The Brazen Bull

The Brazen Bull is an 2010 American Thriller/Horror released on July 13, 2010 written, directed, and produced by Douglas Elford-Argent

Plot
An ice cold tale of misguided ambition and savage revenge. Set in the bowels of an iconic derelict Los Angeles high-rise, we follow Lauren and her real-estate investing fiancé as they discover first hand what happens when a madman leads not with emotion, but rather chilling rationality. The Man in question brings a heaping helping of sanity and jet-black humor to the crazy table. The result is a wonderfully off-kilter horror/thriller that never goes where we expect, but rather draws the audience deeper into a surprising world that has dark corners even in the brightest rooms.

Cast
Jennifer Tisdale as Lauren Vinyec, the main character in the film.

Gwendolyn Garver as Ashley, Laurens' best friend.

David Frank Fletcher. JR as Tyler, Laurens' fiancee'.

Michael Madsen as The Man, the main killer.

Rachel Hunteras Natasha Vinyec, Laurens' mother.

Nills Allen Stewart as Detective Miller

Anastacia as Lilly (as Anastacia McPherson)

Shannon Kingston as Lisa Klien (as Amelia Kingston)

Elissa Dowling as Lola

Christian Madsen as Barry

Marek Matousek as Male Bum

Tom Riles as The Photographer

Steve Shaheen as Paramedic

Review
14 December 2010 | by Tonci Pivac (New Zealand)This was a Great film, But then anything that has Michael Madsen usually is. I just got this on DVD, as I buy every Madsen film that is released.

Its very much your typical revenge story taken to a more sinister blood spraying level. Madsens character of the absolute Phycho takes me back to his Reservoir Dogs days. The movie has its moment, Rachel Hunters performance could have used a bit more work, accent was slipping in and out from American to Kiwi. Loved the level of gore, The fact its all filmed in one location makes it an easy watch and keeps your attention. Michael Madsen continues to impress me with his awesome roles, I'll never stop admiring his work.

Production Companies

 * 30 Something Productions
 * Libra-Con Productions
 * Luckster Productions

Distributors

 * Alliance Films (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
 * Luckster Productions (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
 * Peacock Films (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
 * Time Warner Communications (2011) (USA) (TV)
 * Virgil Films & Entertainment (2010) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

 * Beach House Music music produced and recorded at
 * Black Sheep Transportation honeywagon and wardrobe trailer
 * Cinelease grip and lighting equipment
 * HTV post-production house
 * Hollywood Camera camera equipment provided by
 * Hollywood Honeywagon & Production Vehicles honey wagons
 * Igloo Music music score mixed at
 * IndieClear script clearance
 * Panavision Remote Systems techno crane
 * RocketWerks sound post-production
 * Taylor and Taylor insurance provided by
 * Universal Studios Property Department prop house

