The series "Brigada", going on channel RTR, removed a long time. Maybe too long - as much as two years. However, the resulting product of this has not lost any relevance or originality, as evidenced by the battles that took place on the vast expanses of the Russian Internet. Propaganda film called gangster lifestyle, direct order lads, creators suspected of having links with the Mafia and all other deadly sins.

The series is, of course, children do not get away, and we can hardly recommend the parents to allow their child to such a spectacle. However, I recall that in early childhood, we are very enthusiastically played Brigadenfuhrer (painfully okay Stirlitz sat on his black uniform) and painted on the walls of a black cat, but none of my friends did not become neither a Nazi nor Gopnik.

Can we blame the show is that it reflects our lives? You can blame the creators on "Brigade" sins of Russian lads? I guess you can, if you do not make a difference between children's missiles and nuclear warheads - seemingly so similar in fact, only razmerchik bit different. The series is also similar to life as a toy gun at present. Only he - a toy for adults, which should look like can be more reliable. About as well as a pistol, lighting a cigarette from which a candidate for deputy, and just a good man, Comrade Belov.

Therefore refers to the series as a certain documentary story about the everyday life of the gang, we should not. And to criticize the creators can only on the basis of the laws of the movie, and certainly not the world in which we are all with you have the dubious fortune to stay.

Plot

1989. After military service he returned home, Alexander Belov (Sergei Bezrukov). Glasnost and perestroika have done their job: the most prestigious profession for young people becomes a racket, and banditry. However, while only the beginning: the guys probably trying to pose as a tough, blood, dirt and disassemble in front of what could end up like libertines nobody guesses. Childhood friends Belov also are involved in this business. Sanya to their employment concerns with humor and great easy money for him by no means a measure of success in life.

Alas, life throws Belov not too pleasant, but it is expected to surprise his girlfriend decided that two years - too long. A typical situation that too often faced by young people, turns into a very unexpected direction, when it turns out that a happy rival is one of the leaders of a small gang. However, Sanaa incredibly lucky - Fly does not shine mind, so decides to personally show the strength of valiant, decorate the face of the enemy. However, having served two years on the border, he is not willing to so easily put his head under attack. Also on his side childhood friends - Space, Phil and the Bee. Having a worthy rebuff, Mucha decides to take revenge. It was then appears on the scene the main antagonist of our hero - Vladimir Kaverin, brother-Mucha, who works in the police, which promises to "close" Belov for "Cop" channels.

The situation is developing quite unpredictable - in random scuffle ensued from an unknown person fired the bullets fly dies. His gun mysteriously migrates Belov in his pocket, where he finds the police. Fortunately, come to the aid of friends who help Belov hide in one of the holiday villages near Moscow. There's something in the most seemingly inopportune time, Alexander meets a girl who becomes the love of his life. However, in vain spectators are about to see an exciting continuation of the adventures of a former soldier, accidentally fallen into trouble. The authors of the film is not as important as it is their hero finds himself in a criminal environment, friendship is important only guys who literally take out his friend out of bullets. And the main thing in this tragic set of circumstances that the way back to anyone there. From now on, funny boys, playing a dangerous, yet children's games Kids Games - mobile or smart? , Go in a completely different world, and they will live by its laws.

In the film, quite frankly about things that everybody knows, but prefer to pretend it does not exist. Brigade Belova exists and develops thanks to the efforts of comrades "of the Ministry of good works" that control and supply of drugs to Western Europe and the sale of arms to Chechnya. In fact, Sanya is just a pawn in this game, though, being a man of strong-willed and independent enough, he occasionally puts a pig to his superiors, trying to maneuver between the interests of different political groups are "at the helm". However, he remains a shadowy figure, his hands politicians and generals obtyapyvayut their dirty work. And once Belov tries to take its place on the political scene, it immediately falls the full power of this terrible machine, grinding all who are near.

However, this is not a political thriller. Rather - a psychological drama, which is the background for a very eventful Russian reality 90s. Successful work team for ten years is primarily due to the absolute devotion to each other members. Guys like four musketeers did not allow the circumstances separate them. However, sometimes it is exposed to too harsh testing in some moments it seems that the best friends just shoot each other. It seems that uneasy relationship Sani, Phil, Cosmos and bees, and have become the main magnet that drew her viewers: it is always nice to see the real friendship, even on the TV screen.

Where is the morality?

What is the difference between the "team" and all the other bandit Cop-serials on display on our TV in amounts significantly exceeding reasonable limits? Perhaps that episode says about the good things. Yes, you can not yet make movies about honest Russian millionaires, falling in love rework. Unless we are to believe a film about the civil war, which never will be mentioned red and white? Are we to believe that people have amassed a huge fortune in ten post-perestroika years, while remaining with clean hands? But the film is not the story of the everyday life of the gang. The main characters are constantly forced to decide what is more important - a true friendship and a lot of money. And they solve this problem quite well.

