Bullet (1996)

Jack "Bullet" Stein is a Jewish junkie from the mean streets of Brooklyn, released on parole after eight years behind bars. After Jack robs a runner working for a local kingpin named Tank, he quickly falls back into the cycle of snorting coke and shooting heroin alongside his buddy Lester. Enraged by Jack's disrespect and fueled by an old grudge, Tank decides to settle the score by sending a massive brute named Gates to break him. But when they finally clash, Gates ends up breaking his own hand on the seasoned Jack. Besides Lester, the only people in Jack's corner are his two brothers, the mentally-unhinged Vietnam War veteran Louis and aspiring artist Ruby, neither of whom are much help when the final showdown arrives.

IMDb

User Rating: 6.0 / 10 2,339 votes

One of the most underrated films ever, in my view. I'll never understand that 6.0 rating... I first saw this on TV back in '98, but it was interrupted by so many commercials that the technical aspect left a bad impression, especially with those jump cuts. However, after watching the DVD recently, my perspective shifted. To me, this is Mickey Rourke's finest work. Rourke was at his absolute peak here, and his performance is perfection. He's joined by Adrien Brody and Ted Levin as his brothers, with Tupac Shakur playing the antagonist. Everyone is phenomenal. It’s a great film if you simply stop watching it as a "movie"... For me, a solid 8...

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Great movie 🙂
Honestly, I guess as long as Tupac Shakur is in it, I don't really care much about the plot or anything else 😁

I don't have an extensive collection of what people call cult films, but this one certainly qualifies. I'm not sure there is much else to be said here. 😁
PHENOMENAL 🙏... and frankly, I find the low ratings quite baffling...

Until recently, an IMDb user rating was being debated by some guy... an American. He argued the score was so low because Americans just don't care for films where the protagonist doesn't get a happy ending. He claimed the movie performs much better overseas... I might have a point there. There is nothing inherently American about this film. The man faces his fate and simply accepts it. No > moments, nothing of the sort that typically gets Americans fired up. To hell with them...

Why can't I cast my vote on IMDb? It keeps throwing this error at me:

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Is anyone else running into this? If not, let's all get voting. Everyone give it a 10, just to bump up this 6...😁