From director Walter Hill, comes the action thriller “Bullet to the Head” starring Sylvester Stallone as Jimmy Bobo, a career hitman who enters into an unlikely alliance with by-the-book detective Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang) to bring down the ruthless killer of their respective partners.
Sung Kang, who stars opposite Stallone as the man on the right side of the law in this pairing, observes, “They’re like oil and water: no matter how hard you try to shake them together, they are constantly splitting apart.” Kang continues, “My character figures out that there’s a connection between the deaths of our former partners. Taylor lives by this real rigid code of honor and a moral integrity that’s been ingrained in him. He wants the entity behind the hits, so he’s willing to team up with Jimmy to chase down the bad guys, even though he knows Jimmy is a criminal himself.”
Taylor is willing to compromise on his values for the sake of the greater good, but there’s still a limit to how far he’ll bend. Sung Kang asserts, “Generationally, they’re completely different; morally, they’re completely different; and ethnically, they’re completely different. Jimmy Bobo comes from a time where there was no political correctness, so he’s the type of guy that just says what’s on his mind.”
Coming into the project, Kang says that he was excited about the opportunity to work with both Sylvester Stallone and Walter Hill. “I pretty much grew up watching Sylvester Stallone movies. One of the first movies my father took me to was ‘Rocky.’ So getting to work with him was a pretty amazing experience, definitely one of those things on my bucket list,” he smiles. “And from the get-go, Walter Hill was so open to ideas; he was such an ally for me as an actor in that respect.”
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Bullet To The Head Interview with Sung Kang
More about Sung Kang
SUNG KANG (Taylor Kwon) recently co-starred with Vin Diesel in the blockbuster hit “Fast Five,” directed by Justin Lin. He and Lin first worked together on the critically acclaimed drama “Better Luck Tomorrow,” which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, garnering a Grand Jury Prize nomination. Kang subsequently worked with the director on “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” “Fast & Furious,” and “Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee.” They are reunited on the upcoming “The Fast and the Furious 6,” slated for release in May 2013.
In addition, Kang was featured in “Ninja Assassin,” directed by James McTeigue; Philip G. Atwell’s “War”; and Len Wiseman’s action hit “Live Free or Die Hard.” Kang also starred in the Michael Kang-directed independent films “4 Wedding Planners” and “The Motel,” the latter of which was an Official Selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, he starred in and produced Chris Chan Lee’s “Undoing,” an Official Selection at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival. Kang’s other film credits include roles in Denzel Washington’s “Antwone Fisher,” Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor,” and the short “9:30.” His television credits include guest starring roles on such series as “Monk,” “Cold Case,” “Threat Matrix,” “Without a Trace,” “The Shield,” “NYPD Blue,” “Girlfriends,” ”Spin City,” “Felicity” and “Marshal Law,” among others.
Originally from Gainesville, Georgia, Kang began acting at the Los Angeles based experimental theater group F.A.T.E. (Friends Artist Theater Ensemble).