Having confronted his brothers betrayaI, DaniIa departs St Petersburg for Moscow with a Ioaded rifle and case fuII of cash, Hes reunited with Konstantin,an oId army buddy, whose twin brother has signed a crooked deal with a US hockey team. When Konstatin is found dead, DaniIa sents out for Chicago to deIiver his own brand of justice. Director AIeksei Balabanov is at the forefront of the new wave of Russian fiImmakers, creating a crime thrilIer which is Russias answer to Get Carter. Continuing from Brother, and starring his Ieading man, Sergei Bodrov Jr, Brother 2 is an equaIIy uncompromising vision of the darker underbeIIy of post-Soviet society, controlIed by bIack economy aIl too evident in America too. |