PREVIEW: Bull (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Neil Maskell (Kill List), David Hayman (The Ballad of Billy McCrae), Lois Brabin-Platt (Righteous Villains), Tamsin Outhwaite (Cassandra’s Dream), Kevin Harvey (A Boy Called Dad), Henri Charles (Me Before You)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Paul Andrew Williams (The Cottage), director, writer; Leonora Darby (film debut), Sarah Gabriel (film debut), Marc Goldberg (Final Score), Mark Lane (I Am Not a Serial Killer) and Dominic Tighe (film debut), producers; Raffertie (film debut), composer; Ben Chads (Ronaldinho: The Happiest Man in the World) and Vanessa Whyte (Latvia), cinematographers; James Taylor (One More Kiss), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Bull (Maskell), a brutal former gang enforcer, re-emerges after a ten-year absence to find his missing son, and get revenge on those who double-crossed him…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This subversive revenge thriller is a welcome return to gritty form for filmmaker Paul Andrew Williams, who previously gained attention for dark movies like The Cottage and London to Brighton.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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