Headshot

Headshot

Bangkok's most dangerous cop is about to have his world turned upside down.

Directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Produced by Local Color Films, Memento Films International

2011105 min6.2 / 10

A dark crime thriller that uses a hitman's literal perceptual inversion as both a physical disability and metaphor for moral disorientation.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Headshot violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Is Headshot scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Headshot sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Headshot easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Headshot end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

29/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity24

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise35

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Headshot, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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