History Film / Brother2

* FunnyAneurysm: In an apparently humourous tongue-in-cheek moment, Victor tells a dying Ukrainian hitman that Ukraine will receive retribution for Sevastopol. This is a reference to Ukraine maintaining control over Sevastopol in 1997 after Russia initially claimed the city as theirs. This becomes a Funny Aneurysm moment as in 2014, Russia invaded Crimea and annexed the peninsula, along with Sevastopol. If the viewer doesn't find Victor's comment funny to begin with or sees the comment as a remark made in cold-blooded nationalist fury, it becomes HarsherInHindsight.

->''"So just tell me, American, what the power is? Is it money? That's what my brother says. Well, you got lots of money, so what? I think the power is in truth. Whoever is right is strong. Say, you've cheated someone, made money out of it... Did it make you stronger?? No, it did not. Because the truth is not on your side! And the guy you cheated - he is right. That means he is stronger. Right!?"''

* ActionizedSequel: The original Brother had relatively few action scenes, and the ones it did have were gritty, low-key and realistic, with most of the violence happening our of frame. Meanwhile, ''Brother 2'' has long and cinematic gunfight action sequences.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Danila comes across as a taciturn and socially awkward guy. However when he feels that some injustice has been done to people close to him he rains vengeance on those he sees accountable while covered in an aura of TranquilFury.
* BewilderingPunishment: When Belkin finds himself alone in a room with a stranger who puts a gun to his groin and asks questions about Kostya's death he is genuinely clueless of what is going on.
* CurbStompBattle: Danila's second encounter with Marylin's pimp. A beating Danila gave to his cellmates may also count as one.
* CombatPragmatist: Danila will not hesitate to use surprise attacks, punch groins and shoot faces with homemade shrapnel as long as it guaranties his survival and gets him what he needs to continue his mission.
* DenserAndWackier: Make no mistake this still is a film about grim and lawless 90's in Russia. That being said the film loses some gritty realism of the first "Brother" to make room for more action and deadpan dark comedy. The main characters routinely get into rather unlikely situations such as fighting off dozens of gangsters with a stationary machine-gun, meeting a Nazi collector in an underground bunker, travelling to the USA to take down a crime lord or dating pop-stars.

* ActionizedSequel: The original Brother had relatively few action scenes, and the ones it did have were gritty, low-key and realistic, with most of the violence happening our of frame. Meanwhile, ''Brother 2'' has long and cinematic gunfights action sequences.

* ActionizedSequel: The original Brother had relatively few scenes with action, and more realistic action compared to its sequel. The height of the action in Brother was composed of gritty, short, and realistic sequences of killing, much of which happens out of frame. In Brother 2 we see climactic gunfights and prolonged action sequences.
* ArcWords: "homeland", "power", "brother". Also there is an arc song - "Goodbye America" by Nautilus Pompilius.
* AxCrazy: Victor. It is especially obvious when he uses a relic machine-gun Maxim to shake off the pursuing gangsters. In this particular episode actor Victor Suckhorukov manages to PutTheLaughterInSlaughter in a truly terrifying manner. Victor also goes on a murderous rampage in the Ukrainian mafia bar.

* ActionizedSequel:The original Brother had relatively few scenes with action, and more realistic action compared to its sequel. The height of the action in Brother was composed of gritty, short, and realistic sequences of killing, much of which happens out of frame. In Brother 2 we see climactic gunfights and prolonged action sequences.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: In contrast to Brother where [[spoiler: Danila kills the main villain with the same attitude he kills everyone else with, Danila presumably lets Mennis live.]]

* TranquilFury: Danila never shows any anger or fear. He is shown to be in a state of eerie serenity as he recites a children's poem about homeland preparing for a firefight.

''Brother 2'' (''Brat 2'') is the 2000 Russian crime film directed by Alexei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov, a sequel to the 1997 film ''Film/{{Brother}}''.

This film continues the story of the young Chcechen war veteran Danila Bagrov who sets out on a violent international crusade to seek justice for the murder of his friend.

* DenserAndWackier: Make no mistake this still is a film about grim and lawless 90's in Russia. That being said the film loses some gritty realism of the first "Brother" to make room for more action and deadpan dark comedy. The main characters routinely get into rather unlikely situations such as fighting off dozens of gangsters with a stationary machine-gun, travelling to the USA to take down a crime lord or dating pop-stars.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Fascist - an underground gun dealer is never referred to by any other name. There's no mystery about the origin of the nickname as he prefers to wear pieces of the [=WW2=] German military uniform and most of his merchandise is German and Soviet weaponry of the [=WW2=] era.

