"Bullhead" is a Belgian film about a cattle farmer named Jacky (Matthias Schoenaerts) who has been brought into a deal with a shady beef dealer along with others but he is almost immediately suspicious of the other players. Though his involvement with the beef dealer is minimal, the death of a police officer investigating hormone-fed beef starts wheels in motion that threatens Jacky and brings someone from his past into his present. Through flashbacks the audience sees a horrific incident in Jacky's past that led him to inject not only his cattle but also himself with hormones.
This movie is gritty and raw with a bit of violence as we see Jacky behave like an animal himself in several situations. Schoenaerts is great in the lead role making Jacky sympathetic even when he's behaving erratically. This movie really had an interesting story, good acting, good direction and cinematography. My only complaint is that some of the flashbacks felt a little awkward and jerky and it's a tad long but otherwise this film is really solid. I give this a B+ and hope that people will overlook the subtitles and give this film a chance.
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