Brat 2 (2000)

Director:

Aleksey Balabanov

Writer:

Aleksey Balabanov (writer)

Release Date:

11 May 2000 (Russia)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Danila returns!

Plot:

Here goes "kirdyk" to America, as it was promised in first part...

Plot Keywords:

Hockey | Russian | Sequel | Stealing Car | Chicago Illinois

Cast

Sergei Bodrov Jr.	...	Danila Bagrov (as Sergei Bodrov)
Viktor Sukhorukov	...	Viktor Bagrov
Sergei Makovetsky	...	Valentin Belkin
Irina Saltykova	...	Irina Saltykova
Kirill Pirogov	...	Ilya Setevoy
Aleksandr Dyachenko	...	Kostya / Mitya
Dariya Lesnikova	...	Dasha / Marilyn
Gary Houston	...	Richard Mennis
Ray Toler	...	Ben Johnson
Lisa Jeffrey	...	Lisa Jeffrey
Aleksandr Naumov	...	Chief of Bank security
Aleksandr Karamnov	...	Boris
Konstantin Zheldin	...	Taxi driver (Moscow)
Roman Tokar	...	Taxi driver (New York)
Konstantin Murzenko	...	Fascist

Also Known As:

Брат 2 (Russia)
Brother II (Australia)
On the Way Home (Canada: English title) (festival title)
The Brother 2 (International: English title)

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

Russia | USA

Language:

Russian | English | Ukrainian

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:18 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Kinokompaniya CTB

Goofs:

Continuity: When Chicago's Sears Tower is visible for the first time during Danila's arrival, it is dusk. However, the ride is then extended another day and Danila is finally shown arriving in Chicago during the day.

Quotes:

Ticket checker: Your... your visa expired years ago.
Dasha: So?
Ticket checker: You've broken the immigration laws.
Dasha: So?
Ticket checker: You won't be able to return to the territory of the United States.
[Dasha snatches her passport from the ticket checker and extends her middle finger to him]

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Dobrynya Nikitich i Zmey Gorynych (2006)

Cross between Doom and the original Brat

The second installment (well, you don't really expect Balabanov to stop milking this storyline, do you?) in the Brat series is more expensive and it shows. The movie is glitsier and the guns are bigger, as is the body count. Basically, the plot is as simple and formulaic as it gets - an unlikely Russian Duke Nukem Danila Bagrov goes after the killers of his war-time friend. Reunited with his "brother" from the original Brat, played by Victor Sukhorukov, Danila runs, shoots and blows up things - now THIS side of the Pond. This is dynamic movie, done much better than most contemporary Russian imports, and is anything but politically correct - be it the mounting body count or the amount of racial slur. In the first movie Bagrov's contempt of the "dark-skinned" people was evident in one small episode, in this one he really gets going at - what's the word? - African-Americans :) But unless you are that deep into PC go see this movie - it's like watching somebody really good playing Doom, over his shoulder.