BRAT 2 / THE
BROTHER 2
DIRECTOR: ALEKSEJ BALABANOV
RUSSIA 2000
Daniil Bagrov (Sergei Bodrov jr.), in the smash-hit predecessor BRAT
the Russian soldier who returns to St. Petersburg from combat in Chechnya
to become the Ramboesque avenger of his humiliated and insulted compatriots,
has now branched out to Moscow and Chicago. Assisted once again by his
brother, the “Tartar”, he avenges the death of a comrade in
Chechnya, who was murdered by a Russian mobster on the orders of an American
mafia boss, and at the same time liberates a Russian prostitute from the
clutches of her black pimp. The cool professionalism of his deeds starkly
contrasts with his populist-patriotic slogans. With 90 prints released,
the thriller grossed record profits at cinemas and in video sales.
Alpha: 08.04. / 10.00 pm
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