigars, etc. The thing is that this mix of melodrama, action, and violence comes together into a cohesive whole and works amazingly well.

By the end of the film will drain you physically and emotionally from what you have seen, which is probably why so many people would prefer the shorter ending of this movie. The ending fight is one of the best ever filmed, but by the time you get to it you'll be exhausted. Personally, I like the long ending.

Honestly, this is the best movie I have ever seen. It is the best mix of melodrama and violence ever put on film. It's over the top in almost every way imaginable. It's suprisingly moving. I love it.