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.
全片最精彩的部分居然是老头老太在一起说如何在online dating 上美化自己。
20211106就是那种很套路的爱情电影，不过看着也还好，美女配个长相一般，不高大威猛的男有问题吗？人家起码有话可聊
有点儿stereotypical，但是没有让人感觉特别讨厌。不过我又知道些什么呢，那天晚上面完SN 的on site用甜酒大醉了一场。
thanks for the representation
Jimmy O. Yang身價在上漲～～～
圣诞气氛营造得还不错，一边打破stereotype一边制造出更多的cliché. 看到结尾女主拿着纸板道歉只想说大可不必，love actually真是被碰大瓷了。
记得标记想看的时候还没有评分，大概是加入豆瓣十年来第一次不带着先入为主的预期轻轻松松欣赏一部电影。仍然愿意给个高分。两个主角都比较饱满，揭示了互联网时代慢慢品尝爱、领悟爱的真谛的道理，还致敬了我最爱的真爱至上。
其实没想到点开之后会这么好笑，前面四十分钟的各种冲突各种梗差点把我笑吐，男主角确实适合走喜剧卦，他挖苦女主的几个戏都差点把我笑死，可惜后面确实看得出来演技不太OK。不过是好看的一部圣诞电影，本来以为又是网飞的一部粗制滥造的节日电影，没想到完全超过预期，至少我笑疯了，最后的真爱至上梗有让我挤两滴眼泪。
非常非常cute的片！除了男主的外貌真的普中普之外，他的个性确实是完全hit我的点，帅白男喜欢户外、热爱吃肉、礼貌的接吻一点错都没有，就是没有普中普黄男有灵气，细腻敏感善良聪明也是一部分人的取向狙击了（我）
The proposal的Love actually加交友软件限定版..
很假，但挺可爱的。主要nina 真是穿啥都好看！
英国今天网飞第二，好奇点开来看看，很普通的一部流水线作品，但是值得夸奖的是完全没有刻意强调男主亚裔的身份
哈哈，就知道会被批判乳滑，用JIMMY来做男主，必然的结果
为了Jimmy看的，前半段无聊到爆结局居然还有些感人？果然是Jimmy光环太重，女主有多奇奇怪怪都不重要了…
很老套但是看到男主跟我一样的大额头就好亲切，多给一颗星给额头
第一次看到也有和我一样 kiwi 过敏的人了！！！！
笑点是有的，演的也都挺好，但是太强行圆满了，而且人设都很奇怪，女主又没有做错什么，男二有啥可说她欺骗自己的？还有，明明男主才是一切谎言的开端，最后变成女主道歉？再有，男主哥哥太奇怪了，一会这样一会那样，到底闹哪样？！
看封面以为男一是配角，没想到真是主角啊！随着剧情的推进也不觉得那么违和了，性格占了主要优势，蛮可爱的电影
不错的chickflick了，Nina老太快了，哎
我真是，總覺得Jimmy臉沒表情時下一句出來的話是Chinglish accent的Jian Yang 😂😂exchange his character for a white nerd you'll have yourself a cliche Hallmark Christmas movie 🙄🙄
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