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.
翻身了，但没完全翻过来。对比近几年的那些量产烂片来说，确实要好上不少。和以前的那些优秀电影比起来，还是要差很多的。不过这个想法确实是挺不错的。应该近10年来他最好的电影了把。
@ 山田孝之，这就是你的戛纳电影节！！！最好笑的还是影迷尬聊，梦回无数个北影节散场、努力在对象面前装逼的男人
戏里戏外还是一样浮夸。同样“演自己”，还是之前的尚格云顿更诚恳一些。
nick motherfucking cage宇宙的“复仇者联盟”吧。用戏中戏中戏中戏亦真亦幻地拍了一个小块都是Klischee但整体结构很新颖的优质商业片。红毒蛇演得太好了，那小表情能艳压cage了。
整部电影有一种凯奇很努力希望观众嗨起来，但是，我始终没办法嗨起来的观感体验。
和红毒蛇卖腐，还能和另一个自己卖腐……整个过程确实都很萨满式表演。谢谢没有说拉斯冯特里尔坏话
看时不觉得怎么样，要看完才有点理解凯奇向凯奇致敬的味道。
疯狂cue他自己的电影很有趣，但我觉得最有意思的是它毫无保留地嘲讽了凯奇咋咋呼呼的表演风格。笑点不错，能让凯奇的粉丝们在银幕前笑得像个憨批。然而频繁的戏剧化、反高潮的场景让整部电影节奏松散，完全用人物推动剧情，则显得没太多实质性的内容。
同样是凯奇的“自我致敬”，远没有《曼蒂》设计得精巧。
人生如戏戏如人生，能把自己演绎比自己还真尼古拉斯凯奇你是首位。烂片之王要证明演技还在依旧有跻身好莱坞一线男星行列实力。这部专供他影迷的商业片有当年VCD中他风采！还清债务后希望事业重回巅峰
很好笑！救命，我真的有被javi和nick之间奇妙的友情感动到！剧本还蛮有趣的。衷心祝贺凯奇在一堆烂片后打了一场翻身仗，希望德普也有机会。
好莱坞大约是创造力衰竭，近来似乎很喜欢从自己身上找戏。要不回顾自己的威水史，要不拍摄自己的周边。这不，又给曾经风光一时现在成烂片王的尼古拉斯·凯奇拍摄个人崇拜的影片了。好在还不算难看，情节都围绕着凯奇以前的影片而来，还有大量的电影俗套情节，总体上还比较欢乐，凯奇的表演还不烂。在扮演自己时，凯奇总算一洗多年的霉运了。
哈哈哈“你最喜欢的电影前三？”“第一部，变脸。”“喔，谢谢，吴宇森是位大师。”
【C－】自嘲喜剧什么的最好看了。结尾还是感动到，完成了两个重要任务：狠狠宣告凯奇的回归，以及狠狠向全世界安利了《帕丁顿熊2》🤩
三流剧本，从头到尾嘴炮，其实挺无聊，要不是凯奇出演，可能会更无聊。
那個特工故事其實非常套路，尤其是如加維所說加入了綁架女兒的橋段真的更加難看，但凱奇演凱奇不斷自我揶揄片中不斷提及致敬那些凱奇的電影成為讓電影與眾不同或者說這是非常粉絲向的電影，起碼要認識凱奇看過那些電影知道這幾年凱奇的新聞才能get到那種最後看著東山再起的凱奇能感受到的那份心酸與激動，是（曾經）牛了個大逼的凱奇啊！！！（從未過氣）！
Every Nicolas Every Cage All at Once
感觉这几年只要尼古拉斯·凯奇的作品出来就会有人吹“翻身之作”，《疯狂父母》吹过，《曼蒂》吹过，《猪》也吹过，连《脏话史》都吹过，如今又轮到这部电影了。话说回来，凯奇要真的靠这部电影翻身，那是他的运气也是好莱坞的悲哀，这片子要说差也不差，但要说好也不至于，它和那些拉到欧洲的喜剧动作片没多大区别，也许真的是对凯奇降低了期待值，才会觉得这部电影还行吧。
凯奇自己和自己对谈说服自己必须去救女儿的一瞬间被打动了。
自己出演自己，和年轻的自己对话，自我审视和嘲讽，叔的艰辛回春路
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