Brothers (2015)

Crappy film

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

I totally liked this movie. Loved it . Brothers, is indeed a very good movie.

A brother fighting with another brothers... shows that every relationship in life important.. equally important !!Regarding fight becoming legal... it has to be legal.. at least.. ilegal fight will be reduced.My dream is that even women should get the same type of opportunities in the country. This is My thought.!!Good movies now a days hav hard time to earn money.. publicity.. bia is seen in watchers as well may be that is the reason This GooD movie did not make much money...Further there are narrow thinking which contributes more. Good movies should be sent outside the countries for non-biased watchers.

****POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD****The movie begins in earnest with Sidharth Malhotra, aka Monty trying to prove his mettle as an MMA fighter with winning simple street fights. It is Monty's dream to reach the big leagues of MMA at any cost. Not knowing reasons for his anger until a little while later it is revealed his father Garson Fernandes (aka Bollywood legend Jackie Shroff) has been released from prison after 2 decades inside for second degree murder. Monty is upset with his father, who even after being imprisoned remains a hapless drunk. Garson enters the house, starts rearranging furniture and hallucinating about his dead wife, Maria, the one he murdered by vicious assault (seen in flashback). In his hallucinatory fits, Garson attempts to rearrange the furniture of the apartment but Monty sets him straight, advising him that Maria is, in fact deceased. Garson whines like a drunken loser and accepts responsibility for destroying his family. Meanwhile, back in the present, Monty keeps trying to win fights but his anger is misplaced at the world in general. Garson becomes his trainer after sobering up and pines for David, his other son who has never forgiven him for the murder of his mother. In flashback we learn Monty is the son of Maria's deceased sister SARAH, with whom Garson had multiple affairs and on the day of Maria's demise, addresses her by name of SARAH. Fed up of being cheated on, Maria retaliates and Garson goes wild and slams her to the ground, causing her instant death. Garson attempts to meet David, who is still seething with rage. David is going through his own personal hell, with his only daughter suffering from a debilitating kidney disease from which she requires a transplant. David goes to the bank asking for a loan extension but gets mocked at. Vowing not to fight again, David has a change of heart, as a parent he is willing and able to sacrifice himself for his child, to the chagrin of his wife, Jenny. Meanwhile, back on the other side of town, Monty has learned that Peter Braganza a brash promoter who looks like Tom Alter has come out of the woodwork to promote the international MMA tournament called R2F, right to fight. After a series of lukewarm fights, Monty makes it to R2F and has to defeat many international fighters - the highlight being German warrior Luca, played by Australian wrestler Conan Stevens in a wordless role. David loses his job as a dedicated school teacher as the principal finds out his intentions to go back to street fighting to save his kid from imminent death. David also makes it to R2F. During one of the bouts where David is fighting the Italian Hammer, Garson intervenes from the side of the cage, and for his attitude gets a smack on his face from an angry Hammer. David's reaction to this is complete and utter sadness, even though he cannot forgive his father, there is love present in his demeanor. Anger rises within David who finishes off the Hammer with multiple deadly blows, leading him to the finals. After a series of bouts with various fighters it turns out in a stunning climax that David and Monty are the first finalists to face each other off to the death. With pleas from their father Garson to abandon the fight they go ahead anyway. In the end David has a change of heart and instead of killing Monty in the ring merely breaks his shoulder and asks him to give up the fight for the sake of reuniting their broken family. David wins the prize 9 CRORES (90 MILLION RUPEES) and the film ends as an anti-climax with the brothers reunited with love for each other. Although inspired by Hollywood film WARRIOR, the comparisons are very far and few between. Akshay Kumar has led the way showing that even though he is Bollywood's Martial Arts Guru, the real person underneath is one of compassion and ultimately forgiveness. A great film. I give it 9/10.

Official remake of the 2011 Hollywood drama, WARRIOR , BROTHERS which is helmed by Dharma Productions is the story of two estranged half-siblings who vent out their hatred for each other in the fight arena. David(Akshay Kumar) and Monty(Siddharth Malhotra)come face to face in the ultimate fight in a one-of-its-kind championship.A businessman, Peter Braganza ( Kiran Kumar, brimming with sartorial elegance)sees tremendous avenue in legalizing street-fighting and proposes to bring the Mixed Martial Art to India, in the form of an IPL-Style competition, R2F(Right to Fight).While the elder brother ,David, who is suspended from his teacher-ship job sees this as an opportunity to earn quick bucks for his ailing daughter, the younger one, Monty, seeks this as a medium to combat his inner demons and boost up his self-esteem. Both the brothers have street-fighting running in their blood, and a sea of pent-up anger and resentment owing to an incident which had turned them against one another. While the prison-returned father, Gary(Jackkie Shroff) who was once a martial- art trainer , stays with Monty, his attempts of reconciliation with the embittered David turn futile.Weighed down by a clichéd screenplay and an old-school treatment which shadow the excruciatingly slow first-half, Brothers is somewhat salvaged by the skillfully staged ring fights which build the momentum in the second half. The sets are flashy , the duels are gruesome, detailed and boast of international standards. While staying faithful to the original template, Karan Malhotra makes some manipulations to amp up the emotional content which appear heavily superficial and gives us an 80's feel. That's where Brothers go wrong; He misses out in emulating the tumultuous relationships in the dysfunctional family and thereby we don't invest much in their emotional conflicts. Neither do the cheesy running commentary during the fights(Raj Zutshi hams it up) entice us nor the monstrous opponents qualify for an intimidating impact. They however evoke deja vu with names like Luka( Remember Apne?),Gamma and Hammer. Adding on to the exasperation, is the regressive item number by Kareena Kapoor Khan which by no standards match up to Chikni Chameli.Sincere and genuine performances by Akshay Kumar and Siddharth Malhotra who also look convincing with their beefed-up musculature, adds to film's strengths. Karan also employs the montages of the training and physical regimes to its benefits. Akshay is terrific in his understated self, who beats his opponents in calculative precision. He makes David's grief and anxiety for his suffering daughter palpable.On the other hand, Siddharth is impulsive and spews a volcanic rage in each of the sequences, thereby giving a sharp and vulnerable edge to Monty's character. When one brother punches the other in a fracas, the pain is actually inflicted on the father. This sentiment surfaces naturally with the competent portrayal of Gary by Jackkie Shroff. Initially as the alcoholic husband and then as the repenting father, he is first-rate. But in some of the scenes, he goes over-the-top with the paroxysms of hallucinations of his dead wife.Blame it on the subject or the script, the female brigade doesn't get much scope here. But Shefali Shah does forge a strong impression in a cameo with her expressive eyes. Jaqueline is sullen most of the time in a de-glam avatar which doesn't go quite well with her persona, except for that scene where she jumps in a fit of excitement on getting the SMS. The supporting ensemble sees the likes of Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kiran Kumar and Asutosh Rana and it's sad that none of their potentials are exploited fully.There is a certain drawback associated with every Desi sports drama flick when the predictability factor looms large, and it's a triumph for the makers when the audience doesn't want either opponent to lose in the fight. This is one aspect, albeit borrowed, which Karan Malhotra nails completely. Brothers, with all its share of punches and kicks, is a good watch for the action lovers.