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.
性满足感+正视自己的欲望+自我认同。
女主抛出的每一个问题都好经典。完全共情女主。那种害怕失望、不自信的表情，on almost every woman‘s face.
concupiscence / 可惜说教感太重
2、每一个人都生而美丽。爱自己，就是爱一切的开始。
安全词的重要性。
太棒了，我希望我认识的所有女性朋友们都看这部电影
结尾，女主脱下浴巾。看着镜子里，自己已经不再年轻性感的身体。而是一副垂下来的乳房和腹部上松弛的老年赘肉，满脸皱纹的她笑了——而就在那一刻，我把本来的想给电影的82分给改成100分！
不是说花钱找鸭就能找出道貌岸然的优越感、找出独立女性人设、找出自我和解的。这片子被追捧我是真的不理解，只是题材反常规而已，实际上跟女性解放一点关系都没有。请看它的镜像电影《花容月貌》，一个超级大美女主动做应召女郎，没有任何客观原因，完全发自内心。很讽刺，是不是？而且它作为房间电影来讲，也是不及格的存在，对白写得太虚无，处处泛着圣母光环，被《与女人们的对话》吊打。
美好的肉体就是值钱的。这既是现实，又充满了政治不正确。金钱与肉体买卖又怎么可能搭建出平等的对话关系呢，所以这更多只是以一种"理想型"案例在探讨人的欲望、快感、自我接纳及亲密关系等重要话题。而最后的坦诚相见，其实有点shock，因为我们可能甚至于，面对自己都尚未如此直白真诚。两个角色都不是现实主义的角色，也许他们更适合作为一种容器，映射，供我们观想自身，去体悟细微。如果纠结于角色和关系本身的合理性，可能就很难进入这部电影了吧。
即使是构建的屏幕乌托邦，现实如果能朝向它迈出小小的一步也很棒啊。感觉就像一桶火药，等待着火焰的到来。～
太好看了太好看了！！！柏林全场掌声雷动！！这不比主竞赛香吗！！全场女性都不能再共鸣了。女性的自卑，自信与困境。女导演女编辑太香了！
主要就一个景，剧本其实还是遵循了经典规律，所以在剧本和表演扎实的基础上，主要还是男主太性感，真是无敌的选角
我无法开心地看待这个片子：女人的独白/忧虑/恐惧全部都是真实的，但除了这些，所有都是不真实的：没有这样的男人，过度浪漫化的sex work。对我来讲这是一部色彩缤纷的电影，像糖果一样，但是你不能给受困于饥饿的人吃糖，你懂吗？they never tell the Bside: whether they pretend its not there or they just dont care. They are denying the Bside.
看看人家，再看看咱们这，传出来的都是富婆快乐球，金箍棒，火焰山... ... 素质，素质！
@Sundance 太！棒！了！从头到尾都在跟小伙伴兴奋尖叫。This is the type of the film I wanna make! Absolutely love how much agency Nancy/Susan has in the film, 最后自己给自己的高潮真的只有女导演才拍得出来！！
心动了，才会有高潮。
6.28 没想到竟然是一部室内二人转话疗片，最喜欢的两个镜头其实是艾玛汤普森在卫生间，男主角百无聊赖发呆的状态，呼之欲出穿透屏幕的空虚
天呐。。。看来我也和伍迪艾伦一样，灵感随着性生活一道消失不见了，只想雇一个小哥来做门萨题。。。但影片让自己想起几年前看过的一篇微信文章，讲专门给残疾人提供替代性服务的职业，还是挺有触动的。检验一个人是否活得好，不在于基本生活需求，而在于能否满足基本欲望，就这点上看现在大部分人都活得不太好
性愉悦应该列入社会保障体系！hearhear
3.5/5 男主好帅哦 看有评论说来个脸叔gay版 那就再来个大魔王姬版吧hhhhh
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