# The Jack Bull (1999)

> A Wyoming horse trader’s demand for justice against an abusive rancher spirals into a brutal test of law, vengeance, and frontier power.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/9880

## Facts

- Runtime: 116 min
- Genres: Western, TV Movie
- Director: John Badham
- Cast: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, John Savage, Rex Linn, John C. McGinley, Kurt Fuller
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171410/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: bleak, morally tense, austere, serious western night, historical drama viewing

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