''Brother 2'' (''Brat 2'') is the 2000 Russian crime film directed by Alexei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov, a sequel to the 1997 film Film/{{Brother}}.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Fascist - an underground gun dealer is never referred to by any other name. There's no mystery about the origin of the nickname as he prefers to wear pieces of the WW2 German military uniform and most of his merchandise is German and Soviet weaponry of the WW2 era.

* {{Badass}}: Danila is definitely one.

* ArcWords: "homeland", "power", "brother". Also there is an arc song - "Goodbuy America" by Nautilus Pompilius.
* AxCrazy: Victor. It is especially obvious when he uses a relic machine-gun Maxim to shake off the pursuing gangsters. In this particular episode actor Victor Suckhorukov manages to PutTheLaughterInSlaughter in a truly terrifying manner. Victor also goes on a murderous rampage in the Ucrainian mafia bar.

->''So just tell me, American, what the power is? Is it money? That's what my brother says. Well, you got lots of money, so what? I think the power is in truth. Whoever is right is strong. Say, you've cheated someone, made money out of it... Did it make you stronger?? No, it did not. Because the truth is not on your side! And the guy you cheated - he is right. That means he is stronger. Right!?''

''Brother 2'' continues the story of the young Chcechen war veteran Danila Bagrov who sets out on a violent international crusade to seek justice for the murder of his friend.

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''Brother 2'' continues the story of the young Chcechen war veteran Danila Bagrov who sets out on an a violent international crusade to seek justice for the murder of his friend.

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[[caption-width-right:399:Think less and savvy more. You're not in Russia now.]]

''Brother 2'' (''Brat 2'') is a 2000 Russian crime film directed by Alexei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov, a sequel to a 1997 film Film/{{Brother}}.

The film continues a story of a young Chcechen war veteran Danila Bagrov who sets out on an international crusade to seek justice for a murder of his friend.

* RobbingTheDead: Upon finding his friend Kostya's body Danila goes through his dead friend's pockets and takes a mobile phone and some money.
* RuggedScar: Boris, Irina's bodyguard, has one at the corner of his mouth. Chances are he got it fighting in the Afghanistan War.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Victor stops shooting the pursuing cars packed with angry gangsters only when the vehicles EXPLODE.

* MisplacedRetribution: Danila believes Mennis is responsible for Kostya's death only because Belkin put all the blame on the American. In reality Mennis had nothing to do to with Kostya's death.

* CombatPragmatist: Danila will not hesitate to use surprise attacks, will punch groins and shoot faces with homemade shrapnel as long as it guaranties his survival and gets him what he needs to continue his mission.

* RuggedScar: Boris the bodyguard has one at the corner of his mouth. Chances are he got it during his service in Afghanistan.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Danila is still this and not much has changed in his demeanor during the time that has passed since the first film. He seems stuck in a permanent state of war and has a clear division between friends and enemies in his mind when he looks at the world. This state of mind allows him to kill without regret or remorse, cause hey, that's what you do when the war is on.

* SociopathicHero: Danila doesn't care for much except his own simplistic sense of justice and Russian rock music.

* TranquilFury: Danila never shows any anger or fear. He is shown to be in a state of eerie serenity as he recites a children's poem about homeland while he preparing for a firefight. It is not likely that it has something to do with him finding some inner peace though. He probably is emotionally numb after the war.

* AxCrazy: Victor. It is especially obvious when he uses a relic machinegun Maxim to shake off the pursuing gangsters. In this particular episode actor Victor Suckhorukov manages to PutTheLaughterInSlaughter in a truly terryfying manner. Victor also goes on a murderous rampage in a Ucrainian mafia owned bar offscreen.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Danila comes across as a taciturn and a somewhat socially awkward guy. However when he feels that some injustice has been done to people close to him he rains vengeance on those he sees accountable while covered in an aura of TranquilFury.

* CurbStompBattle: Danila's second encounter with Marylin's pimp. A beating Danila gave to his cellmates who insulted him may also count as the two never had time to react to a surprise attack.
* CombatPragmatist: Danila will not hesitate to hit first to surprise his opponents, he will punch groins and shoot faces with homemade shrapnel as long as it guaranties his survival and gets him what he needs to continue his mission.
* DenserAndWackier: Make no mistake this still is a film about grim and lalwless 90's in Russia. That being said the film loses some gritty realism of the first "Brother" to make room for more action and deadpan dark comedy. The main characters routinely get into rather unlikely situations such as fighting dozens of gangsters with a stationary machinegun, travelling to the USA to take down a crime lord or dating pop-stars.
* FirstPersonShooter: The beginning of Danila's assault on the Metro club is shot in this manner for a rather unsettling effect. Although the majority of people Danila shot in the scene were armed and likely were gangsters there was at least one who looked like an innocent bystander as he was shot in a storage area while lifting a crate.
* MisplacedRetribution: Danila believes Mennis is responsible for Kostya's death only because Belkin told him that. Apparently when Danila came for him Belkin did not even know that Kostya was dead. At the gunpoint Belkin put all the blame for Kostya's death on the American to save himself. Only after he is off the hook Belkin chastises his security chief for misunderstanding his orders and killing Kostya instead of simply telling him to get in line.

