Bull

This new revenge drama, praised by critics and abroad, was in my radar, but unfortunately for me it was a misstep that managed to present even my favourite subgenre in a dull and uninteresting way. Plot-wise it's not very original, it's actually quite simple and straightforward. The main character returns to town after ten years to settle scores with the people who screwed him over and that's it. It alternates between non-linear present and past, so it's both annoying and confusing at times, but that is something I could overlook if the rest of it worked, but it doesn't. Visually it's as cheap as communist toilet paper, there's a bunch of unlikeable and not-so-good English actors, and the violence, I various reviews said was gritty, bloody and dark, was so downright ridiculous due to the low finances (a knife cutting through sweatpants, off-camera, etc)that it really didn’t grab me. There's no gore like gore, if I had to rate the gore here with hotel stars, Bull would get one or two. On top of that, despite the 90 minute running time, it doesn't entertain much. The film flows slowly and tries to make some sort of social commentary and a point about crime in London, which isn't much to cheer about. There's also an awkward twist, which relegates the whole film perhaps one level lower for me. Story 2/5, Action 2/5, Humour 0/5, Violence 2/5, Fun 2/5 Music 2/5, Visuals 2/5, Atmosphere 3/5, Suspense 1/5, Emotion 2/5, Actors 2/5. 4/10. (05.04.2022)