Brutal (2006)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Philippos Halatsis

Writer:

Philippos Halatsis (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A group of five men set up a plan to kidnap a young woman in order to get money from her father.

Plot Keywords:

Ransom | Murder | Kidnapper | Massacre | Brutal

Cast

Philippos Halatsis	...	Kidnapper 1
Aggelos Mato	...	Kidnapper 4
Theodore Mihopoulos
Nick Samaras	...	Kidnapper 2
Stella Trokana	...	Victim
Panagiotis Xanthopoulos	...	Kidnapper 3

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

Greece:91 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Greece:K-17 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Thessaloniki, Greece

Company:

MacabroFilms

Soundtrack:

Soulconscienceworkshop

so bad it gets "brutal"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

4 guys kidnap a girl in order to ask her father for ransom. they take her to a basement where they start killing each instead of doing nasty things to her.

Story/script: As the "director" himself admits, there was no screenplay for this and this is more than obvious. Sequences that never end, endless swearing (as if anybody will be impressed) and badly executed fight scenes between the guys.

Acting: Horrible. The "director" stars once again, probably thinking that he is a good actor. He is bad beyond belief with an annoying Northern accent. The rest are also bad, including some old guy who is probably the director's dad. That gentleman should better tell his boy to stop wasting his money on garbage like this. Since there was no script the cast obviously had to improvise. problem is none of the actors is good enough to do that and the results are... bad.

Direction, etc: No direction. My grandma could probably do better if somebody told her to grab a mini-DV camcorder and start filming random stuff. Camera work is so shaky and photography is so bad you can hardly see what is going on. poor locations. horrible editing job. picture quality is so low its hard to believe and this looks no better the average home video that a 10-year old kid would make. Special effects are lame to say the least.

sound/Music: sound is so badly recorded you can hardly hear what the "actors" are saying. music is death metal. the "director" is obviously a fan of that kind of music and never misses a chance to show us. at least you can bang your head while watching.

result: a total waste of time, this pathetic excuse of a movie that has the nerve to call itself "snuff" for commercial reasons. problem here is that "Brutal" is unwatchable. This mini-DV abomination looks like the work of somebody who has absolutely no clue on cinema and film making.