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.
最大的问题还是在于回忆的绝对真实性，使得真相的获得简单而略显无趣了，当然编剧也意识到了这点，所以在影片的一前一后中女主“创造”了两段回忆：丢钥匙事件引发男主听歌、借他人回忆给男主留遗言。只是相当可惜的是，这种方式本可以在本片中大量运用来获取相当的“谍战”效果，毕竟导演的丈夫可是以烧脑著称的编剧诺兰。保守下的叙事过于平淡，转折也略显简单，观众与角色的情感共鸣实在难以链接。回文这种构造形式在影片中用的相当得体，文戏的情报却以简单粗暴的打戏来获取，打戏打的实在一般。和《西部世界》一样，都是小资的文本，只不过一个真的高级，这部的相当装。对于男女性角色的设定也相当好莱坞传统甚至可以说刻板，男性勇闯天涯释放愤怒，女性理解持家守卫善良，你在回忆中追爱，我在现实给你打营养液。
从情感出发的故事，慢悠悠的调调，两个人隔空告别那段令我动容了。
很多导演现在都喜欢披着各种外衣去讲一个很简单的故事，比如小蜘蛛在外星的混沌行走，比如本电影是未来水世界的背景下的一个谋杀案，创新很枯竭。
总之，打三星是因为演员。
披着科幻的外衣讲述一个多情中年男追问题女人的故事，也是用爱的借口掩盖自己被性感女人迷惑的事实而已。
that‘s goupi，my pengyou
一般般啦，太狗血了这个爱情，女主为什么就不能是大反派呢
怎么说呢？确实很迷，节奏奇怪。但算是讲了一个完整爱情故事。
所以，吴彦祖为啥死了？！对推动剧情有帮助吗？
全球海平面上升，被水淹没的迈阿密，世界观设定似在致敬斯科特纳的《未来水世界》。引导顾客的记忆摆渡人，用全息投影将记忆具像化的机器，种种元素让你以为是又一部《盗梦空间》或者《全面回忆》，却没曾想拍成了低配版《消失的爱人》。“追忆”这一高概念被全然浪费，恋爱脑女导演赋予休杰克曼不符气质的痴情人设，搞成了自以为可歌可泣的廉价爱情片，感情线缺失，令结尾的升华显得如此苍白无力。“迷局”也称不上烧脑难解，充其量只是一个勉强能够自圆其说的三流悬疑故事，倒是狼叔的旁白有种老派黑色侦探片的味道。偶有几个桥段的想法还算不错，但架不住整体乏善可陈，恐怕唯一让人印象深刻的只有吴彦祖那口中英混搭的尴尬腔调。以HBO的眼光不太应该能看上这种剧本还投放到自家流媒体，像隔壁网飞那种垃圾回收站该干的。诺兰弟媳？辱诺了属于是。
狼叔依旧那么帅！
and things we missed about them.
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导演是诺兰的弟妹，所以电影借用了盗梦空间的壳。但奈何水平拉跨，拍出来一个四不像的电影。剧情虽然说得通，不难理解，但剧本着实拉跨，真的没啥吸引人地方。本以为这是一部盗梦空间2.0，没想到这是一个爱情故事，而且就算作为一个爱情电影，他也是不合格的。最后三星给狼叔和Rebecca Ferguson，毕竟这俩都是我喜欢的演员。
Ohhh～poor 龟孙子～吴彦祖英文夹中文好帅啊。狼叔反而格局小的恶心……男女情爱都可以影响警方办案……能更扯一点吗？很喜欢沉入海中的城市～
前面氛围营造的很好，后半段剧情拉胯，虎头蛇尾
落魄痴情男苦苦追寻被害失足女恋人并为之复仇最后永远活在回忆中的故事，全剧啥事逼呀台词，做着舞台剧式的表演，文青可以一看。
这个机器谁发明创造的，应该不是金刚狼吧，为什么不自己用给金刚狼用，如果是买的那么他那里买的别人可以买到吗，看着看着突然冒出来个吴彦祖，但是自从吴彦祖死了之后，我都看不懂剧情在讲啥了
单看故事结构与叙事诡计虽然并不新颖但还是保有一种残酷遗憾的美，不足之处在于过度的联系反而给人一种错乱的感觉与人物的动机过于单薄。
两人打斗后，毁容男手被钢琴夹住，沉入地板下↓，一抹阳光照射，摄影简直太强了，水下名场面！
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