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Bullhead [DVD] [2013]
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Runtime | 2 hours and 9 minutes |
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Bullhead is a harrowing tale of revenge, redemption and fate. Domineering cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille (Rust & Bone's Matthias Schoenaerts in a ferocious breakout performance), constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader. When an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his traumatic past resurfaces, Jacky must confront his demons and face the far-reaching consequences of his decisions.
Acclaimed at festivals worldwide the award-winning Bullhead is visceral saga bursting with rage that TwitchFilm calls “a tremendous accomplishment...one of the most original crime films in recent memory.”
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 2 hours and 9 minutes
- Release date : May 20, 2013
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Soda Pictures
- ASIN : B00AAXZ8G8
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #221,415 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #164,890 in DVD
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2014This whole film was tense. It was wound tight like a guitar string and I didn't know when it would snap, whip back, and cut my face open.
This is Jacky's story. There are other characters but I was focused like a laser on Jacky. I found this movie after loving Schoenaerts in Rust & Bone. He blew me away in that movie but in this one he obliterated me. Jacky is a cow farmer who is constantly injecting himself with steroids and hormones. the cows are injected too and this movie has quite a bit about the shady dealings that go on behind the scenes in the cow farming business. That was surprising. Anyway, Jacky is constantly pumped full of chemicals and whatnot. Have you ever heard of 'roid rage? Times that by a thousand. Jacky is like being surrounded by a million grenades...you know they're going to go off and what it happens, watch out.
There are flashbacks to Jacky's childhood that hint they will reveal his obsession with steroids and his very screwed up interactions with women. Many people have said the beginning of this film is slow. It was, I guess, but for me it was a slow burn that I knew would end up setting the characters' world on fire.When Jacky's past trauma is revealed...shocking doesn't quite cover it. Shocking doesn't cover it at all. It's so violent and traumatic to watch.
I thought that would be it but the movie kept going, I kept watching, and that wire snapped and definitely cut me open. I'm not sure a movie ending has ever made my chest hurt as much as this one did. Schoenaerts broke my heart. Absolutely broke it.
When I review movies I try not to give too much of them away, so I just give my impressions, feelings, and emotions while watching. This film was a revelation about the cruelty of children, the loss of innocence, the nature of violence and how it takes root and grows. I always want to watch it again but I'm also scared to have my emotions played so skillfully. I'll tell you one thing, watch it because it's worth it.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012This film is good. It's well made and engrossing, with an emphasis on the feelings of the main character; the crime-drama/suspense genre attributes give the film a sense of plot aka direction, but are just a catalyst used to keep the film from being monotonous and meandering. The film doesn't overpower anyone with its tone, it isn't a in-yo-face account of desperation, it doesn't bleed with urgency, but I did watch this entire thing and didn't hate it or feel any nagging sense that I could be doing something better with my time, which is more than I could say for SHAME (2012), INCEPTION and SHUTTER ISLAND (2011) and AVATAR (2010).
- Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2015This has got to be one of the most intense film I've seen next to The Departed. It is not quite that bloody though it is plenty bloody. And it is intense and much more human than The Departed.
Jacky, the main character, is literally a testosterone freak, an accident waiting to happen. He is as hyped up as the cows he injects with hormone as part of his mafia hormone operation. The saddest part of this movie is that he is no different then the cows. He has muscles in all the wrong places (literally) and is just grotesque.
On an ordinary day decades before, the deranged son of a mafia boss severely mangles a boy, taking away any future chance for that boy to ever become a potent man. So Jacky is a wounded child trapped in a crippled man's body and will never reach his full potential. It is a violent world. Jacky plays his part all too well.
But Jacky is not the only one stranded in the veil of the past. Those who bore witness to the child' struggles after the devastating attack will never escape the guilt and the anger of that day.
