Bullet in the Head

(1990)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 330 votes

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller, War

Year: 1990

Runtime: 136 мин

Country: Hong Kong

Director: Джон Ву

Cast: Тони Люн Чу-Вай, 張學友, Ли Цзы Сюн, Саймон Ям, 袁潔瑩, 甄楚倩, 林聰, 鮑起靜, 曾近榮, Со Хун Шуэнь

Plot

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.

In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Later, the three friends administer justice, in the process of which the gang member is killed, so they leave Hong Kong to avoid the police and the gang. They run black market supplies to Saigon and get embroiled in the war, being arrested as Viet Cong, then later captured by the Viet Cong, and find that their friendship is tested to the limits as they try to escape.