The Red Pill Masterpiece That Predates Them All

Like me, you now sigh every time you skim-read the synopsis of the new LGBT agenda-approved blockbuster that the septic tank of Hollywood releases which usually stars:

  • An anorexic AIDS ridden cowboy teams up with a love-starved transexual on a fabulous journey to the Open Borders Districts of America.
  • Carpet muncher falls in love with female tortured artist or heroin addict next door
  • A female remake of Ghostbusters sponsored by Cheetos and Whiskas, a Clinton-approved work of art and recipient of the IngSoc Academy award.
Should have put the muzzle on his balls for more self-inflicted humiliation

Should have put the muzzle on his balls for more self-inflicted humiliation

Where are the mythical heroes, triumphing against all odds? Now Mad Max waits patiently in the car while a bonehead empowered you go grrrrl takes the decisions.

It seems that we have to turn towards Russia once more for our recommended daily dose of normal masculinity.

As red pill and cold-blooded as it gets

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“Brother” (“Brat” in Russian) is a 1997 movie directed by Alexey Balabanov. It is seen by many as the one of the greatest gangster movie of all time and changed forever the image of the traditional justice-seeking hero.

It has been a few years at least that I want to share my discovery of this film with our readers. It had a tremendous impact on the way I see the world and the attitude I have towards life. I was convinced of its quality, of the impact it could have on the disciples of the red pill and that a few lines cannot do justice to this giant of Russian cinema culture. It entirely deserves an article of its own.

My brother, the criminal

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Enter Danila Bagrov, played by the stellar Sergey Bodrov, who died at 28, at the peak of his meteor-like career. Many called him the Russian James Dean.

After serving in the bloody war theatre of Chechnya, young veteran Danila returns home, in the sleepy provincial town of Tula.

Needing money and without any solid prospects, he joins his brother Vytia who works as a hitman for the local “well-dressed businessman” in Saint Petersburg. Being an expert in making rudimentary weapons and with his quick capacity of reaction and frugality, Danila adapts marvelously to his new occupation.

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After seeing the risk of a gifted concurrent stealing their livelihood, the city’s gangsters soon put a price on his head and send a few professionals to tie up this loose end. But even after being betrayed by a mix of greed and cowardice, young Danila Bagrov decides to take on the mob single handedly.

An epitome of the Russian alpha. Hard and unforgiving, sober in words and in behaviour, for whom nothing counts more than the bonds of blood and brotherhood.

To err is human

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His one soft spot is the faith he has in human nature, convinced that if he does good, his fellow man will be virtuous in return. He could not be more wrong, especially with women. He discovers very fast that beta moves like buying them gifts and helping them only brings him trouble or ungratefulness.

What is rare and makes Danila stand out is his loyalty, a cornerstone of the definition of masculinity and a value that progressively vanishes nowadays. His brother will do the unthinkable. But after the storm clears and Danila emerges victorious, he proves once more his quality as a man by being magnanimous and giving him a second chance.

No fancy green screen or politically correct themes

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Brat is good because it is painfully real and does not embellish the lawless chaos that was early post-Soviet Russia. This is how it felt when the Wall came down. Everyone was trying to survive the best way they could.

The odd, low-quality orange filter used in the film reminds us of this period where everything was made from what people could find when the shelves where empty.

You cannot go wrong with a good revenge movie and Danila is an example of bravery. Alone and against all odds, he takes on the mafia that wronged him and will make them pay.

The man says it like it is

His analysis of the city and its perverse influence on men is brutally accurate:

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Danila: You told me about the city, about its strength. But here, everyone is weak.

Hoffman: The city is a great and terrible force. It sucks the life force out of the strong – turns them weak. It takes away your power. And you fell right in the middle of it.

His opinion about the abuse of power and the corrupt elites that would kill mother and father for their own profit and the final victory of truth applies especially well to today’s political and social context.

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American, what’s your power? Is it really money? My brother says it’s money. You’ve got lots of money – so what?

Truth is a real power. Whoever is right is strong. You cheated on a man and took away his money. Did it make you stronger? No, it did not, ’cause you are not right, and the person you cheated on is. That means he’s stronger. Right?

“Brother” also drops lethal truths about women and their ways. After spending all his roubles buying drinks and dope for a young interchangeable skank, she tells Danila:

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Kate: Do you have condoms?

