Bullet (1995)

Gritty street cred drama

Bullet is Mickey Rourke's show, he owns it. Plus there's also a high quality ensemble cast comprising the impressive line-up of the late Tupac Shakur, Adrien Brody and Ted Levine. The storyline involves Butch Stein(Rourke) being released from prison after serving time for taking the rap for a crime he did not commit. Uppermost in his mind upon his release are two things:getting loaded on smack and getting his own back on his arch enemy Tank(Shakur). The Stein family is comically dysfunctional and the hysterical reunion dinner dialogue involving the convict Butch Stein(Rourke), the schizophrenic psychotic "GI Joe" Lewis Stein(Levine) and the "Salvador Dali" Ruby Stein (Brody) with them all being thirty something, still living at home, being terrorised by their alcoholic ball- breaking overworked father and nannied by their yenter jewish mother really sent me over the edge. It's the classic Jewish "We did eveything we could for you boys and look how you turned out" schpiel.
Butch Stein knows he is too far gone on the drug addiction and life of crime for any reform and his fate is to finally square off his revenge with drug dealer Tank.

There is a great supporting cast and John Enos III as the closeted homosexual Stein family friend Lester delivers a solid and convincing performance. Julien Temple delivers a sylishly directed film with wonderful camera angles, a superb Barry White music score which adds to the contradictory love and beauty theme within the contorted urban grit of big bad city life.

Fully recommended. July 22, 2008

It was ok

Bullet wasn't Tupac's best movie role but it's a decent movie. Mickey Rourke for once doesn't do his method acting . The film has some decent cinematography and a chilling performance from Ted Levine as Rourke's brother. Maybe if more people had seen this film it would got the respect it deserves. March 26, 2008

this movie is raw

this is a classic gangsta flim of the 80's it shows how street life in new york was back then this movie is cold and mean this is a great movie i loved it and berry white tracks and that other track that song i'am too sexy 4 my shirt they played the music at the right times during the movie this is a hardcore movie they did a great job makeing it and one of my fav rappers 2pac is it not just 2pac everyboby did a great job makeing all the actters were great this movie is worth your money so if u like gangsta flims buy this its worth ur money. December 21, 2006

Excellent service!

Got here in record time and the DVD was in excellent condition. The movie sucked, but that was no fault of the seller LOL, whew, talk about yawn city, but I love Tupac :D August 1, 2006

A rambling empty film

For a film that's supposed to be ghetto based with Tupac as a star it has about 5 minutes of Shakur and the rest is simply a walk around with Rouke's character walking around looking for a reason to get into the morgue or back in jail.

High profile names do nothing for this film. Brody doesn't have the ganster film look....Rouke's character does nothing for me and Shakur's role in the film was just that of a gang banger.



Recommended if you are a fan of any of the above.

If you want to see a good film see something else. April 23, 2006

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