★★★★☆ When critics talk of works of cinema where "testosterone oozes from the screen", they're usually describing some machismo-laden action flick. That same terminology feels perfectly apt for Michaël R. Roskam's Belgian crime yarn Bullhead (Rundskop, 2011), although it exists as a literal interpretation here, particularly in the case of its superlative lead turn from Matthias Schoenaerts. He plays cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille, a rural mob enforcer who is employed by the local criminal network to ensure farmers around the region are using illegal hormone enhancements to fatten up their livestock which will drive profits.
A burly, mountain of a man (he's been given the titular moniker), Jacky appears more animal in nature than human. He's a simmering ball of suppressed rage which stems from a tragic childhood incident and the fact that he, too, is stock-piling steroids for his own use. The murder of a federal policeman working on the...
A burly, mountain of a man (he's been given the titular moniker), Jacky appears more animal in nature than human. He's a simmering ball of suppressed rage which stems from a tragic childhood incident and the fact that he, too, is stock-piling steroids for his own use. The murder of a federal policeman working on the...
- 5/20/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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