I have recently watched the trailor for the new smah hit movie WANTED, in which angelina Jolie makes a bullets flightpath bend in mid air by flicking her wrist at the time the bullet leaves the barrel and it then travels around a persons head and then behind them.

I belive this would work on the same principle as a footballer (soccer player) bending a ball in the air? also the rifling of the barrel would obviously make the bullet spin one way already, would it be possible with enough force to give it opposite spin and make it bend in mid air?

Many Thanks

Simon Cundy - Folkestone UK

Already discussed at some length, and the answer is "No". Just another example of movie magic following a plot requirement rather than the laws of physics.

(sorry for my poor english)
Bullet's speed in out of barrel is about of 270-300 meters/sec. and rotating speed is about of 1200 times/sec. in that, wery hardly to make a bullet, which can change a traectory.
WANTED - it's a fantastic. But it not real.
In last scene, Angeline Joly shot bullet and it are make a full path around a room, killed an 6-7 peoples, then she self. This is impossible.
Bullets designed to NOT penetrate bodies, and stop inside body, give all your energy to damage a flesh and bones.
Only "bullets" in 3inch caliber from A10 Thunderbolt can hit severe bodies and not lost a energy. But it too fly thru the line, not a curve...