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.
其实还可以，演的很好。但我真的受不了一会搞笑一会煽情。且煽情的刻意又尴尬。
我感觉很难有一部电影能让我这么无感.. 既不是烂片能让我讨厌，但是从头到尾又没有一点能打动我。I gained nothing.
谁说污泥满身的不算英雄！
4.5 处在懵懂和成熟夹缝中的25岁，点着martini就以为能成为改变世界的成熟大人。一次次逃离那些过于迂腐的汗臭味荷尔蒙，在横冲乱撞中，爱情早已经自然生长。haim姐妹们真好哇。
PTA可能认为自己需要这样一部影片来表达或是纪念，但我不需要。
本片的靈感來源於喬治盧卡斯的《美國風情畫》和艾米海克林的《開放的美國學府》。是一部非常規的群像電影，保羅托馬斯安德森用幽默的筆觸勾勒出他心目中的七十年代:石油危机，越戰以及競選，令人這個原本屬於私人回憶的青春故事變得斑駁不堪。此片水準和同樣是保羅托馬斯安德森導演講述七十年代的群像電影《不羈夜》和相差甚遠，更像是一部光怪陸離的卡通化小品，編導有意打造的愛情主線也被零碎搶眼的配角們搶去了風頭，削弱了原本的情感力度。除去故事的零碎沉悶外，在攝影，美術以及音樂品味上依舊維持了保羅托馬斯安德森一向的高水準，尤其對懷舊音樂的引用無疑令此片通篇皆流露出一種夢幻般的復古色彩。
虽然看的时候会笑，但感觉看完了也不是自己很喜欢的电影，还好没有在过年的时候看，因为感觉不太值，在三八妇女节放假的这半天看来乐一乐倒还可以。
下半部分，也能算电影吗？
春节档唯一抢到票的/全场从头笑到尾，新年还是喜剧够合家欢/我挺喜欢
与之前的PTA有一些不同（我能说底味儿类似大师么）。不过他的特点（注意是特点不是优点）的部分遗失还是让我有点失望的。
喜欢彩色的七十年代感画面，但这个故事（特别是结尾）我实在黑人问号
片子不错，一看豆瓣评论区各种“racism”“sexism”瞎几把乱吠就知道必是好片
从翻拍的角度来说，是极其优秀的典范——在最大程度保留了原作的设定和名场面的同时，全方位的做了本土化的调整改编。与原作的沙雕帅哥杀手形象相比有很大改变，但处理的确实不错，电影内外的人物照应很感人。
當PTA學會了日劇跑⋯⋯喜歡復古的調子和緩慢的敘事，喜歡他們的生命力，他們有感情,他们有感觉，他們在活著，有时觉得女主是占更加主导性的主角，man all sucks, only small man just not so bad……小霍夫曼真神TM他爹附体
典型的pta，有佳句无佳章 @ angelika 短评怎么能说这部电影是纯真的爱情呢，明明每次转折都把我们带离人物更远，是很冷酷的视角，很少有能和人物共情的时刻，不能因为开头和结尾的纯真爱情就把这电影说成是单纯的爱情电影吧
私人情感满分，但是还得期待下一部。4.23二刷有升温。
如果男女主是帅哥美女可能也复原不了70年代蠢蠢傻傻又乌七八糟的风格吧，前半部分更好看一些，那种不经意达成的嘲讽力max，管你是文青亚逼嬉皮士还是少数族裔lgbt，统统就是玩儿……
It’s 2021 and I really don’t need to see a badly told story with boring characters, filled with racism/sexism jokes. I don’t give a fuck about anything that happens in this film. The romance is so cheap. The not-coming-anywhere-coming-of-age story is so cheap. Seriously???
979｜74/100
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