残酷

剧情简介

　　Constantly $%o.#(/n the hunt and suffering from hallucinations tha_t drive his;#[ vi =.-ole:@^nt nature, an u`nna( m/ed !man is capturing wo@$men and s,avagely beating them to #-=death. Meanwh ile*.*,; a w]oman [is luri`ng m= en$ int$.o /a vio#.lent %=/end, b?[_y way ,of her $kni fe. Dr@ %(iven]\ by% the same force/,$ to make /.
the o=;pposite sex suffer, t;,he killers’`*[= fat!* es intertwine%. The=
 two#^; must fac=e off in a batt
\:l [e to the de.a(=*th, in which the@ y are forced _.t:o re)
-veal th?[ e horr[]ible t?ruth
[^.)behind their addiction to murde/!r.　　“Brutal” takes an i[nteresting appro.#ach to i ts _*%;visu_;als, draw`ing heavy influence fr:@om W[#estern ! “G r?]indhouse” films, using a f@ilte/*;r to make :t@he ?#footage appear gra( ]@iny, da$^?mag\(ed+][, and w)_,it$h light; ]*and co)lor fluctuatio\:/]ns. Unfortu=nately,^ t+he visual styling ends up fee;^ling mis`gui`.ded, as othe%r tha .n apply ,.ing the /filter^%`\ it^\,; d*)oes not imitate
any,[ other aspects )\*of th#..e “Grindhous$e”[ genr$\e. Despi*.te trying to\ dirty up th`;e film, i t i?s a^p%?(:parent it was shot :on%% di
gital. $The c\[i+\
\ne` %m#atography is also a= ]st ep ab^:$ove??, [;most “Grindh#ouse” productions, wi^.] th Takashi H!irose proving[` -=@he has talen ?t be?h\ind the camera. Ext))+er:=ior shots _to those @tak`_ing %place in s
!@^mall:[+ spaces are all co;mpe?`tently/ f%,/ramed, li)$t, and trans \[ition well. The
/dec!,ision to add \!an+[ effect on / top of+ t$?he w%ork hurts the_]\ film’s i`^[ma(ge#ry and ev*en gives a sens] _ e of
 desperat ,]ion to tr]^y !to c/# aptu?-
re\ a certain type [+o`#$/f [ n)_[ost_]/alg#*ia with the [audience, ins^te?a d of relyi][ng?
*on its o,w% n st+-$!rengths.\ I t is unfo[r =tunate wh/e=n one creative ];choice c; an hur(=t% a producti)on s,*o much.)*　　The story /@of “Br$\utal/_” is s_imple but ef :fective, it doe;s attem,#pt some s#ort of\ social c;ommentary ab%=^-out the violent ;nature o f men and wo.@men?,, but i+!]t doe?s not offer enough=`  [dep:th in%to the)\ su \?bject to justify!$ the amount]\` o*%*f viol?
enc%e on disp%@lay_^=\. The film doe #;s-$ end on $ a st)/#rong note w-$,.i$]th %:an interest,in
g(  twist, with (%-a rev@$eal t =(:ha #:\t is bound to gross some out, while giving others a :-chuckle. ,In spi/)@te of _ its s-.#::imple n`_ature, th[!os=:e who;_ enjoy film%s t+hat make %!t
]!hem somewh] *at uncomfort?$^able and enj?)oy th\,$-e cha#lle^^nge of getting thr =ough s,.ome ultr a-violence$, “B)rutal” poses a fu@-
n and entertaining =%?ch\$allen[g!e in^ that re# gard.