Film noir detective movie and an incredible movie of revenge
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Format | DVD-Video |
Contributor | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emilie De Ravin |
Language | English |
Studio | Focus Features |
Colour | Unknown |
Number of discs | 1 |
Manufacturer | Focus Features |
UPC | 025192866326 |
Global Trade Identification Number | 00025192866326 |
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Product description
A high school loner determined to find out why his ex-girlfriend has turned up dead enters the disturbing world of high school cliques and sub-cultures.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 8-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 17.78 x 13.97 x 1.91 cm; 58.97 g
- Item model number : FOCF62028663DVD
- Media Format : DVD-Video
- Actors : Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emilie De Ravin
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Focus Features
- ASIN : B000FVQM2Y
- Number of discs : 1
- 鶹 Rank: #40,055 in Movies & TV Shows (See Top 100 in Movies & TV Shows)
- #24,979 in DVD
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- Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2024Verified Purchase
- Reviewed in Canada on July 19, 2024Verified PurchaseDid I mention that this movie is really good?
- Reviewed in Canada on May 11, 2023Verified PurchaseVery good movie,great casting.
- Reviewed in Canada on January 22, 2020Verified PurchaseVery interesting film with great casting choices!
- Reviewed in Canada on August 9, 2006To know whether or not you would be interested in watching "Brick," all you have to do is answer a rather odd little question. Are you interested in seeing a Dashiell Hammett hard-boiled detective story played out as a high school film noir? Now if you are a fan of Hammett and the book and/or movie version of "The Maltese Falcon" the idea of a teenagers spouting dialogue like they were Sam Spade and Kaspar Gutman trapped in younger bodies might be enough to put you off your lunch already. Furthermore, if you are well versed in American cinema the idea might bring to mind Alan Parker's "Bugsy Malone," which put Jodie Foster and a bunch of other pre-teens in a 1930s Chicago gangster movie. But that weird little experiment was not half bad and "Brick" is a lot more successful in trying to pull this off and is a lot closer to "Sin City" than to "Bugsy Malone." "Brick" won the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision, and you have to grant writer-director Rian Johnson that much for sure.
At the start of the film, Johnson's hero Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) finds the dead body of Emily (Emilie de Ravin) in a drainage ditch. She had called him earlier in the day pleading for help and later saw her in the back seat of a car as it drove away. Now she is dead. So he decides to find out who killed her and starts backtracking on what she had been doing and with whom. The only one Brendan can trust is the Brain (Matt O'Leary), who is basically a walking computer who observes a lot by just watching while it seems he is working on his computer or solving a Rubik's Cube. This leads him to the high school drug ring and the major players, although not without Brendan getting his face smashed in a few times in his effort to shake things up and see what happens next.
The other players are the Pin (Lukas Haas), Tugger (Noah Fleiss), Dode (Noah Segan), and Brad Bramish (Brian J. White), with Laura (Nora Zehetner) and Kara (Meagan Good) as the femme fatales. Beyond that last alliterative appellation I do not want to say who is what because half the fun here is in watching Brendan find out who is what. The other half is listening to what these characters have to say, because the rhythms are Hammet's, but the glossary is often idiosyncratic and the dynamic is pure high school (My favorite is when Brendan is engaged in a conversation that has descended down to both parties saying "Yeah" a lot and he finally shoots back, "There's a thesaurus in the library. Yeah is under 'Y'. Go ahead, I'll wait").
While for the most part this movie takes place in a Charlie Brown world where adults are absent, there are a few notable exceptions. Brendan has been of use to Assistant Vice Principal Trueman (Richard Roundtree) in the past, but that relationship is now tenuous. However, it does suggest that the "bulls" are out there somewhere, and Brendan has to get to the bottom of things without or at least before the authorities get involved. Then there is the Pin's mother (Reedy Gibbs), whom I mention simply because very rarely do you get to see a criminal mastermind's mother putter around the kitchen making sure everybody has something to drink.
Everybody in "Brick" is dead serious about what they are doing and they never blink an eye at all of the verbiage that comes spilling out every time they start flapping their gums. The illusion of this strange reality is maintained from start to finish, when Brendan confronts the guilty party in the middle of a high school football field. At that point Johnson most clearly invites comparisons to "The Maltese Falcon" because at this point he knows that you have either bought the game plan here and will enjoy the more overt homage, or this would be the final nail in the coffin. For me the results are certainly enough to warrant rounding up on this 2005 film and to hope that Johnson can find something equally creative for his next venture. That will be hard to do, but you have to feel that based on "Brick" he might be able to carry it off and not be a one cult classic wonder.
Final Note: Is Emilie de Ravin ever allowed to play a character that is not pregnant? I am just asking, because after "Roswell" and "Lost" we are now at the point where that seems to be all she plays and I can just see Hollywood execs saying "We need an actress to play a young pregnant woman, go get Emilie de Ravin." If she ever does become pregnant for real people are going to look at her and ask what movie she is doing it for.
