Cons%%tantly on  #the hunt@^ and suffering f\
rom` h+alluc/\ina tions$,, that /?dri;!ve hi^s violent nature, an unnamed #\man is capturing wome@n and savagely beating them to d]eath. Me@-`anwhile, a woman .,is 
*luring men in to a; /violent e@
nd, by way of h er knife:`.@ Driven:_ by the same forc.`e to! $m+
]
ake the o#pposite sex suffer, the ki
llers ’ *fate/s i ntertwine. -@Th?)e\ two must face o@_?ff` ..in a battle to @] th%e death, _ /in wh)ic^*h  they are forced to rev/eal the h`%$orrible/. truth behi[$nd@
( t
+heir ad+?(diction to
 murder.　　“ Bru !-tal” takes an\ i
nteresti;ng app[ro]ac  :h to i $ts v$;isu:a*:ls, drawing h=+%eavy #inf?!l !!uence from Weste rn “Gri$,``nd?*ho]use”-_ films, using *_?a filter t;!o ]make# the foot_$!$ag* e appe ar grainy, dama.ged, [and with light a;nd colo][r fluctuatio:ns. Unfortunate,_ly, the visual %s -[tyling ends up feeling +mis$\guid[
ed, */as ot=;=?her than applying the,]! filter it /does not imitat ]e any other )%as`]pec#=ts of:/- t([h !e “Grind
house” /genr+e. Despit e trying to dirty up the; film, it is appa%]rent it wa?^[s shot on digital.. The ci^n %ematog `+:ra.phy?* i%s a?\lso] a:`\ step ;above most: % “Grindh!+ou/ se:”!$ productions, w :-
i
+
$th Ta ;+kashi Hirose pro +ving he * has tale^)nt= (behind the\)\ cam_e`
^ ra. Exterior s?/hots to those taking place in small spaces are a ll ^competentl=(y framed, lit,: and% :@t/-ransiti[! on$, well. The decis! ion to add a\n (##effect on top of t_*?he work hurts th($e film’s i;ma[#.(gery a? -nd: ev\^en gives a se`,nse of
d.,esperation =: to t-\[ry to/ captur ]=[(e $a:[_ certain type of nos=t;a (\lgia with[??% the audience, inste^=^ad of@= re:](lyin`=(g %@on i_.t.s own stren\,;g=#=ths. @=_It )/is unfortu
nate when= one creati.ve -!#%choice][ c]]an#/ hurt a producti( o%= n#, so?- much__.　　The sto
.^-ry of *]_(“Bru?.ta:!_l” is s# im#ple but effective, /^?it d,oes attempt some s
,ort[ of social com\_me %ntary ,.about the violent nature of/)-; men and women, but` it does
not off@:er enough dep::t)+h into the subject to justi$ fy the am*?/o\unt;@-) of v iolence o+*#n disp la)-/y. Th^_e film does *=?end on =.a? stro\+ n@g *:note with an int,eresting twist, with a rev)(-/ea/l t
)`hat is#@
; bound to?[? gross s!,om[]e out, wh [:i?\:\le ,giving others a ] ch%uckle. In =spite +_;of ?its/
simple ! natur!e, those :who enjoy f`[ilms t==-hat make t`-!hem som(@ewh[;at uncomfortable and enjoy%[ the challenge ;*of ge_`tt*ing=, through@ ^ s+`om[/_ @e u.!$:ltra-violence, “]:Brutal” *(poses a fun a?nd`[ e#( nter%ta]%$ining challe^nge =/:in t_hat. re,%gar+;=d.