露西（黛米·摩尔）是美国第一家提供食用餐具的“不可思议的编辑”公司（Incredible Edibles）的自负、岛国自大狂的首席执行官。露西以她无穷的智慧，岛国带领她的员工，包括长期受苦的助手，弗雷迪（卡兰·索尼）和杰西（杰西卡·威廉姆斯），在新墨西哥州的一个公司团队建设崩塌周末。当灾难来临时，即使是他们无用的向导，布兰登（埃德·赫尔姆斯）也救不了他们。这个不匹配和不满的群体被困在地下，为了生存，他们必须团结起来。导演帕特里克·布赖斯召集了一群不太可能的角色，把他们锁在洞穴里，然后让他们离开。接下来是关于人类社会互动的噩梦般的研究，一直在问这样一个问题：当人们停止相互竞争，联合起来对抗压迫者时，会发生什么？Brice创造性地将每个角色的弧线编织成更大的主题，在他们成为他们本性的牺牲品时，扮演他们反抗动物性的人性。十二个人被困在山洞里，食物正在枯竭，真相被揭露，背叛和操纵被揭露，结成联盟——什么可能出错？
刘冰
回复 :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.
吴世俊
回复 :Two hapless freight handlers find themselves encountering Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and the Wolf Man.@www.molikan.com
王凯骏
回复 :A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding, one of them snaps and kills Diablo. When they run off, we see the murder to be staged as part of the show. One of the customers has hung around to see this, and wants to make a deal with Diablo, aka the Devil.A very good anthology of tales, written by Robert Bloch and directed by Freddie FRancis, for Amicus, an icon of this kind of movie. The tales are uneven, sure, but they are all at least good, till the perfect final one, the Man who collected Poe, with Jack Palance and Peter Cushing, a great idea, and a marvelous tale to watch. Very good Burgess Meredith as Diabolo the Great, the host for these tales. Unfortunately for us all, this kind of movies are a thing from the past and today we don't get any more gems like this. A must see