One way or another, Bullhead never hesitates. The acting is brilliant and our heart breaks...for Jacky.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2016It was a brutal movie, but really an excellent one. I did not expect the plot to be like that. It surprised me in a good way. It is a story of a boy/man who was attacked and brutalized by a boy who himself was mentally sick. The injury was so extensive that in order to function as a man he would have to take hormones the rest of his life. Twenty years later, he is challenged by the effects of the hormones, what they do to him, and how the simply fact he is lonely and still pines for the same girl he got attacked for. He is feared, and he is respected. He belongs to the family who deals with selling meat, but the meat or rather cows are injected with hormones. There is additional story there, a criminal that intertwines with main's character and in the end it decides about his whole life. Matthias Schoenaert is excellent as Jacky. He is bulky, strong, penancing, but at the same time tender, hurt, and caring. His face says everything. Each emotion is there, his body adds to it, the pain, the harshness of hormones, the struggle and the void in his life. It is an excellent movie that I would recommend everyone to see.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2017This film is a masterpiece at depicting the long-term, systemic, destructive impact of trauma on a human being's life. It captures inescapable shock and horror and the price children pay for being powerless and helpless. It is a study of a man trying to manage the unmanageable through coping strategies that heal nothing. The silent suffering he endures moment to moment, his isolation, despair and hopelessness are barely contained. Matthias portrays a man who lives with loss so great that it penetrates to the very depths of his soul where the real damage is done. His performance is leveling. He lives with the knowledge that he will never be whole. I feel I have been waiting for a movie that could go there - full circle - to the point of no return. A film that would so skillfully and gracefully dare to give a face to the walking mortally wounded. This has been an important film for me and I am grateful to those involved for creating a story about this dimension of our humanity.
Top reviews from other countries
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albertoReviewed in Spain on September 14, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Buena y dura película.
Película dura y muy bien interpretada por su actor principal y los que lo secundan.
Totalmente recomendable.
El envío fue muy rápido.
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JerolecReviewed in France on February 25, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Matthias Schoenaerts au sommet de son art
BULLHEAD part d'un scénario très original.
On suit sans comprendre pourquoi et comment cet homme en est arrivé là.
Tout s'éclaire au cours d'une scène particulièrement atroce (si ce n'est dans les images, au moins dans l'intention).
Cet homme fait corps avec les boeufs qu'il empoisonne.
Matthias Schoenaerts est impressionnant, tout comme dans DE ROUILLE ET D'OS ou MARYLAND.
Mais bon, je suis fan alors peut-être que je ne suis pas totalement objectif.
Je crois quand même que BULLHEAD mérite d'être vu.
- Amazon Guy.Reviewed in Canada on July 14, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Bullhead Very Good Movie.
I've seen So many films of different origin and concept that i can't count,and to
say the many character development that was involve,but my goodness this one knock
the socks off of me,take a seat relax and don't blink or you would miss how this movie
is trying to relate it's message to you,Jacky Vanmarsenille [Matthias Schoenaerst] is a
domineering cattle farmer who's always pumped on steroids, that coincidentally he uses on
his cows,when the death of a police officer bring a whole lot of problem for all involve,
that's when everything falls apart,i will not say more,there was a true story about something
similar that involved the death of a veterinary and the car tires...
runtime 124 min.
DTS.HD Master 5.1 Audio.
2.35:1 Widescreen.
Bullhead Very Good Movie.
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AnnyAReviewed in Germany on May 27, 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars Genialer Film
ich bin eigentlich ein filmemuffel, aber großer fan von m. schoenaerts... deswegen war es natürlich ein muss, diesen film zu gucken...
ich finde ihn schlicht und ergreifend genial. es dauert vielleicht etwas, bis man die zusammenhänge im film begreift, aber irgendwie erschließt sich dann doch alles und man kann sich an einem wirklich guten film freuen.
die bilder und die atmosphäre ziehen einen in ihren bann, alles wirkt sehr düster, trostlos, unbehaglich, was die story des films aber perfekt unterstreicht.
absolut sehenswert ist allerdings matthias schoenaerts, der die hauptfigur "jacky" spielt, und zwar sowas von überzeugend und eindringlich, dass es eine wahre freude ist...
und wenn sogar ich als weiblicher zuschauer den film so toll fand, muss das was heißen, weil die ganze story ja eher was für männer sein dürfte...
fazit: unbedingt gucken...
- rtmcdarbyReviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic movie.
Brilliant movie. Won't spoil the story.