Danila: Why?

Kate: ‘Why? You really think I will give you back your money? Come here…

Two brothers for two majestic films

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The second volume, simply titled “Brother 2”, breaks the stereotype that sequels are always awful and is at least as good, if not better than the original.

Same characters are followed but this time, Danila’s brother in arms has been played by a crooked American businessman, in touch with the Muscovite mafia. They attacked his brothers once more and he will have this time to cross the Atlantic to reclaim what is rightfully his.

Again, the movie is realistic, gritty but has a lighter outlook on life. Whereas in the first volume, the main character showed a sheer hatred for everything that came from America and corrupted his country, the sequel that involves Danila’s adventures and clueless discovery of American culture often results in hilarious encounters.

Un film qui prend aux tripes

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If the red pill was a religion, Danila Bagrov could be its patron saint. You can watch it legally following this link which includes English subtitles. The firm KinoKompania STV that produced the film decided to release it online, the film being such a household name in Russia and worldwide.

Needless to say that you have watch it in the original Russian. The second opus can also be found online with English subtitles and Russian audio.

Don’t miss out on these monuments of Russian cinema.

Read More: You’ve Already Seen One Of The Greatest Red Pill Movies Ever Made

91 thoughts on “The Red Pill Masterpiece That Predates Them All”

  1. Brother and its sequel are my two favourite movies! I nearly know the scenes out by heart! In these two movies there is real wisdom and true man-feel!!!
    But what these films really do is that they look reality to the eye and smash its teeth, Danila (played by the late Sergey Bodrov Jr) manages to win against impossible odds in a decrepit and corrupt world while staying deep inside himself clean, moral and idealist! He is in a trance of destruction wreaking havoc and bringing justice to the unjust and the forgotten.
    Anyway these simple movies can make you think and feel a lot.

    1. This film was epic, so right for the time it portrait. I still get sad thinking about Sergey passing on being so young

  2. I’m sorry, but can we dispense with the movie reviews? I understand some movies are good red pill shows, but come on. ITS TV PEOPLE! Sportsball is the same, I see losers at my workplace all hung up on this team or that. They think their status hangs on some team winning or losing. In reality your status is hanging on the fact that you waste hundreds of hours on the couch when you could be doing something constructive with your life.

    1. I spend 15 hours a day being constructive. I need a gin on the rocks and some thoughtful entertainment before bed.
      Besides, television is better now than it’s ever been.

    2. I respectfully disagree. All articles about movies together make up maybe max 50 movies here on ROK. 50 movies aren’t gonna waste significant parts of your life.
      I used to watch many movies, but I seldom watch anymore, mostly because I am sick of them all. So when there is actually some gem to be found, I’d like to see it.
      That said, I am starting to question the point of “art”. Of music. Of poems. Of novels even. Why read something about someone else when you are constantly living an ever dynamic life yourself? And whats even worse is art criticism where you come up with some bullshit reasons for why a particular piece of art is “good”. And the worst are the professionals, like photographers. They are so skilled at particular workflows that they start to believe that THEIR workflow is the ultimate way and that perfect sharpness or maybe HDR are the “modern right thing” to do. Argh.

      1. With respect…
        Art is a huge part of what makes us human. It inspires and humanizes the mind when it is good art, able to see things we never saw before because good art is grounded in truth. It makes virtue beautiful.
        Saying you shouldn’t live vicariously in fiction because your life is dynamic is kind of like saying you shouldn’t learn from books because you can figure it out all by yourself.
        That being said watch F for Fake. It’s about art but it’s not really about art it’s about “expertise” as a con. Not that there aren’t experts, but it shows how self appointed experts are basically in a racket.
        Finally do what YOU actually WANT to do. Don’t enjoy something because you “should” and don’t buy into anybody else’s bullshit idea of what a man should be not even mine. If you watch sports because you like it, fuck it, take in a game. If you don’t like movies don’t watch them.

        1. Good points! I agree. Maybe it’s just that I am tired of feeling like I’m forced to appreciate and intellectually contemplate art when my mind more or less tells me: “This? Meh.”
          There is art I appreciate. I suppose I was ranting, heh.

