YMMV / Brother 2

• Memetic Mutation: Famous qotes like "What is power, brother?" and "Bitches, you'll answer me for Sevastopol!". The second remark is considered "prophetic" in the context of the Crimean Crisis of 2014, and products with this phrase are popular in Sevastopol.
• Values Dissonance:
  • Despite the humorous nature of scenes where Victor insults the Ukrainian mob, many Ukrainians will not find comments about Sevastopol or Victor calling a Ukrainian mobster "Бандеровец" funny or amusing. The plot could also be interpreted as a nationalist Russians triumphing over Ukrainians story. Clearly the Ukrainian government thinks so, banning the film on the grounds that it "humiliates Ukraine as a nation."
  • Depictions of African-Americans in this movie are less than flattering. Despite Aleksei Balabanov, the film's creator, clearly being aware of racial issues in the United States, the film's depiction of African-Americans may come across as crude, racist, cliched, and stereotypical. It could be argued that in a Chicago crime movie this criminal portrayal is inevitable.
  • Dasha, a Russian prostitute, describes black people as "primitive" and having a primal aggression which white people no longer possess, making them superior to white people. Despite being intended to be an empowering line for African-Americans, the line uses the well-worn tropes of black primitivism that black people are less evolved or civilized. This makes the line have the opposite effect for many western viewers.