See it: Brat

I am not calling anyone names here, seriously. Brat = brother in Russian and this movie is one of the best films I have ever seen (think the Russian equivalent of Scarface, only more personable). Danila (Sergei Bodrov Jr.) is a young Russian man, who has just been discharged from the Russian army. He travels to St. Petersburg to live with his brother who is caught up in some dicey business, and finds himself in the middle of a complicated organized crime battle.

I do not want to give away too much of the plot, but the movie is set in post-Soviet Russia and Alexei Balabanov does an excellent job portraying the despair and vulnerability of Russian society during that period. You can see a clip of one of our favorite scenes below, in which Danila is taking the law into his own hands.

This film definitely gets 5-stars from us here at Little Rus', and you can read more about it and some reviews on IMDB. Brat is available on Netflix, so no excuses!

Sorry, there are no subtitles on the YouTube version (but don't worry there are on the DVD).