        2. Oh yeah, it’s weird the pressure people will put you under to like something “the right way”. I know the feeling I really do.
          The irony is the best art doesn’t require a lot of contemplation to appreciate, although of course the more you know the more you do. Caravaggios paintings look amazing even if you can’t spell Caravaggio.

        3. The blurriness creates a sense of motion, the imperfect framing accentuates this effect by showing the perspective of a man running down the stairs in an old world city, with the implication of something exciting happening in an exotic place.
          That’s a no shit good photo.

        4. Heh. I don’t even have those thoughts, you know. They may be correct or not, I don’t care. I see it and I love it. And I do photographs myself the same way. I don’t wonder what to accentuate or what to do (or I do so very seldom). I just see something and “feel” how to photograph it. I can’t put it into words. But it is the best thing that works for me. Whereas all the photography that follows rules, I tend to find it a little bland. Too … parametric.
          Same thing pissed me off about how we learned German lessons at school. We would read a story and pick it apart into “oh here he uses a repetition to create this and that effect”. Meh. That may all be true, but I feel it fails to capture the essence which is in the whole of the thing. Just because you can analyze it doesn’t mean you could recreate it. But maybe I’m just being a stubborn kid there.

        5. For me the building of analysis skills in music or novels is good only for writers and critics, if one doesn’t ever think of being one he has nothing to earn by it.
          I remember in school we had an anthology book of poems and texts and we had to analyse everything in it, this thing made me stay away from books ’till that “lesson” stopped.

        6. I feel ya.
          I mean, I do have technical knowledge about photography in as far as it is necessary for me to make high quality pictures that are not totally messed up. In fact, I dare say I have a better knowledge of it than most amateur photographers out there. But it’s just a tool. Like, say, I need to buy pencils if I want to draw something, right? I can’t draw without pencils. But I don’t really care about the pencils themselves after that. They just do their job.

        7. That’s not entirely correct. No, I don’t think that’s true for anything but emotions that we create for ourselves through our thoughts. But that doesn’t mean that the emotions that are already there can be just “stopped”.

        8. Its complex but I don’t understand how you can “feel” forced. You are either being forced or you are not. And no one can force you to appreciate art.

        9. You’re shit, I’m shit, we’re all shit! The whole fucking world is one steaming pile of fresh dog shit with a cherry on top.
          No actually the photo’s great. I was just being… a shit.

        10. Well, emotions can be repressed or residual from past events when they were not (yet) fully processed. Hence why some people are so easy to be triggered. They really feel that pain. Doesn’t mean you are responsible for the pain if you happen to trigger it, but its still real pain.

        11. If you’re not responsible for it, who is?
          I’m not talking about deep psychological pain from serious trauma (say from the loss of a loved one). That is a real physical affect.
          I’m talking about the “feeling” of being forced to do something that is actually impossible for someone to force you to do.
          But in the end, even with deep emotional trauma, only you can resolve it.

        12. “I feel it fails to capture the essence which is in the whole of the
          thing. Just because you can analyze it doesn’t mean you could recreate
          it”
          Agreed.
          Analysis can give you tools to improve your technique but the je ne sais quoi, or your individual footprint, will not come about through technique alone.

      2. Yes, these days, somebody who actually has the ability to tell a good and engaging narrative amongst the Follywood SJW sewer is a godsend. Keep the movie articles coming! The Comments are often enlightening as well!

      3. Hoyos has already pointed out well but let me make some other observations on this.
        Movies, fiction, poetry, all kinds of art are not actually meant to fill in the gaps in our reality. So it doesn’t mean that if you are “constantly living an ever dynamic life” you no longer need art. A significant time ago the degenerate psychoANALists (the worst douches ever along with marxists) were preaching that art is the sublimation of
        one’s repressed sexual energy (holyfuck!). It took a very short time for other “art experts” to come and affirm that art is generally dissatisfaction, not necessarily sexual (well, not less of a bs than the former one). But fortunately art has stood and overcome all of the bs these “repressed” and “dissatisfied”morons tried to associate it with. What I want to accentuate is that you can find some parallels between certain components of a specific work of art and your
        reality but its main focus is not on teaching you anything. Neither it’s an entertainment. For the latter you have other things. But it doesn’t mean you should take art seriously. As it’s only a fantasy, nothing else. It haunts you temporarily and disappears , then comes
        back again. It’s solely meant to move you, touch you everywhere, let you feel it on your skull, hair, spine, fingertips (sorry for the lyrical digression). And in the end let me paraphrase what Hoyos ‘s comment. If something, including art, doesn’t move you, let it pass and do what you like (sorry for not sophisticated English. Not my native)

      4. And for the redpills. One should give a shot to “A hostory of violence” by David Cronenberg. A fantastically infamous piece of cinema (by a true artist, pleasing both aesthetically and conceptually) noted for its “promotion of rape culture” and hated by feminists.

