{"id":324086,"date":"2021-08-13T00:49:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T21:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bull-sees-bad-men-face-off-against-a-worse-man\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T00:49:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T21:49:38","slug":"bull-sees-bad-men-face-off-against-a-worse-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bull-sees-bad-men-face-off-against-a-worse-man\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Bull’ Sees Bad Men Face Off Against a Worse Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Bull’ Sees Bad Men Face Off Against a Worse Man<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

     <span class=\"mx-1\">Only a fool would piss off Neil Maskell.<\/span>\n<\/p><div id=\"\"><figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media<\/a> \"><img width=\"800\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bull.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Neil Maskell in Bull\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bull.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bull-768x323.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><p>\n                    <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Signature Entertainment<\/span>\n\n                        <\/figure><!-- START BYLINE --><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n        By\u00a0Rob Hunter\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 12th, 2021 \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- END BYLINE -->\n\n    <em>This review of Bull is part of our coverage of the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival.<\/em>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
Revenge movies<\/a> typically build on one shared pursuit across both sides of the screen. The avenged is seeking justice, and viewers are looking for catharsis. There\u2019s room to play around with the specifics, but that core truth remains \u2014 we want to see the protagonist get even. Bull<\/em><\/strong> gives that expectation a bit of a twist, though, as not only are we unsure why the man is so angry, but it\u2019s also clear that he might just be a very bad man himself. Who do you root for when evil squabbles amongst themselves?<\/p>\n
A burning mobile home. Gun shots. Violence and rage flash across the screen giving birth to the arrival of Bull (Neil Maskell<\/strong>). He\u2019s a man on a mission and has returned to town after a decade away. He\u2019s looking for someone, and his search sees him working his way through past associates \u2014 ruffians, thugs, enforcers \u2014 and a life he left behind. Where has he been? Why is he back? And how will it all end?<\/p>\n
While some movies frontload their narrative with answers and backstory, writer\/director Paul Andrew Williams<\/strong> chooses a different route with Bull<\/em>. Revelations come trickling in through fleeting imagery and answers given under bloodied duress, and as Bull works his way through the town\u2019s more contemptible populace it\u2019s easy to get on board with his journey. We don\u2019t know what he\u2019s after, exactly, but we app<\/a>rove because these people are villains. The wrench thrown into the mix, though, is the steady stream of reveals showing that Bull isn\u2019t exactly a nice guy either.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething\u2019s wrong with you,\u201d says a fool to Bull\u2019s face \u2014 big mistake \u2014 but you can\u2019t argue with the assessment. Bull is as furious as he is focused, and like his animal namesake he\u2019s running roughshod through everyone around him. His monstrous nature finds intense life in Maskell\u2019s performance as he shifts from cold to impassioned and back again in the blink of an eye. Maskell\u2019s no stranger to playing family men engulfed in violence, and if you still haven\u2019t seen Ben Wheatley\u2019s Kill List<\/em> (2011) this is your reminder to do so. Bull seems wholly unremarkable to look at him, but it\u2019s a soft mirage hiding a rage-filled monster within. That Maskell can deliver that while still retaining and teasing both humanity and pain is no small thing.<\/p>\n
The supporting cast is equally strong even if they have less to do. Many of them exist merely to be bad guys and gals well-deserving of Bull\u2019s knife, but there are a couple standouts. Lois Brabin-Platt<\/strong> plays Bull\u2019s wife, and while her time is limited she captures a woman both understandably unhappy and unfairly cruel in her own right. Her dad, Bull\u2019s father-in-law, is played by David Hayman<\/strong> who creates as vicious and mean an antagonist as a film could hope for. He\u2019s also Bull\u2019s boss which both shapes and complicates the fracture that follows.<\/p>\n
Williams delivers a smart, sharp-looking film, and while much of it unfolds in dank interiors it finds life peppered throughout. Cinematographers Ben Chads and Vanessa Whyte highlight flashbacks to kinder times with Bull\u2019s son through color and light, and it creates a distinct contrast to the present terrors unfolding. Primary colors get their due through neon-drenched settings as well including a red-lit fairground and the deep blue of a seedy nightclub. The film looks good, and it works to make the brief stabs (metaphorical and literal) of violence hit with that much more power. The knife violence in particular is bloody and cruel in equal measure, and while the film is never over the top with its gore what we see feels suitably painful.<\/p>\n
The question of Bull\u2019s own culpability and villainy is an interesting one, and it\u2019s here where perhaps a bit more meat would have been beneficial. Not all questions need answers, obviously, but a little more time spent with the man he was would illuminate the one he\u2019s become. Still, there\u2019s enough here to hang a solid revenge thriller on, and the film succeeds as a sparse little thriller.<\/p>\n
At under ninety minutes, Bull<\/em> is a fierce and fast ride that pulls no punches when it comes to the violence doled out by and towards its lead character. The ending might throw some viewers off, but it\u2019s pitch perfect and no ill-fitting surprise to those who\u2019ve been paying attention. Bull is a man seeking justice, and viewers will find a bloody catharsis. Revenge cinema is a big, messy place, but there\u2019s a corner reserved for mean, well-made little gems like Bull<\/em>. You wouldn\u2019t want to live there, but you should most definitely pay a visit.<\/p>\n
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\n            Rob Hunter has been writing for Film School Rejects since before you were born, which is weird seeing as he’s so damn young. He’s our Chief Film Critic and Associate Editor and lists ‘Broadcast News<\/a>’ as his favorite film of all time. Feel free to say hi if you see him on Twitter @FakeRobHunter<\/a>.        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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