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5 unusual facts about Bullet in the Face


Bullet in the Face

Eddie Izzard as Johann Tannhäuser: A secretive, agoraphobic crime lord who favors chess.

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The story is set in the neo-noir city of Brüteville, a dystopian city fought over by two vicious mob bosses, agoraphobic elitist Johann Tannhäuser (Eddie Izzard) and doltish Racken (Eric Roberts).

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Like creator Alan Spencer's other cult television show Sledge Hammer!, Bullet in the Face is largely a parody of various genres, most prominently film noir and European action films like those by director Luc Besson.

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While robbing a jewelry store, Gunter Vogler (Max Williams), a sociopath and universally feared hitman, receives an order from his boss, Tannhäuser, to kill his partner and lover, Martine Mahler (Kate Kelton).

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Kate Kelton as Martine Mahler: Martine Mahler was Gunter Vogler's partner and lover, before she betrayed him and shot him in the face.



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