Let's be honest. Both of these films look pretty terrible. Both feature over-the-hill action icons who can barely walk at a quick pace let alone engage in all-out fight scenes. The films look just a big better than substandard direct-to-DVD action fare, and that's not even counting the *good* DTV stuff like Universal Soldier: Regeneration and Undisputed 3. Both Stallone and Schwarzenegger seem to be acting as badly as possible. Schwarzenegger is obviously out of practice, but Stallone has little excuse, having delivered perfectly fine turns in Rocky Balboa, Rambo, and The Expendables (I'm hopefully seeing The Expendables 2 tomorrow night). So, The Last Stand (from Jee-woon Kim, helmer of I Saw the Devil) opens from Lionsgate on January 13th, 2013. Walter Hill's Bullet To the Head (following oodles of reshoots) debuts via Warner Bros. on February 1st, 2013. They both look pretty terrible. But as a longtime fan of Homicide: Life on the Street, Bullet To the Head gets bonus points for viciously murdering Jon Seda (who very nearly killed the show during season six) in the opening reel. Which one looks less awful to you? Are you surprised that 20th Century Fox didn't have a A Good Day To Die Hard trailer ready for this weekend? Please share below...
Scott Mendelson
Scott Mendelson
