Brother
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings
- Starring: Kurôdo Maki, Takeshi Kitano
- Summary: The story of a Yakuza warrior who introduces the code of honor and discipline into the L.A. criminal world. (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Director: Takeshi Kitano
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Positive: 7 out of 23
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Mixed: 10 out of 23
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Negative: 6 out of 23
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80If nothing else, Brother confirms Kitano's stature as the most original purveyor of on-screen mayhem since Sam Peckinpah.
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60Delivers some powerful emotional wallops alongside the chopsticks-up-the-nose violence, and manages the remarkable feat of making venerable American genre conventions seem eerily alien.
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60Sags, lollygags, and blusters too much to sustain the what-the-hell momentum that Kitano achieves in his best movies.
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38Wretch of a B movie.
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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JamesM7Certainly not one of Kitano's best, but a great film nonetheless.
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