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.
让演员都玩嗨了，吻戏真是有够特别的。导演应该也不准备去戛纳跟威尼斯了，把金棕榈跟银狮一起卷了。
看的过程心一直揪着，很难过，也很难受，比前些年看《海边的曼彻斯特》还难受，因为这部影片里所有的人都在道歉，都在忏悔，都背负了沉重的枷锁，所有的人都是受害者，所有的人也都在直接间接地加害别人，所有的人都是痛苦的，到底谁才有资格原谅别人？到底谁才应该被原谅？
所谓的人间惨剧就是第二天在报纸的犄角旮旯处登篇几百字的豆腐块。
导演们精准打击了他们想讨论的每一种意识形态
电影行业越来越为意识形态所左右，电影艺术到底是曲高和寡还是阿谀逢迎，这在当下全球范围内都有很清晰的表现，有人这样自然有人那样，选择自己喜欢的便是。
挺荒诞搞笑的，导演想象力不错，几位演起喜剧来也真的是不差呢。
直接把讽刺值拉满，《主竞赛》能不冲进主竞赛吗？看Penélope调教性格迥异、方法论不同还互相看不顺眼的两个沉迷于雄竞的男演员实在太好笑。布景和构图很对胃口，三人演技精湛也不用说。看到最后原来人生如戏，戏如人生，演来演去演的都是自己。
整体碰撞在一起，导致：文艺之中参杂着黑色幽默，甚至带点神经质，气质直接拉满。
太冗长了，昏昏欲睡。在西班牙语电影里剧情可以说是毫无惊喜，不够疯。
几位的表演太绝了
it's a movie about making a movie。现实比电影更荒诞。
Mariano Cohn、Gastón Duprat。競爭，電影，劇中劇，內外對照，人類生活動力。交互感染，三個主要角色互相對彼此生活模式的模仿。電影只是一座橋。潘妮洛普克魯茲飾演的導演貌似觸犯每一條會被 metoo 的界線（性暗示、破壞私人物品、精神折磨），但行為程度又讓她看起來並不太會被針對。最後的對望鏡頭效果不錯，結局好像略略有點添足。
嘲讽的力道我爱了，今年为数不多能让人笑出声的电影。一位名流史册的富豪，请来获奖女导演来拍一部诺贝尔奖巨作，从而将两位性格迥异且表演方法不同的演员凑到一起演对手戏。有趣的是，电影中的演员和戏中戏的角色从某种程度上都很相似，两条线的发展也如出一辙。结尾稍微有些弱了，不过整体挺讨我喜欢。
菲尼克斯在耍把戏，伊万也是，我猜到了。哈哈哈。有的笑点夸张，有的又比较冷，刚好配这两位男主。女主好钢啊！有钱去投资电影这主意不错…
三星半，看完极强的不适感。说不出哪里的问题，只是里面的每个人都让人感到不适，少女、父母、店长、女店员、老师、司机……每个人都扭曲和虚弱，让人厌恶由他们组成的社会。
太棒了，看到奖杯被搅碎的哪一刻最近的抑郁全好了！
激赏的还是题材，一个情绪化的父亲痛失“爱女”，迁怒于所有涉及到的人，连带出了更多人生的悲剧。电影敢于表达最情绪的事件，需要深度理解社会心理，演员的压力也很大吧，因为几乎可以感觉得到剧中人物的战栗。
嘲讽力十足哇！“电影怎么样才算结束了？”这个问题还蛮有意思的。
6.戏中戏与电影主角的人生的映射不错，两个男主的表演也十分出色。
VIFF21 #8 [Playhouse] 既然片名叫主竞赛了，真是一部特别适合在电影节看的crowd pleaser，全场笑声都没停过。最搞笑的是头顶“巨石”、吻戏ASMR以及粉碎机。表演真是太棒了，从头到尾都是大写的Acting！ Banderas演Felix这个角色真是好meta哈哈“追名逐利的好莱坞演员”。另外Penélope Cruz Floss dance I need this GIF asap!
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