Brutal

I was fortunate to attend the screening of Brutal in late 2013. I was very impressed with the films originality. A concept I have not seen before. The fight scenes were as the title suggested "Brutal" the actors were obviously trained fighters as some of the stunts were very clearly done by them.

The story was a times heart breaking and at other times intensely dramatic. Great performances by the leads as well as the supporting cast. The actress who played the mother was very believable and gave the story a real heart.

Morgan Benoit who played the younger of the two lead actors is a name to watch out for. I have seen him in a couple of films now and his fight skills matched with some good acting chops should see him go from strength to strength.

Overall I thought Brutal was great. I think it will do very well on an international scale as the film is not heavy on dialogue and the fight scenes will keep any action/fight fan on the edge of their seat.

I saw this movie online and thought it was really well done for what it is. It's low budget but has lots of action. The story made me feel like I was watching an old Twilight Zone episode, which being a sci-fi fan made me really love it. It's slow at times, but the action scenes, the brutality and effects more than make up for the sometimes off pacing. i don't agree with some of the other reviews that said it had bad acting. The acting was great. The fight choreography was really well done. There are more than a couple scenes in there that will make you flinch from the blood and gore. If you like sci-fi, Twilight Zone, and fight movies, give this a shot. Don't go in thinking your watching a billion dollar blockbuster from one of the studios and you'll have a good time.

I immediately starting laughing at how bad this is when it started. Couldn't even finish it. Super B grade, and super terrible. False reviews on here. But feel free to go waste your time and see for yourself.

The very beginning scene has two dudes fighting and the terrible sound effects of the punches are hilarious. The fake punches, the shaky "action" camera. I tried to sit through it but it was just so lame that I literally almost died. I don't even know what actor would seriously agree to being in this film. It is worse than Sci-Fi movies that are made for TV, and you know those are pretty cheesy.

First let me say that the movie is very appropriately titled, from the very start the action in this film is a display of total Brutality! If this was filmed in 3D, I believe I would have been covered in blood. I was sitting in my seat thinking "this can't get more brutal" and then sure enough, "splat, pop, eye gouge"! The opening had my attention, I was enthralled and determined to figure out what was happening. Why were these characters in a continuous blood drenched battle? The way the movie unfolded was very artistic and I could see how Mr. Flaherty has matured and grown from his last movie. I also want to say that Jeff Hatch gave a great performance, as did Morgan Benoit!

I was unfortunate to be suckered in by the shill rating above of a 7.2 that is now a 7 and should be a solid 3 in the weeks to come.

It is a sad state of affairs when a horrid film is pushed, as a favor to friends of cast, writers, producers, etc in order to dupe people who will STILL find the rating false and the movie pure crap

This is sort of like how elections run, I suppose. People claim a thing, tell you it is great then when you are exposed to it yourself you realize it was one big lie

So

Bad acting

HORRID effects

POOR writing

Silly combat

...and, again, a shilled rating that does not reflect the true trash this piece is