Amaury Nolasco, Claude Maki, Kuroudo Maki
It's hard to describe the hypnotic authority of director and actor Takeshi Kitano. In his first American venture, Brother, Kitano plays a yakuza who's been exiled from Japan after the death of ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 2, 2002
Stats: 497 reviews
Something was lost slightly when Kitano decided to come over to the west and make an English speaking film. The supporting cast were such in awe of him and it showed on film and made for uncomfortable viewing. That said, this film contains one of the most shocking and unexpected ...( read more)
If you don't know Beat Takeshi let me explain; He's a different type of badass. He doesn't have great karate skills or runs around hanging from helicopters and jumping away from explosions in slow motion and what not. Even without a language barrier, he doesn't say much, so he's ...( read more)
Takeshi Kitano creates a peculiar, paused, funny, highly violent but somewhat touching clash between the eastern and western underworld.
A compendium of ideas that Kitano has previously explored, and with far better results, in Sonatine, Violent Cop and Hana Bi. Not a bad effort per se, it just feels like a long deja vu, and eventually becomes just a shooting gallery for Kitano. Don't get me wrong, watching Kitano...( read more)
As ever, the first order of business for Takeshi Kitano, director, is ensuring that Takeshi Kitano, actor, looks cool at all times. In this particular vanity-project he plays a Yakuza exiled to the United States, who rises through the underworld ranks to become a powerful mob bos...( read more)
Badass and cruel Kitano. I expected so much more, but ghis style is unique, and the direction is as creepy, just as it is perfect.
69/100
Solid characters are thrown together in a priceless story with Kitano playing his trademark mute. The extreme violence is nicely balanced with complex characters. Easily one of Kitano's best.
one of the best movies i've seen lately, truthful about yakuza (and that is quite something) even though in the us, shows with detail other japanese ceremonies, funny at times.
I do recommend this movie, though because of it's somewhat complexity of the story, it may not be to everyone's liking
This film is a classic kitano gangster film but with a twist. The film takes place in Los Angeles and has just as much English and it does Japanese. The film is much more violent than the other films Kitano has done, but is still very entertaining. The movie has tons of shoot ...( read more)
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