Brothers | Film Review

While attempting to go straight, former criminal Moke's (Josh Brolin) efforts are derailed when he is reunited with his twin brother Jady (Peter Dinklage), who convinces him to join a cross-country road-trip to retrieve the score of a lifetime.

I remember seeing the trailer for this a few months ago and being surprised by the actors involved, because no one seemed to be anticipating its release at all. I wasn't particularly interested in the plot, but as a fan of a few of the actors in it, I wanted to see it.

And after watching the film, I understand why no one was really talking about it.

But let's start with the good things!

The characters are great. Jady and Moke are fun characters to spend time with, and the actors had great chemistry. If nothing else in the film felt realistic, their brotherly banter worked.

At the beginning, it was funnier than I expected it to be. This unfortunately didn't last and the film got less and less funny as it went on, but for a while the humour was great.

And that's where the good things end.

The interesting characters were let down by a mediocre plot and script. It had an interesting start, but the point of the story was quickly lost and from there, everything went rapidly downhill.

Not to mention there were parts of the story that were ultimately a bit boring. Once you stop caring about the characters, everything is lost.

The main downfall of the movie is that everything that mattered was in the trailer. So once you finish those scenes, the rest of the movie feels pointless.

Overall this had a promising start that led to nothing. I'm glad I've seen it but it's not one I would really recommend.

4/10