[[caption-width-right:399:Think less and savvy more. You'r not in Russia now.]]


->''So just tell me, American, what the power is? Is it money? That's what my brother says. Well, you got lots of money, so what? I think the power is in truth. Whoever is right is strong. Say, you've cheated someone, made money out of it... Did it make you stronger?? No, it did not. Because the truth is not on your side! And the guy you cheated - he is right.. That means he is stronger. Right!?.''

''Brother 2'' (''Brat 2'') is a 2000 Russian crime film directed by Alexei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov, a sequel to a 1997 film {{Brother}}.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Danila comes across as a taciturn and a somewhat socially awkward guy. However when he feels that some injustice has been done to people close to him he rains vengance on those he sees accountable while covered in an aura of TranquilFury.

* NoKillLikeOverkill: Victor stops shooting the pursuing cars packed with angry gangsters only when the vehicles EXPLODE.

* RuggedScar:Boris the bodyguard has one at the corner of his mouth. Chnces are he got it during his service in Afghanistan.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Danila is still this and not much has changed in his demeanour during the time that has passed since the first film. He seems stuck in a permanent state of war and has a clear division between friends and enemies in his mind when he looks at the world. This state of mind allows him to kill without regret or remorse, cause hey, that's what you do when the war is on.

* SociopathicHero: Danila doesn't care for much except his own simplistic sense of justcie and Russian rock music.
* TranquilFury: Danila never shows any anger or fear. He is shown to be in a state of eerie serinity as he recites a childrens poem about homeland while he preparing for a firefight. It is not likely that it has something to do with him finding some inner peace though. He probably is emotionally numb after the war.

''Brother 2'' (''Brat 2'') is a 2000 Russian crime film directed by Alexei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov, a sequel to 1997 film {{Brother}}.

''Brother 2'' (''Brat 2'') is a 2000 Russian crime film directed by Alexei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov, a sequel to 1997 film "Brother".

* FirstPersonShooter: The beginning of Danila's assault on the Metro club is shot in this manner for a rather unsettling effect. Although the majority of people Danila shot in the scene were armed and likely were gangsters there was at least one who looked like an innocent bystander as he was shot in a storage aree while lifting a crate.
* MisplacedRetribution: Danila believes Mennis is responsible for Kostya's death only because Belkin told him that. Apparently when Danila came for him Belkin did not even know that Kostya was dead. At the gunpoint Belkin put all the blame on the American for Kostya's death to save himself. Only after he is off the hook Belkin chastises his security chief for misunderstanding his orders and killing Kostya instead of simply telling him to get in line.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Victor shoots the pursuing cars packed with angry gangsters untill the cars EXPLODE.

* RobbingTheDead: Upon finding his friend Kostya shot dead Danila takes only a very brief moment to comprehand what has happened and report the murder. Then he swiftly goes on to search his pockets and take his mobile phone and money from his wallet. Since Danila is a ShellShockedVeteran this behaviour is reasonable to him as on the battlefield taking the equipement of fallen comrades may be acceptable.
* RuggedScar:Boris the bodyguard has one at the corner of his mouth. Chnces are he got it during his service in Afganistan.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Danila is still this and not much has changed in his demeanour during the time that has passed since the first film. He seems stuck in a permanent state of war and has a clear division between friends and enemies in his mind when he looks at the world. This state of mind allows him to kill without regret or remorce, cause hey, that's what you do when the war is on.
* ShootEverythingThatMoves: Danila in the Metro club "employees only" area.

* TranquilFury: Danila never shows any anger or fear. He is shown to be in a state of eerie serinity as he recites a childrens poem about homeland while he preparing for battle. It is not likely that it has something to do with him finding some inner peace though. He probably is emotionally numb after the war.

The film continues a story of a young Chcechen war veteran Danila Bagrov who sets out on an international crusade to seek justice for his fallen friend.

* IdiotPlot: There likely would have been no beef between Danila and Belkin should the chief of security who killed Kostya have understood Belkin's orders correctly. There would have been no second act if Danila made an effort to somehow verify Belkin's info about the American's involvement in Kostya's murder.