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Brutal

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Brutal is quite possibly one of the worst slasher movies out there, mainly because for most of its running time it forgets that it's a dumb slasher movie. It takes itself too seriously and focuses too much of its time on an adulterous couple, and on shoddy detective work.
B-movie legends Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) and Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes; The Devils Rejects) both star, but they turn in disappointing performances. Perhaps its because both of their characters are so badly written.
However, Brutal does have a few bloody good deaths, and I've seen worse. So I'm going to be nice and give it two stars.

This film is an absolutely worthless bottom of the barrel low budget horror film. I haven't seen a film this bad in a while it was even worse than Hannibal Rising and Black Christmas 2006. Despite the title of the film it just wasn't that gory or brutal instead it was very lame and the acting was laughable not even Jeffery Combs or Micheal Berryman could save this mess, the film is about a young female police officer who is investigating a few murders in a small town shes also having an affair with the sheriff played by Jeffery Combs who is married and has kids woooow how boring. The script was badly written and was very weak and the killer was quite pathetic he kidnaps women and likes to torture and kill them in his basement, he uses a power drill and a chainsaw but the death scenes were very disappointing cause you don't get to see anything it was badly shot which also shows how untalented this director really is. Who actually budgets this (...)? these straight to video horror films are beginning to get on my nerves and they all look the same avoid this film at all costs.

Brutal (Ethan Wiley, 2007)

Wiley (House II) wrote, produced, and directed this straight-to-video standard slasher schlock that's only notable for its surprisingly fine cast. Jeffrey Combs (ReAnimator) plays Jimmy Fleck, a small-town sheriff who's married to the local councilman's daughter but getting some on the side with his hot deputy Zoe (Sarah Thomson of Cruel Intentions II). When a serial killer starts operating in the town, Jimmy seems less than concerned about things, and his half-hearted efforts to find the killer lead Zoe to Leroy Calhoun (The Hills Have Eyes' Michael Berryman, one of America's more underrated talents), an autistic man who raises bloodhounds. Can Zoe uncover the killer's identity before he gets around to killing her (because, after all, small towns have a finite supply of nubile young women)?

It's stupid, but unintentionally funny in a number of places, and any chance one gets to see Michael Berryman on the screen should be eagerly accepted. (Thankfully, his career is in the middle of a renaissance right now thanks to The Devil's Rejects, and I couldn't be happier.) But the real prize here is Jeffrey Combs, who for what seems like the first time isn't in a role where he's parodying Herbert West. Hey, the guy can actually do something else! Honest to Pete!

Still, though, if Combs, Berryman, and a seemingly endless parade of hot chicks isn't enough to keep you interested, then pass on this one. The plot is cookie-cutter, the script boneheaded, the direction uninspired. There are actually Sci-Fi Channel Original Movies you'll have more fun with, and that's saying something. * ½

This movie was just ok.not the best and deffinatly not jeffery combs at his best but ive seen worse.the was a few good and creative killings and some gore but not much,lots of blood though.the plot was really paper thin but passible.as a whole the movie couldve been better.worth a rent but i only paid $0.15 for it so i cant complain.dont buy for anymore then $5.like i said not the best but you could be watching alot worse like turistas(horrible).the sound on this dvd is a mixed bag where the talking is kinda low but the music and sfx are loud,although this leads to a few cheap scares that will force some people to jump because of the loud ness of the sfx.watch at your own risk.

This movie sucks. Hands down. Good lord, I wasn't expecting it to be a great movie by any leap of the imagination, but even for b-movie cannon fodder, it sucked harshly and long.

First of all, the female lead had to play the stupidest law enforcement agent in the history of mankind. I swear, there is literally a scene where she hears a noise in bushes around her house (at night no less!) and instead of drawing her weapon, stupid creeps around in the dark with no light saying "Hello? Is anyone there?" I know movies require suspension of disbelief, and I certainly wouldn't expect her to go blasting away at the bushes like John McClain on a four shot espresso bender, but come on. Seriously.

And she was absolutely useless. She had to be bailed out of ever bad situation by all the men in the movie. And yes, it does prick my feminist side deeply, I'll admit that first up, but she's supposed to be a police officer. Looking cute in your uniform is not all it takes to be a good cop.

Not to mention the whole 'serial killer' angle was a complete wash-out. I've seen highschoolers write more compelling scripts that weren't half as trite or cliched. This movie was the fuzz that grows on crap after its been left out in the pasture after a hard rain. Don't waste your time.

I fell asleep before my dog got the chance. This one is really brutal...no pun intended...no acting...no script...no way! The best of this film was my fast forward and stop buttons.

I thought Turista was bad - how wrong I was b/c Brutal is even worse. The movie is slow and I've forgotten what a bad B movie is like. Don't bother with the movie and don't consider it a rental.

I received this movie as a gift, I had never heard of it before but as Jeffery Combs was in it, I hoped it would be good. Sadly what I ended up seeing was a poorly written, acted, and directed mess of a film that not even the great Mr. Combs could fix. The plot is obvious, a serial killer is on the loose and only the local police can stop him, but that's not important as I found myself distracted constantly by little things.
For example, there is a scene after a body is discovered where a police woman is being hit on by a reporter, this is so wildly inappropriate, yet they handle it like he's hitting on her at a luncheon with friends. I was so taken aback by this I didn't even notice the decent effects for the dead body and gore.
The worst part about this movie is how everyone just seems to be phoning in their roles, no one really cares and you never start to care about the characters.
I'm glad this was a gift, because paying even one dollar for this would be way too much.

I found the performances by Jeffry Combes and Michael Berryman to be quite refreshing and unlike their previous roles. The plot and other acting did leave something to be desired. I liked the whole flower/garden tool motif for for a slasher-like film amusing.

Pretty much mindless repeats of the old standards.. only one woman with an iq above 30, archtypical men, lame responses to danger, lackadaisical performances.... for it's type it's ok .. only the thinest plot to glue a series of grusome events (poorly depicted and poorly shot for slash films) together and flash a bit of T&A along the way.... you could pass 90 minutes on this but you probably have something better to do. As a movie I'd rank it a 1 star, but as a slash film its probably a 3 so I average it out to a weak 2.