Bullet in the Face
| Bullet in the Face | |
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| Genre |
Dark comedy Action Noir |
| Created by | Alan Spencer |
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| Country of origin |
Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Release | |
| Original network | IFC |
| Original release | August 16 – August 17, 2012 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Bullet in the Face is a dark comedy television series developed by Alan Spencer. It premiered on IFC on August 16, 2012. It premiered in Canada on Super Channel on September 11, 2012. The series follows an ex-con, Gunter Vogler, who is recruited into the police force when he is betrayed by his partner and lover.
The story is set in neo-noir Brüteville City, a dystopian city fought over by two vicious mob bosses, agoraphobic elitist Johann Tannhäuser (Eddie Izzard) and doltish Racken (Eric Roberts).
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). Martine, however, complicates the situation when she tells Vogler that she is pregnant with his child. When a police officer interrupts the robbery, Vogler enthusiastically kills the cop, but he himself is shot in the face by Martine.
Waking up in a hospital, Vogler finds himself under the care of the Brüteville Police, who have surgically grafted the face of the detective he killed in place of his own. The police seek to use Vogler's knowledge of the criminal underworld and thirst for vengeance to finally take out the elusive Tannhäuser, with Vogler posing as the deceased cop. Partnering up with the morally unshakable Lt. Karl Hagerman (Neil Napier), the two solve crimes while searching for Tannhäuser, including a series of apparent priest suicides and a teenaged murderer.
The first three episodes were aired on August 16, 2012 in the U.S., followed by the remaining three episodes on August 17, 2012. The series is Canadian, produced for an American cable channel, and was filmed in Montreal, Canada. Bullet in the Face is executive produced by series developer Alan Spencer, alongside Michael Prupas, Bruce Hills, Jesse Prupas, Evi Regev, and the production companies Just For Laughs Television and Muse Entertainment Enterprises. IFC originally presented Spencer with a concept for an action comedy that parodied Miami Vice and other 1980s shows. Spencer retooled the concept to be more perverse, modern, and stand in its own universe. Though he had been offered chances to remake Sledge Hammer! as a feature film, Spencer said that he did not want to retread his older work, so he instead created a more original project that would take advantage of newfound liberties – a series that he himself would watch. Production began in October 2011.
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