残酷

剧情简介

Consta
ntly @#on the hu!-(nt ,a /+@nd suffe ri ng from halluci?/nat*ions that* driv:e his viol ent nature, an 
unnamed ma=]n is capt) uring women a\$(nd savagely be$!ating`, the(m to death$. Meanwhile, =a woman [;i@+s=( @l?u r
:ing@ `/ m:en into a vio*lent e.nd, by- way of her knife. Dr iven by the ^$
same forc=*]`#e to make the opposite sex su,ffer,+? the k_!@il=lers@’ f(ates- intertw=$ine. The (/^.tw+o @$must face off! in a battle to_] the),# /`deat)[h, in which th]*ey\; are forced_ to r_evea:\l the horrible truth #^/%b=(ehin#d/ thei(^r -\]_addict[ ion to murd-;@er.　　“B )`r $
utal” takes(= an`- i+;nt!\eresting approach to its vis[+uals, drawi*ng `%?-he ]avy influence from^% Wes@)tern .+)“G rind$house” films, using ,a fil %)ter t]o make the foot a ge appear grainy, damag[ed, a*(nd #with(: li/;ght a;@nd color fluctua:$%tions+
`. Unfortunat%ely%,\ the v^ %!isua_ ,l [styling^ ends up) fe!el_?in-g mis+`guided, a(s oth)@er t@-h-=an applying#. ),/the filter ! it does not i^[m\^itate an=y :?ot,;h# er - -aspects of $.;the? “Gri#`n,%dh$ouse” genr e. Despit`e trying to dirty= up t !he film+ , it is apparent it@% was shot on: dig;ital$ . ,;$The#, %cinema tography is a`lso +`-a#)= ste]\p ]ab$ove most ?*“G @/ ri-^*_ndhouse[\” ` p[^roductions, with Takashi* Hirose proving.] he has /+tale = *%nt be?!*=hind th [e camera. Exte rior shots to those tak.in\+g +/p=%lace ,,in smal[+#l spaces are al^^l compe!@tently framed, lit, and :t.rans[ition we=[$ll. The d=-eci$ #?!sion to add an effect on to)`%p of( the work hurt%/$s`)# the[ film’s! imagery and even g*%$ives; a sen*#;se of$_  desperati
,[on to try to ca  pture a certain t.@!#$ype of nostalgia with the audience, instead()) of %rel`$;ying on  *)-its own (*strength-s. #It is unfortunate whe@n one crea#.tive [#ch:
oic*$e+ can hurt a, producti; o n so much(/.%_* `　　The story of “\/Brutal” is /^simple but effe
$ctive, it does
+ attempt som./e sort/ of s?#=ocial* co]m[*mentary abou \t the violent nat](ure
of men and w_(omen, but it does not off^ =er enough dep. th into the subject to ])@:jus  tify .the amoun$^t of violence on (displ [=ay.[` The fi% lm* does end on_ a s#:trong no te w$it=] h an interes#ting :twis;t, with a reveal that /-+is ]bound to gross s,^ome out, whi) :+le g?!`ivin\**g `=^others a chuckle. In spite of ;,its simple!:
;* nat/ure, th;os[/e who en%j#oy films t-h* #at ma[#ke them somewhat u\.
ncomfortable and enj% oy the chal;len ge of get;^[ting through some ult$;ra-violence, “Brutal” poses a] = fun*# \:;and/ =,entertain_
ing chal%len-!
]ge in` that reg+ar?/d.