{"id":35745,"date":"2023-08-11T14:51:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T12:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1868541"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T16:53:12","slug":"bull-ending-explained-what-happens-to-bull-and-his-son","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bull-ending-explained-what-happens-to-bull-and-his-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Bull ending explained: What happens to Bull and his son?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The 2021 film has created a splash since landing on Netflix. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Sam Moore\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 11 August 2023 at 12:51 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British indie movie Bull has become an unlikely favourite this summer, c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">harging its way to the top of Netflix UK\u2019s rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams, the film tells the story of Bull (Neil Maskell), a mob enforcer who returns home after a decade to find his estranged son and exact revenge on his father-in-law who is also the leader of a brutal gang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bull ferociously tears through his past life in order to get to his father-in-law and also save his son from heroin addiction. There are severed hands, fairground murders and enough torture to make Jigsaw wince.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Released in 2021, the film went somewhat under the radar due to Covid-19 ravaging the entertainment sector, leaving many independent films in purgatory. But now, thanks to Netflix, it\u2019s reaching a new audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those that did see the film upon its initial release had nothing but high praise for the searing thriller, which is not for the queasy or those that suffer from hemophobia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bull, of course, gets his revenge \u2013 murdering his ex-wife and father-in-law (shooting the former and suffocating the latter) before finding his son shooting up on heroin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what happens next \u2013 in a church \u2013 is a little bit more complicated, a<\/span>nd if you\u2019ve been left scratching your head over the ending of Bull, then you\u2019re in luck: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> has assembled everything you need to know about the film\u2019s finale. But be warned: spoilers follow.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Bull ending explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=899%2C599 3x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=1199%2C799 4x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" 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type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=815%2C543 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=815%2C543 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=1110%2C740 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=1110%2C740 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><img class=\"wp-image-1868558 align size-landscape_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/07Bull-3b1bf42.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Bull\" title=\"Bull\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Bull.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>SEAC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier in the film, we are shown a flashback to a fateful night where Bull is double-crossed by his wife and father-in-law. He is burned alive in front of his son with the gang believing him to be dead, which is why they\u2019re so shocked when his vengeful rampage begins.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s witnessing this event that also turns his son towards heroin.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6332416281112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/><p dir=\"ltr\">After finding his son, Bull takes him to a church and lays him at the altar until a vicar (Daniele Lydon) comes the next morning. They look at Bull and scream, scared that he has entered a place of God. We then see that Bull\u2019s eyes have turned entirely black, as if he is the Devil. He asks the vicar for his son\u2019s salvation and leaves, with the last shot being an image of Bull standing over a grave.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s the same grave we see in the film\u2019s opening \u2013 presumably Bull\u2019s grave. At the beginning of his underworld odyssey, Bull says he came from Hell, and the film\u2019s ending implies this is literally true \u2013 that he made a deal with the Devil to save his son, adding a metaphysical tilt to what was up to that moment, a gritty story steeped in reality.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How did Bull survive?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Without stating so specifically, it is fair to assume that Bull was allowed out of Hell to avenge his murder after actually dying when he was set on fire by his father-in-law. Bull is really dead in every scene of the film (except the flashbacks) and has to return to Hell once his quest for revenge and salvation is over.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It would also explain why Bull seemingly comes from nowhere and why he bears no scars from the night he was set on fire. Bull also takes no notice of witnesses or the matter of leaving evidence behind during his murder spree, killing people in broad daylight and increasingly grisly fashion.<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Bull is now showing on Netflix.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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