Brother

Brother

Brother

A great film, the best in the entire 90s, and probably for most of the 2000s ... I watched it 15 times, probably, and never get bored. I don't think I will ever get bored. I watch it every time I see it on TV. I still remember how, when I first arrived in St. Petersburg in 2000, all my free time I went to the places where the film was filmed - it sunk into my soul! Always studied, studied and he has yet to learn the future generation of people. A rating below 9 for this movie is a crime in my opinion.

Danila Bagrov, an ordinary Russian guy, returned from the army to his hometown to his mother. To find his place in life, he decides to go to St. Petersburg, where his older brother lives, who was supposed to help him with work. In the cultural capital, he meets ordinary people whom he tries to help, gets into trouble, but in all his actions he shows his integrity and positive character traits, for which he is respected by other heroes. The film shows the essence of the life and life of the people of that time, the mood and atmosphere of the era, literally moves to the 90s in St. Petersburg. Good music and the morality of the protagonist - that's why this film is so loved by everyone.

A real masterpiece in the russian genre "Tresh" - an impromptu low-budjet movie that has one superior benefit when compared to Hollywood busters - a well designed drama plot. The move can serve as a documentary about life style in early 90s - "the blind years". Take a time, watch the movie, have a nice crying time and sleep after as a baby. Enjoy! P.S. There is one minus -1. The movie obviously advertise a progressive band who wrote the soundtrack. The good point is that the soundtrack is also a masterpiece: ....Where are your wings, that I used to adore....

The best way to sum it up is: It's 90s Russia setting and aesthetics are interesting, they are the highlight of this movie, but otherwise its an average gangster movie, but average is by no means bad. It meets the standards but doesn't exceed them. I watched this movie purely because of its influence on GTA IV, which is one of my favorite games of all-time...and I did not regret it, the plot is gripping, the writing is solid, the acting is good, its well paced and the low budget isn't noticeable...but its not going to blow your mind by any means, it honestly feels like a watered down version of Scorsese as it takes a lot from the style of Martin Scorsese but fails to reach the heights of his movies, despite its rating implying otherwise...but this movie is definitely worth your time as its well made and entertaining...just set your expectations right.

Burtal and one of the best Russian Mafia movies ever made and I loved it and this is the first Post Soviet Russia films that I ever watched and this is the best of the best.

The movie depict the harsh realities of the transformation from USSR to Russia, and all the problems and contradictions in the society that followed the transformation from the hardcore socialism to harsh capitalism. He has to find a new job, he has to find an apartment, all these basics were provided in USSR. And he is actually fighting harsh for the life. It was the reality in Russian 90´s society. You should fight very hard, especially in the bigger cities. The main actor is good, but the actors could have been better. If you want to see the transformation from socialism to capitalism in Russia in the bigger cities, this movie is a must see. It starts with the symbol of capitalism Coca Cola, and ends with McDonalds. Yes in the end scene they are on way to Moscow, its like a ride for the Russia.

This film is a picture of 90s. Unlike latest post-Soviet never-ending dumb movies and serials about "brigades", "bratki" and the same garbage, "Brat" is more or less realistic. Of course, I mean the spirit of those times, not that everyone had gun and shot bad guys on the streets. The feeling of hopelessness and deadlock. Freaks, poverty, "new Russians", former intelligentsia who had to stand on the streets or markets and sell all kinds of things - all that really happened in 90s. And "Brother" reflects that quite true. Bodrov (R.I.P.) is right for his character. Also there is no romanticizing of criminals, no stupid "cop"-propaganda (we can see the both clichés in the above mentioned modern Russian potboilers)– just a piece of a contemporary's life even though it is obvious grotesque. Weak point: some episodes are too long.

A hit in Russia and inexplicably rated by buffs, this truly awful movie is a dim, messy endurance test. Though they are at the heart of the plot, Viktor's criminal connections are never explained, the acting is amateurish in the worst possible way, and the horrifying array of cable knitwear is too much for western eyes to take. Also a subplot involving a mesmerisingly awful synth rock band called Nautulis seems beamed in from another planet. Viktor Sukhorukov, who would prove so effortlessly sinister in Balabanov's next project, "Of Freaks and Men" (where his character would again share his real name) is a skeletal, leering caricature, and the less said of Sergei Bodrov in the lead the better. Visually, the film seems lost in a colourless sludge. Be kind to yourself: see "Of Freaks and Men" instead and forget that this film exists.