    3. To be fair, time spent reading and posting here is akin to watching TV and movies. It’s a guilty pleasure for me, that fills in the cracks between meeting RP men (just came from such a meeting) and women, if I’m in the mood to play with them.
      So before excoriating the masses who enjoy seeing some RP behaviors modeled in a movie, rather than the avalanche of the opposite beta behaviors expounded by the mainstream media, have a drink on me and chill at your favorite watering hole tonight.

        1. And Brat is a great movie. White masculinity is hard to find in movies nowadays. This is a great review.

        1. After 5 years I decided to leave my old work and it changed my life… I started doing work from home, for a company I stumbled upon online, several hrs every day, and I make much more than i did on my old work… My pay-check for last month was for Nine thousand dollars… Superb thing about it is the more free time i got for my kids… http://chilp.it/728813e

    4. I like the reviews seeing as Hollywood is a cesspool….I want to minimize time watching shite! Streamlining is important.

    5. Yeah man I dig what you’re into. In fact I think they set up some subreddits a while back specifically for dudes to jizz out over RP movies, music, books, etc.

    6. Nothing wrong with kicking back and watching a good movie once in a while bruh. We’re not all uptight like you.

    7. The advantage of the movie reviews is if you feel like watching a movie you don’t have to waste your time figuring out that the last 90 mins have been a waste of time. Art, reading, movies, tv, can be thought inspiring sometimes.

      1. Agreed, I guess I was venting at the thought of people thinking they are manly just because they watched a video about being manly. A person is defined by what they do, not what they watch.

    8. Uh… sorry, you’re right, you totally burned us, brah–narrative art is for losers. Fuck Shakespeare! Amiright?!

      1. I dont know how to translate. The lyrics are secondary in this context. The movie was great, it really resonates with that time and situation in the country.

        1. Saw Lube, mashina Vremeni, and Ariya here in Los Angeles. Los Angeles gets some good bands from time to time. Would be awesome to go to a nashestviye festival in Russia.

  3. Not gonna read this before I saw the movie. Heh.
    But “Carpet muncher falls in love with female tortured artist or heroin addict next door”
    That sounds like a very deep movie where the actors have profound experiences ripe with mystic symbolism and blah blah

    1. At some point, peyote, or cliffs to drive over, will be involved.

  4. Sounds like a couple of very interesting films…I’ll have to check ’em out.
    The pickings are slim tonight on the betting front. But let’s take the under in the Thursday Night NFL game – 53.5 points total for $440 (we want the under; combined final scores for both teams). If we win, it will pay $400. If not – oh well, you win some, and you lose some.
    The trick lies in winning 53% of the time (or more) at sports betting. Aye, there’s the rub. If you can do that, you can eventually quit your job and drive a Maserati. It’s all about force of will. Single-mindedness. Determination. A fervent desire to make even the great James Bond jealous…
    Who is this James Bond guy, anyway. I keep hearing about him; he’s got quite the rep. Supposedly, he’s really lucky at baccarat (“Dr. No”, “Thunderball”, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, “GoldenEye”). And he’s a monster at Texas Hold ’em, too (“Casino Royale”).
    Odd, then, that those two games are known for giving a player extremely unfavorable odds. So James Bond is either one lucky guy, or movie-makers want you to throw your money away to the wise guys whenever you go gambling, as you eagerly try to, “Be Like Bond”.
    Your Old Uncle Bob is betting on the latter, just in case you’re interested…

    1. ***Final score Carolina 23, New Orleans 20. Total = 43 points. Result = Win. Net for game: +$400. I thought I saw James Bond when I was cashing out tonight. He was carrying a sign that read, “Will work for sports betting tips.”

