The Movie:

Occasionally a film comes along with such a mesmerizing performance by the cast or its star that dropped off the radar from most people that seeing it on video makes it a revelation of sorts. Such is the case with Bullhead, the feature film debut of Belgian director Michael Roskam, starring Matthias Schoenaerts (Black Book), the second collaboration of the two, the first being the 2005 short film "The One Thing To Do."

The feature debut makes for a different setting than other films, Belgian or not. Written by Roskam as well, Schoenaerts plays Jacky Vanmarsenille, a Belgian cattle farmer who quietly hulks around competitors and takes steroids almost without abandon. Jacky becomes involved in a business relationship with a dealer whose main business focus is hormones and steroids for cattle. A police offi...Read the entire review