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Directed by
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 * valign="top"|Douglas Elford-Argent
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Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
 * valign="top"|Thomas Bilyeu
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 * valign="top"|Douglas Elford-Argent
 * valign="top"|story
 * valign="top"|Nicholas Mark Harding
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 * valign="top"|Chris Van de Polder
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 * valign="top"|Nicholas Mark Harding
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 * valign="top"|Chris Van de Polder
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Produced by
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 * valign="top"|Fileena Bahris
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 * valign="top"|co-producer
 * valign="top"|Charles Arthur Berg
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 * valign="top"|producer
 * valign="top"|David Frank Fletcher Jr.
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 * valign="top"|producer
 * valign="top"|Adrian Fulle
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 * valign="top"|associate producer
 * valign="top"|Gregg Luckman
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 * valign="top"|executive producer
 * valign="top"|Michael Madsen
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 * valign="top"|producer
 * valign="top"|Landers Pierce
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 * valign="top"|co-producer
 * valign="top"|John Santos
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 * valign="top"|line producer
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 * valign="top"|co-producer
 * valign="top"|John Santos
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Original Music by
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 * valign="top"|Tim Williams
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Cinematography by
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 * valign="top"|Jayson Crothers
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Film Editing by
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 * valign="top"|Gwendolyn Garver
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 * valign="top"|(as Wendy Elford-Argent)
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Production Design by
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 * valign="top"|Marina Abramyan
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Art Direction by
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 * valign="top"|Michael Fitzgerald
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Costume Design by
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 * valign="top"|Shana Weissman-Mintz
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Makeup Department
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 * valign="top"|Ayla Dew
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 * valign="top"|special makeup effects artist
 * valign="top"|Galaxy San Juan
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 * valign="top"|key makeup artist
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Production Management
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 * valign="top"|Hank Grover
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 * valign="top"|production supervisor
 * valign="top"|Kelli Kaye
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 * valign="top"|unit production manager
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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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 * valign="top"|Anthony Horger
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 * valign="top"|second second assistant director
 * valign="top"|Sazzy Lee Calhoun
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|first assistant director
 * valign="top"|Clenet Verdi-Rose
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|second assistant director
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 * valign="top"|second assistant director
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Art Department
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 * valign="top"|Tim Gideon
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|property master
 * valign="top"|Samson Kellman
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|construction coordinator
 * valign="top"|Shawn McKinney
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|scenic artist
 * valign="top"|Melanie Rein
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|set dresser
 * valign="top"|Jeshua Solis
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|assistant property master
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 * valign="top"|Jeshua Solis
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 * valign="top"|assistant property master
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Sound Department
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 * valign="top"|Bryan Bailey
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 * valign="top"|sound designer
 * valign="top"|Brad Kalpakov
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|boom operator
 * valign="top"|Marty Kasparian
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|sound mixer
 * valign="top"|Doug Reed
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|foley artist
 * valign="top"|Garrard Whatley
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|sound re-recording mixer
 * valign="top"|Garrard Whatley
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|supervising sound editor
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 * valign="top"|Garrard Whatley
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 * valign="top"|supervising sound editor
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Special Effects by
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 * valign="top"|Bruce Cathcart
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 * valign="top"|special effects editor
 * valign="top"|Albert Lannutti
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|pyrotechnician
 * valign="top"|Patrick McGee
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|special effects
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 * valign="top"|special effects
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Visual Effects by
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 * valign="top"|Eric Acsell
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 * valign="top"|digital compositor
 * valign="top"|William Mings
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|visual effects
 * valign="top"|Patrick Murphy
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|visual effects supervisor
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 * valign="top"|visual effects supervisor
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Stunts
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 * valign="top"|Maegan Stewart
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 * valign="top"|stunt double
 * valign="top"|Nils Allen Stewart
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 * valign="top"|stunt coordinator
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Camera and Electrical Department
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 * valign="top"|Ringo Encisco
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 * valign="top"|best boy grip
 * valign="top"|Scotty G. Field
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|grip
 * valign="top"|Isaiah Fortajada
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|second assistant camera
 * valign="top"|Laura Fortier
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|camera intern
 * valign="top"|Brian Hart
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|steadicam operator
 * valign="top"|Drew Hoffman
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|grip
 * valign="top"|Rex Kenney
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|key grip
 * valign="top"|Nick Lantz
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|digital imaging technician
 * valign="top"|Steve Olsen
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|technocrane operator
 * valign="top"|Felipe Pena
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|key grip
 * valign="top"|Melvina M. Rapoza
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|first assistant camera
 * valign="top"|Curtis Sherman
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|gaffer
 * valign="top"|Michael Sherman
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|electrician
 * valign="top"|Jeffrey Siljenberg
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|best boy electric
 * valign="top"|Jesse Vallejo
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|grip
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 * valign="top"|gaffer
 * valign="top"|Michael Sherman
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|electrician
 * valign="top"|Jeffrey Siljenberg
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|best boy electric
 * valign="top"|Jesse Vallejo
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|grip
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 * valign="top"|grip
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 * }
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Costume and Wardrobe Department
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 * valign="top"|Sophie-Emma Taylor
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|assistant costume designer
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Editorial Department
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 * valign="top"|Andrew Drapkin
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|colorist
 * valign="top"|Michael Jacks
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|digital asset manager
 * valign="top"|Max Straight
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|post production supervisor
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 * valign="top"|post production supervisor
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Music Department
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 * valign="top"|Nick Baxter
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|music mixer
 * valign="top"|Drew Krassowski
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|composer: additional music
 * valign="top"|Tim Williams
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|orchestration conductor
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 * valign="top"|orchestration conductor
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Transportation Department
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 * valign="top"|Matthew Ballard
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 * valign="top"|transportation coordinator
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Other crew

 * valign="top"|Lisa Bilyeu
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|set photography
 * valign="top"|Carol A. Compton
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|script clearance
 * valign="top"|Sam Dobbins
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|set security
 * valign="top"|Bryan Evenson
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
 * valign="top"|Steven Feralio
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|site rep
 * valign="top"|Harrison Freed
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|set security
 * valign="top"|Anthony Horger
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
 * valign="top"|Ryan Kindahl
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
 * valign="top"|Rachel Robb Kondrath
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|script supervisor
 * valign="top"|Charmaine Kuhn
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production coordinator
 * valign="top"|Alyce Lawrence
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
 * valign="top"|Jake Martin
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
 * valign="top"|Jake David Martin
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
 * valign="top"|Joshua Marx
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
 * valign="top"|Crystal 'Sue' McGraw
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production accountant
 * valign="top"|Heather Pennington
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|script supervisor
 * valign="top"|Ellis Robin
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production legal
 * valign="top"|Michael Seabolt
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
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 * }
 * valign="top"|Crystal 'Sue' McGraw
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production accountant
 * valign="top"|Heather Pennington
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|script supervisor
 * valign="top"|Ellis Robin
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production legal
 * valign="top"|Michael Seabolt
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
 * colspan="4"|
 * }
 * nowrap="1" valign="top"|....
 * valign="top"|production assistant
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 * }
 * }