  5. I don’t doubt it’s a good movie, I just don’t think I can sit and listen to people jabbering in Russian while I read the subtitles for an hour and a half. Anybody here ever seen Gator with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed? There’s you a good movie that’s in English.

    1. It’s not hard to follow subtitles once you get into the rhythm of it. In fact, it’s kind of fun once you get switching between screen and subtitles correct. Like an FPS for comprehension on two levels.

    2. “How’d you like it if I shoved that knife up your ass?”
      “I…I don’t believe I’d like that at all.”

  6. Another excellent movie with Sergei Bodrov is called Война (war). One of the last movies he was in before he died in an avalanche. Anyways, the movie is the most red pill movie I have ever seen. It’s about a soldier coming back from the war in Chechnya. Being a prisoner of Muslim terrorists he gets released and is sent home.
    It’s a tale of friendship, brotherhood and sacrifice. The soldier doesn’t live a long civilian life as he goes back into enemy territory on his own to save his friend still held captive by the Chechen warlord. The movie is dark, unapologetic and depressing to watch. Coupled with an amazing sound track by various Russian artists makes this a movie every man should watch.
    My summary does not do it justice.
    Everyone do yourself a favor and watch war. It will make you feel things you haven’t felt in a while. There is no Hollywood happy ending, there is no bullshit message.
    Without spoiling too much, the movie leaves the viewer with a single thought from the protagonist. “Думаю что не посадят, а так хер его знает” (I don’t think they will put me in prison for this, but who the fuck knows) -wondering if his selfless good deeds will be severely punished.

    1. ha i wanted to mention this movie too. same director as Brat too.
      amazing movie. very realistically done.
      did you know that the first gruesome scene is loosely based on real events – which Chechens also videotaped? the real event was way more horrific… that original video can also be found on YouTube. i’m not sure it was a good idea to watch it though.

  7. Try as I might, I just can’t get into America Hate. There is real America, and there is “politicians everybody else has to deal with” America. I’m sorry about the later. I truly, honestly am. But real America sympathizes with the hero in this movie as much as anybody can.
    I’ll queue this up for watching.

    1. Ghost, watch the movie Война (war). Same actor, better movie in my opinion. Nothing anti USA. Just an amazing war movie about brotherhood and sacrifice. I wrote more about it in the comments section here on this thread. You’re military, yes? You should like it. It’s not about nationality or religion, but about brothers in arms and their sacrifice for each other. That’s more universal and relatable than East vs West mentality.

  8. And 90 minutes later I’m back. What an excellent movie. I’m going to watch the sequel tomorrow, but I’ll dream of killing Russian mobsters tonight. lol

  9. Great films glad you posted about them
    This film is banned in Ukraine so don’t watch it whilst you’re on one of your ‘visits’ to Odessa

  10. Unrelated subject: Professional ball handler Lebron James accuses Phil Jackson of racism. Jackson referred to James’s friends as his “posse.” The aftermath; Lebron would make this nauseating statement, “We have a long way to go.” We sure do Lebron. Now that I think of it, Lebron James does look a little like Wyatt Earp.
    -Political correctness black hole.
    -Moving goal post.
    -Insatiable.
    -Another “opressed” millionaire.
    -Liberal disease.
    -Crybaby.
    “Irony is getting pregnant on a pullout couch.”

  11. I watched this movie after reading the review, it was great. The main character – Danila is tough as nails and as cool as a cucumber in a gun fight. Cheers for this!

  12. I watched this movie quite a few years ago on cable. I’m not much of a tv/movie watcher but this movie is truly outstanding in quality, acting and flow of plot and it is as red pill as you can get. It was repeatedly playing for awhile on cable and I never missed a chance to watch it again and again. I was damn near spellbound by it. I highly recommend you taking the time out to see it.

  13. I just finished watching the last episode of The Last Kingdom . Surprisingly it wasn’t too SJW

    1. They held it together almost until the end. Then they couldn’t help themselves and had a 100 lb nun killing armored Spear-Danes. I lol’d and shook my head – almost.

      1. True , they had to throw that blue-pilled strong woman narrative at the end. When you say it like that it sounds like you were on the Danes’ side. You wanted them to win and kill all the poor Christians ?? lol

  14. Thanks for sharing, I’ll check it out. Films outside of the U.S. are always interesting to see.

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