"Brother" (directed by Takeshi "Beat" Kitano) is a masterpiece! Not as beautiful as Kitano's older flicks like "Hana-Bi" or "Sonatine" but it's still great! You can divide the movie into two parts. The one part plays in Japan and is dominated by silent and slow scenes with lot of text (subtitled, even here in Germany where normally everything is dubbed). Therefore the second part (plays in the US) is dubbed. But there is more action than speech.
"Brother" is one of the most bloodiest action movies so far! But Kitano said that this violence is needed to thrill the Japanese audience otherwise it would be a very lame experience for them (hey! you can by splatter and rape movies there at every corner!)
People who just see the violence will never get into the world of Takeshi's movies! It's a world of honer, trust, cold violence and sadness!
"Brother" is one of the most bloodiest action movies so far! But Kitano said that this violence is needed to thrill the Japanese audience otherwise it would be a very lame experience for them (hey! you can by splatter and rape movies there at every corner!)
People who just see the violence will never get into the world of Takeshi's movies! It's a world of honer, trust, cold violence and sadness!