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Plot:
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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MCT:June 26, 2008
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 outs and leans more on the side of action rather than drama. The film was given bad reviews for not being the typical "Kitano Film" but he wasn't going for that. The move out of Japan showed that Kitano wanted to do something different with the genre and overall he did. Brother is nothing like Sonatine, but still a well executed Kitano film.
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MCT:June 7, 2008
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.
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MCT:March 8, 2008
Takeshi Kitano creates a peculiar, paused, funny, highly violent but somewhat touching clash between the eastern and western underworld.
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MCT:February 3, 2008A 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 killing gangster after gangster can be fun, but it can also get repetitive after a while.
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MCT:January 24, 2008Takeshi Kitano is a genius when it comes to both acting and writing/directing. One of the top three best gangster movies I've ever seen.
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MCT:September 24, 2007Kitano rocks on his home field. This one, on american soil, is too stereotypical though, and not the usual high mark Kitano sets.
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MCT:August 31, 2007
When an uncompromising Yakuza leaves Japan to prevent the ignition of a gang war, he joins his brother, a small time drug dealer in America and shocks both his friends and enemies with his ruthless brutality. But when their fledgling organization reaches the attention of the mafia, the cycle of violence soon spirals out of control. Kiteshi Kitano's culture clash gangster movie has the unlikely friendship between his stone-faced and laconic Yakuza and wisecracking petty hustler Omar Epps at it's core, punctuated by explosive bursts of visceral action. It contains his trademark humour, "gangsters at play" and simple yet beautiful direction that relies on stoic imagery and composition rather than the endless dolly shots and pointless colour filters that seem to plague modern cinema. My one complaint is that some of the characters were under-used, and had had their brains splattered all over the wall before I'd even remembered their names. Not his best, but the familiar US settings and english dialogue makes this the perfect entry point for anyone unfamiliar with Takeshi's work.
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MCT:August 23, 2007
Kitano's an acquired taste, and while he's done better this is still a good american debut for him, worth a watch
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MCT:August 22, 2007I love Takeshi Kitano but hated this flick. Almost no narrative or music - this a boring film. I had no interest in the story. If you're into gangster shit then you might.
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MCT:July 25, 2007This movie supprised me first time I saw it. Really good movie, Kitano rarly delivers a bad one though.
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MCT:July 12, 2007
Lo interesante de Brother es el topico: las dos mafias mas grandes y famosas del mundo se asocian. Tenemos, por un lado, a los gangsta, mercenarios de las grandes urbanidades y, por otro, a los Yakuzas, capos del japon e igual de mercenarios que los anterirores. Solo a un tipo se le puede ocurrir una cosa asi: Takeshi Kitano.
"Brother" parte desde el tema de la hermanadad, la fraternidad y la amistad entre dos personas (casi casi un topico fijo en la mayoria de las peliculas de Beat Takeshi), para, a partir de ahi, dar rienda suelta a un monton de violencia desenfrenada y situaciones al borde del extremo. Brother presenta a un Kitano distinto, un poco mas relajado que en sus peliculas anteriores. Quizas esto se debe a que es la primera de sus peliculas que cuenta con una produccion extranjera (norteamericana, en este caso), lo que implico, quizas, que el ritmo lento y caracteristico de las peliculas de Kitano, haya sido en esta un poco mas rapido y accesible para los espectadores de esos lares. Sin embargo, las cosas no cambiaron mucho: el cine de Takeshi sigue siendo una especie rara, de esos a los que se los encuentra poco. Plagada de rasgos y escenas antologicas, las peliculas de Kitano son siempre un hallazgo por donde se las mire. Y si bien el ritmo quizas no es el mismo, "Brother" es Takeshi Kitano en estado puro: estan desde ese humor seco tan fijo del director hasta los planos fijos de los personajes mirando el mar, que, en este caso, es simplemente un rio de Nueva York. -
MCT:July 11, 2007
Not Kitano's best, but a personal fave. I really really like this film for some reason. It's basically Scarface done Kitano style. Which is cool. :>
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MCT:May 15, 2007
Superb gangster movie! A grey film of sorts where there is no spectrum of colors, only shades of grey - metaphorically speaking. the term i would use is faux zen: style without substance. and funnily, it works.
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MCT:May 8, 2007Stylized Art House Gangster flick. "Beat Takeshi" is always worth watching. But see his Japanese films first... this is an American production that loses some of his flair!
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MCT:May 7, 2007
Good, but not brilliant. probably one of my least favourites. Partly suffers from having an Amereican cast
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MCT:May 2, 2007
i watched dis show twice by accident. i like..... i like to see how the relationship bloomed between dat Aniki & wats-his-name - dat black guy. u know who i'm talkin abt when u watched d movie. so GO WATCH!
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MCT:March 16, 2007
Bout time africans and japanese find some kind of bond. This is one of my all time favorites. Takeshi has always captured my attention with his absent minded realness when he acts. In my opinon, he always played the best gangster roll in a movie. Cant stand over the top acting when it comes to gangster movies. We all know the quite ones are the REAL killas, lol.
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MCT:February 23, 2007
As with most Takeshi Kitano films there's always hundreds of artistic patterns behind all the violence, I find this movie completely underlines this. It also shows the brilliant effects of two completely different mob-cultures meeting.
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MCT:January 28, 2007
Brother isn't a bad attempt at trying to break into the american audience. The problem is that its still far too art house to be considered a mainstream title, and far too mainstream to be considered a Takeshi Kitano masterpiece.
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MCT:January 17, 2007
I love how he doesn't have much dialogue, just like a Kurosawa film, not all films always need a huge script.
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MCT:January 7, 2007
Great acting by Beat Takeshi and Omar Epps. A mix of action, drama and humor perfectly blended together making a good movie.
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MCT:December 20, 2006
Takeshi Kitano's first american film turns out to be an underrated gem. Kitano himself plays a great part in this Mafia film. If you like Yakuza/Mafia films I'd recommend this movie as it is very underrated.
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