Bullet in the Face
It's a dystopian future in Brüteville City, where crime is running rampant due to a gangland styled war between rival mob bosses Johann Tannhauser and Racken. Gunter Vogler and Martine Mahler are two of Tannhauser's hit people. Sociopath Gunter kills for killing's sake. Martine, who is Tannhauser's girlfriend, is having an affair with Gunter. In a robbery gone wrong, Gunter is shot in the face and captured by the police. After recuperating, Gunter is convinced by Police Commissioner Eva Braden to work for them against Tannhauser, when she shows him that Martine was the one who purposefully shot him, probably on Tannhauser's orders. What is as distasteful to Gunter is that the face of one of the police detectives he killed in the botched robbery is transplanted onto him as part of his reconstructive surgery. Now masquerading as that detective, Gunter is partnered with overly sensitive Lt. Karl Hagerman, who cannot stomach that he is now working side by side with the man who killed his partner. Added to the complicated situation is that both Hagerman and Braden have what they believe is more than a professional relationship with Gunter's predecessor. And Martine is pregnant with who she says is Gunter's baby... or is it? Through it all, Gunter is torn between his new life and his past life as a sociopath, which may still be at the core of his character.
- Metascore59
- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- IFC
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Suspense, Drama
- TV-MA
It's a dystopian future in Brüteville City, where crime is running rampant due to a gangland styled war between rival mob bosses Johann Tannhauser and Racken. Gunter Vogler and Martine Mahler are two of Tannhauser's hit people. Sociopath Gunter kills for killing's sake. Martine, who is Tannhauser's girlfriend, is having an affair with Gunter. In a robbery gone wrong, Gunter is shot in the face and captured by the police. After recuperating, Gunter is convinced by Police Commissioner Eva Braden to work for them against Tannhauser, when she shows him that Martine was the one who purposefully shot him, probably on Tannhauser's orders. What is as distasteful to Gunter is that the face of one of the police detectives he killed in the botched robbery is transplanted onto him as part of his reconstructive surgery. Now masquerading as that detective, Gunter is partnered with overly sensitive Lt. Karl Hagerman, who cannot stomach that he is now working side by side with the man who killed his partner. Added to the complicated situation is that both Hagerman and Braden have what they believe is more than a professional relationship with Gunter's predecessor. And Martine is pregnant with who she says is Gunter's baby... or is it? Through it all, Gunter is torn between his new life and his past life as a sociopath, which may still be at the core of his character.
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Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1
Meet Gunter Vogler
Thu, Aug 16, 2012 24 mins
The gangland truce in Brüteville City between Tannhauser and Racken is short lived as Tannhauser wants Gunter to hit a Jewish run jewelry store solely because they are paying Racken protection money as their unofficial security. In the process, Tannhauser wants Gunter to kill Martine as he knows she is being unfaithful to him, unaware that she is being unfaithful with Gunter, and that she is pregnant. The robbery does not go according to plan, with Gunter shot in the face, and captured by the police. Following Gunter's reconstructive surgery and recuperation, Police Commissioner Eva Braden believes she is able to convince Gunter to work for them in nabbing Tannhauser, as she shows him that it was not the police but Martine who shot him. If he does work for the police, he will be partnered with Lt. Karl Hagerman, whose previous partner Gunter killed in the robbery, and whose face was transplanted onto Gunter's destroyed one. But Gunter may still prove to be unwilling to work for the enemy. Conversely, both Tannhauser and Racken's men may want to kill Gunter, unaware that it is him, solely because he is a police detective.
Awards
- 2013 - ACTRA Montreal Award - Outstanding Male Performance - Nominated
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