Malkovich has built a career mumbling his way through one disastrous movie after another, but this time he's got company.

Mostly, though, "Bullet Head" is about the characters and the crackling dialogue, and the first-rate actors giving just the right spin to their lines.

With too little freshness for crime-drama devotees, too many furry corpses for animal lovers and a thoroughly predictable wrap-up, Bullet Head ultimately screws the pooch

It's still very much a B-picture, but done with more verve and invention than you might expect.