Constantly on the hunt and suffering from hallucinations that drive his violent nature, an unnamed man is capturing women and savagely beating them to death. Meanwhile, a woman is luring men into a violent end, by way of her knife. Driven by the same force to make the opposite sex suffer, the killers’ fates intertwine. The two must face off in a battle to the death, in which they are forced to reveal the horrible truth behind their addiction to murder.
“Brutal” takes an interesting approach to its visuals, drawing heavy influence from Western “Grindhouse” films, using a filter to make the footage appear grainy, damaged, and with light and color fluctuations. Unfortunately, the visual styling ends up feeling misguided, as other than applying the filter it does not imitate any other aspects of the “Grindhouse” genre. Despite trying to dirty up the film, it is apparent it was shot on digital. The cinematography is also a step above most “Grindhouse” productions, with Takashi Hirose proving he has talent behind the camera. Exterior shots to those taking place in small spaces are all competently framed, lit, and transition well. The decision to add an effect on top of the work hurts the film’s imagery and even gives a sense of desperation to try to capture a certain type of nostalgia with the audience, instead of relying on its own strengths. It is unfortunate when one creative choice can hurt a production so much.
The story of “Brutal” is simple but effective, it does attempt some sort of social commentary about the violent nature of men and women, but it does not offer enough depth into the subject to justify the amount of violence on display. The film does end on a strong note with an interesting twist, with a reveal that is bound to gross some out, while giving others a chuckle. In spite of its simple nature, those who enjoy films that make them somewhat uncomfortable and enjoy the challenge of getting through some ultra-violence, “Brutal” poses a fun and entertaining challenge in that regard.
情怀感满分，谁不爱凯奇叔，而且一上来就是两个？！
Why do you guys go CRAZY for Paddington 2???
两年前初看此片剧情简介时，我脑补的是《成为约翰·马尔科维奇》那个档次的电影来着，事实证明不能太高估凯奇的朋友圈水准。
自我致敬 年轻的自己才能打败现在的自己 而不是反过来
是演员版的【头号玩家】，或者凯奇的演员新生，也可能是告别了某个电影的黄金时代的嬉闹致敬。但不管怎么定义这个结构复杂、彩蛋颇多的电影，都挺浮浅和综艺化的。很多情节展开无非是要做反转和效果。这仍然不是凯奇重启事业的作品，这更像是他放弃事业心，拍点调侃自己的作品。另外，凯奇完全没有佩德罗·帕斯卡出彩。
两个演员都好帅的，剧本还是挺套路，本来以为会更疯一点
剧本构思有创意在里面，就是可惜拿掉这个创意，依然是部小成本的制作，而且导演团队的功力有限，成片效果一般。
凯奇致敬凯奇的片子，前半段很吸引人，后面回归平庸。凯奇这么多年一直在演烂片确实不假，但62年的阿汤哥，63年的德普，65年的小罗伯特唐尼最近出了小罗伯特因为钢铁侠进入漫威宇宙还算成功以外，其他几人也没法维持高产和高水平了。所以凯奇其实还是那个凯奇，演技并没有严重退化，但好莱坞已经不是80年代90年代的好莱坞了……
台词好几次说他又回来了，尼古拉斯凯奇总要接一句，从没过气过。[哈哈]但他要重回巅峰谈何容易，靠这一部电影肯定不行，但至少他回到主流制作了吧，其实他去年主演的《猪》就相当不错了，算一个好的开始。
3.5星，希望凯奇大叔借此事业大翻身，《国家宝藏3》抓紧安排上
两个男人好友的中年危机 套在自己演自己的包装里
7.5分。电影7分+0.5的情怀。整部电影就是献给Nicolas Cage的情书，你觉得有多真实，那电影就有多真实~~各种有趣细节和自我吐槽，看得真是有点笑中带泪得感觉。Cage就是那种你觉得他已经没救了，只会拍烂片的时候，突然会有那么部还算过得去的片子出来，让你想起这位可是奥斯卡影帝啊~~这次的表演也是相当让人喜欢，不同状态间的转换非常漂亮，那声“ACTION”真的笑喷了~~~希望他这次真的能翻身，60岁不到还不算老啊~~~
老子还能东山再起
拍了部烂片然后说这片是片中片也没法摆脱自己是烂片的现实 这么个好的点子创意就这么糟蹋剥削掉了
【YVR-Scotia】三星半。能够如此直白地打趣自己，估计也就Nicolas Cage了。
凯奇大叔不烂的片子，这年头多珍贵，还不打五星！！！！
一般吧… 我对凯奇最深刻的印象是《战争之王》《火柴人》那种复杂癫狂感，我觉得他搞不好再也演不来了
空有一个概念，故事粗糙又老套，凯奇真影迷看的应该会很开心…对凯奇的印象还停留在15年前大学时候看火柴人、居家男人、天气预报员这些剧情片上…
就是部尋常的戲中戲故事 劇情其實蠻俗套的 夫妻聯手救女 落魄演員闖入殺手世界 如果沒有凱奇演自己 捏他自己的演藝生涯這個噱頭 就真毫無看頭了 不過我還是覺得兩男主角色互換會更有意思一些 審視的感覺會更濃 片中的自嘲與回擊也會更強烈 但這片兒看到最後 怎麼感覺像是給帕丁頓熊2拍了部廣告片呢
看到一半就觉得服道化都很gay的品味，查了一下导演果然是gay的，而且是那主流的又stereotype的gay的样子。
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