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The Brotherhood of Justice

  • TV Movie
  • 19861986
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
2.2K
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Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland in The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
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Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, and Billy Zane star as high-school students who start a vigilante group to combat crime in their neighborhood.Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, and Billy Zane star as high-school students who start a vigilante group to combat crime in their neighborhood.Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, and Billy Zane star as high-school students who start a vigilante group to combat crime in their neighborhood.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
2.2K
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    • Charles Braverman
    • Noah Jubelirer(teleplay)
    • Jeffrey Bloom(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Keanu Reeves
    • Kiefer Sutherland
    • Lori Loughlin
    • Charles Braverman
    • Noah Jubelirer(teleplay)
    • Jeffrey Bloom(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Keanu Reeves
    • Kiefer Sutherland
    • Lori Loughlin
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    • 18User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Keanu Reeves in The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
    Keanu Reeves and Lori Loughlin in The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
    Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lori Loughlin in The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
    Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland in The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
    Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland in The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
    Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland in The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
    Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland in The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)

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    Keanu Reeves
    Keanu Reeves
    • Derek
    Kiefer Sutherland
    Kiefer Sutherland
    • Victor
    Lori Loughlin
    Lori Loughlin
    • Christie
    Joe Spano
    Joe Spano
    • Bob Grootemat
    Darren Dalton
    Darren Dalton
    • Scottie
    Evan Mirand
    • Mule
    Don Michael Paul
    Don Michael Paul
    • Collin
    Gary Riley
    Gary Riley
    • Barnwell
    Billy Zane
    Billy Zane
    • Les
    Danny Nucci
    Danny Nucci
    • Willie
    Danny De La Paz
    • Carlos
    Jim Haynie
    Jim Haynie
    • Sheriff
    Sean Sullivan
    • Pastey
    Perla Walter
    Perla Walter
    • Maria
    Walter Brown
    • Coach
    Charles Martinet
    Charles Martinet
    • Deputy
    Kent Minault
    • Mac
    Camille Courture
    • Julie
      • Charles Braverman
      • Noah Jubelirer(teleplay) (story)
      • Jeffrey Bloom(teleplay)
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    • Trivia
      Based on events that occurred in 1985 at R.L. Paschel High School in Fort Worth, Texas. The gang was the Legion of Doom. Actual names and locations are not used in the movie because once incarcerated, the members of the Legion of Doom were prohibited from doing books or movies about the gang.
    • Goofs
      When Derek grabs his brother Willy out of the shower after discovering drugs in Willy's wallet, you can see Willy wearing underpants.
    • Quotes

      Derek: When we hit somebody, we do it as the Brotherhood... and we leave a calling card so they and everybody else learns a lesson. No screw ups.

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    5/10
    So much to unpack for a low budget TV movie
    Back in the 80s and even in the early 90s, TV executives were quite the lot. While many people of this new modern era claim television is trying too hard to be "woke" in a vain effort to shill for some free publicity and extra money, television in the 80s and 90s tried a more unusual tactic. "Think of the children!!!" After school specials were the norm and put out for us kids during the late afternoon hours while our parents were educated with the "moral panic" movie (which routinely had better production value and acting). Whether it be dungeons and dragons, steroids or gangs, these movies presented what if's to the parents and thus created some weird nuances to our world.

    Heavy metal is bad. Pot is bad. Crack is bad (but not as bad as cocaine!). Sex is bad. It was like every TV executive was Mr. Mackey. Most of these movies exist in a bizarre time capsule that is horribly outdated, but Brotherhood of Justice just exists on a different plane all together.

    First of all, the story was based on a real gang of white, upper class, mostly athletic students. Pushed by a football coach and coaxed by their own power, the students started going too far with bombs, beatings and other property crimes. The movie doesn't take it as far their real life counterparts, and the producers kept out the more blatant racist element of the gang (they routinely drew swastikas around their name, Legion of Doom). Instead we got a couple members of the group that hate Mexicans.

    So what does this movie say? Strangely it presents arguments about crime and punishment the same way they do today....force must be met with force. Reasons be damned. While I am sure the producers were just thinking they were writing about the dangers of gangs, they inadvertently made an allegory that maybe we should not take our cues on law enforcement from the upper class. It brings about the notion that more police is good and therefore will weed out the bad element, i.e. Poor people and minorities. Of course, all crime is generalized.

    Is the movie any good? I would say it was a decent effort. The escalation of the gang's activities would have been better suited for a mini-series, but that was reserved for bigger projects in those days like Thornbirds, North vs. South and V. My only gripe was how quickly the gang turned into a vigilante group craving real, destructive and potentially harmful violence. I would have loved to see the consequences of possibly getting bad intelligence. It might have been better if an authority figure had been directly involved and the movie had a chance to do that with the school's principal. But alas, moral panic films are not about adults manipulating young adults with no life experience, it's about justifying the hatred of things they don't understand.

    I will say, this movie had an impressive cast for sure. I wish they had used Kiefer Sutherland more, but Young Guns and The Lost Boys were gonna do that soon enough. The acting wasn't bad, for even Keanu Reeves' limited range worked. I think this was a good idea to work with, but they just didn't have the right people behind the scenes. Plus television was much different in those days, and I'm sure a modern streaming and cable network can do a bang up limited run series on this subject. Here is to hoping.
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    • Release date
      • May 18, 1986 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Santa Cruz, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Margot Winchester Productions
      • Phoenix Entertainment Group (PEG)
      • Taper Media Enterprises
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
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