- Reviewed in Canada on June 3, 2007As the story opens, high school student and former drug dealer Brendan Frey (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), receives a cryptic message from his ex-girlfriend, Emily. She dropped him when she started hanging out with the popular kids, and now she's missing. Brendan's search leads him through a maze of nasty jocks and violent drug dealers that eventually leads to Emily's dead body. Now Brendan must find the killer - is it the local drug lord, the drama queen, the hit man, or an enigmatic cheerleader?
If you're looking for something really different, "Brick" is for you. Rian Johnson wrote and directed "Brick" as an homage to the film noir style of the forties. To call the characters and dialogue "hard-boiled" would be an understatement. They are all so jaded and calloused and see little of value in life. They speak in a teen/drug codethat is so unique I actually had to turn on the subtitles to understand the dialogue. That didn't detract from the movie at all, however. Once I figured out what the slang meant, it was a fascinating new language.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has matured a lot since he was in "Third Rock From the Sun." He carries the movie with his James Dean-charisma and brooding charm. Lukas Haas gives a subtle, eerie performance as the club-footed drug lord. There is only one adult in the movie, making the teens seem even more alone and alienated from mainstream society. This is a moody, intense, and unflinching look at the teen drug world. (It's interesting that there are no curse words and no drugs are actually mentioned by name.) Highly recommended.
- Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2011A must watch.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays this part so much differently from the later films most people know him from.
Perhaps one of the best Neo-Noir movies out there, and incredibly well put over the backing of highschool drug deals.
- Reviewed in Canada on July 11, 2014Verified PurchaseI think it's a very well made movie. However the quality of the blu-ray itself is mediocre at best. The video is fine. It is not supposed to be 'Avatar' or some visually stunning movie anyway. However the the audio is awful. A shame, because while I do really enjoy the movie, it's hard to hear some of the great dialogue in a thoroughly dialogue-driven movie.
The movie, when you can hear it, is sharp and well acted. Definitely recommend the movie itself, but not particularly this purchase.
Top reviews from other countries
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ElleppiReviewed in Italy on April 24, 2013
2.0 out of 5 stars curioso ma moscetto
Verified Purchasemi aspettavo di più. L'idea è bella: trasferire il linguaggio, le atmosfere e la trama di un noir in un'ambientazione da college/teen movie americano. Poco riuscito, però (troppo filmetto indipendente per i miei gusti)
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M.R.Reviewed in the Netherlands on October 13, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars De film 5 sterren, de blu-ray krijgt er 4.
Verified PurchaseDe film is een uitstekende neo-noir handelend over een moord is gesitueerd in de leefwereld van de Amerikaanse tiener. Een ondergewaardeerde en enigsins door het grote publiek over het hoofd geziene film. Met de film zelf is niets mis. Een sterk verhaal die door de goede transfernaar HD goed tot zijn recht komt. Maar, de blu-ray heeft één storend probleem.
Er zijn 2 gesproken taal opties, origineel Engels en een nagesinchroniseerde Franse. Om mij onduidelijke reden komt de Engelse taal optie met Franse ondertiteling die niet uit gezet kan worden. De Franse taaloptie komt zonder enige vorm van ondertiteling. Deze Franse ondertiteling kan naar verloop van tijd als irririterend worden ervaren.
Afgezien van dat en het Franse menu -die ook voor niet Frans sprekende zeer gemakkelijk in het gebruik is- is dit een uitstekende blu-ray. Een film die ik absoluut aanraad.
- Ms. C. G. PenmanReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2006
5.0 out of 5 stars Revitalising a seemingly obsolete genre. A push into New Wave Noir.
Verified PurchaseThis film is one of the best films I have ever seen; and I've seen a lot of films. I was totally captivated by the script, old fashioned yet completely on the pulse. Moving away from the realism that has been dominating the modern market, brilliantly capturing the essence of old style noir, with the lyrical dialogue superbly written and acted, by a fantastic and suprising cast and fresh director. Whilst juxtaposed with the high school setting and contemporary filming. Baz luhrmann's Shakespeare, meets Scorsese's gansters, with the shocking brilliance of Larry Clarks' 'Kids.' (less explicit though) The high school drama takes on a new life and a new intensity, rather than patronising teenagers in the ilk of ott studio money makers like American Pie. This film captures the intensity of school. Whilst keeping a balanced audience, of both young and old. It reminds me of what I love about cinema, fantastic direction, beautfully haunting score, stunning cinematography and brilliant acting. Understated and superb! So, in summary I think it's crap... don't watch it.
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Diego GascaReviewed in Mexico on July 10, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Great first feature!
Verified PurchaseIt's a fun an engaging noir film set in a high school. That being said, it's not a film for everyone,