A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.
Its vision of contemporary Thailand is recognizable as another society undeserving of redemption, but worthy of poetry.
– Eric Hynes,
Time Out New York,
25 Sep 2012
rotten:
Neither fresh nor especially satisfying, but Ratanaruang distinguishes the hunt with his fluid kineticism, especially in the just-a-touch-too-infrequent shoot-outs and beatdowns.
– Alan Scherstuhl,
Village Voice,
25 Sep 2012
rotten:
Headshot is, unfortunately, far better with ideas than with narrative.
– Alison Willmore,
AV Club,
27 Sep 2012
fresh:
A dreamy, elliptical neo-noir about a cop turned killer turned something else altogether.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
27 Sep 2012
rotten:
While there are some great twists and revelations here, I just kept wishing it would stop with all the cinematic tricks and get to more conventional, straight- forward storytelling.