However, the creators did not idealize the bandits, though, obeying the laws of the genre, makes the audience feel sorry and understand their characters. Over time, the bright images of boys in general, accidentally caught in the criminal world, noticeable fade: Sanya Belov turns into a full-grown wolf, who is sometimes scary to watch, Space becomes a drug addict, bees ready to sell anything and anyone, as long as it generate income. Only Phil still retains a semblance of moral principles. He appeared in films, working as a stunt, produces films, pulls kids out of trouble and the last covers Belova, which too many people would like to see the grave. The only thing that saves more children - it is their friendship, but then left without Phil, they are ready to kill the bees. And, most likely, an order for the destruction would have been given, if not fantastic luck recently.

Creepy finale puts the final point in the history of the brigade. Could it be different? Hardly. For too long, the boys elementary lucky too long they are playing with fire and eventually burned.

Bloopers

However, the final looks impressive at the same time and the greatest creators of the series lyapom .  Hatred man destroyed grouping Belov (I intend not to be named, so as not to spoil the pleasure of watching those who have not seen the picture), jumped like a rabbit from a magician's cylinder, it is in no way motivated and not explained .  Apparently, the authors decided to give the viewer to think out its causes, which caused lively debate fans of the show .  Because really, if it is just a "mole", ie people embedded in the group or whether special services, whether Volodya-ment, with what joy he was so fierce an animal hating Belov? Why, having received the order to destroy the team, it starts with the foreman? Did he and his hosts did not realize that the survivors, Belov starts to take revenge? Why, wanting to take away from the foreman the most expensive in the world, he begins with his wife and son? Why are so highly professional killer prefers to act with a knife, not a gun? After all, he is to kill two grown men, besides the leaders of the gang, who know how to stand up for themselves .

One can only assume that ordered the killing of the cosmos, bees and Phil just relied on responses from Belova. In this case, it is obvious that his master was not Kaverin and comrades of the "Ministry of good works." But note that reticence and understatement is good when it comes to the future actions of the hero, and everyone is free to think out how fate Sani after the events, but the motives already committed acts must be absolutely transparent viewer, such is the law of the serial genre.

From small mistakes should perhaps mention some chronological absurdities. Most viewers 90s is still caught in a sufficiently mature mind and memory, so the computer on the table in the common sledaka in 1989, shuttles on the market two years before the official approval of free trade, as well as skylight Luzhniki, look very strange. As well as a squad of heavily armed riot police, sent in 1989 to the detention of unarmed Sani Belov, who let out a huge amount of ammunition, could not hold the two boys.

The closer to our time, the less overlap. Although meticulous spectators and noticed that the planes in America with plugs do not fly, Phil, although falling in the explosion with the cut skull, but it manages to stay neat and do not burn, and footage of the explosion machine Belova shown in the program "Vesti" obviously not made a film crew, which was behind the convoy. However, in my opinion, these mistakes give the series a special glamor, forcing the viewer to remember from time to time, it's still a game, not life itself. By the way, the same technique is very successfully used in Hollywood films, to recall the computer-generated extras, "Gladiator", among which sometimes people slip in jeans

What is not liked

In principle, the authors proved to be right picture when persuaded his incredulous audience that in front of them is a full-fledged feature film, and not just another series .  But since he financed his television channel, and money was short (remember that the budget Hollywood movies can easily jump over one hundred millionth mark, while "our" cost three million dollars), then in some places quite clearly visible is serial failures, which are not would be considered as such, whether it's a great movie .  It is not sufficient disclosure of the nature Phil Bee and Cosmos, their relationships with their parents, loved by women, finally, each other .  All attention is focused exclusively on the individual foreman, from which the series loses integrity .  Of course, in a three-hour film, such scenes would still have to cut, but that created multi-part feature film, in which the main highlight had to be four friends, but not the history of Sanya Belov .

The second flaw is a significant gap between the frank Sanya, who came out of the army, which was not particularly fascinated by big money, and Sanya, two years later harshly scolded Phil for his lack of combat training "guardsmen". How and why did this transition? Why, who served in the Urals, Belov did not return to normal life, and prefer to lead a team? Of course, we can assume that by the time he had already seen enough in the post-perestroika reality and changed his outlook on life, but this time a psychological fracture was not shown. After all, the story of the lobed gun could not so cool to break the whole system of human values, especially since it ended more or less successfully.

For smaller errors is not entirely clear diction characters in the film, obviously, in the director's idea, as close to real life. However, as a result of some of the dialog at the first show it is simply impossible to make out. The total rhythm pattern bit broken - moments of maximum stress (the episode with blood transfusion and hit SWAT), after which the viewer is literally stands still, waiting for absolutely stunning sequel, suddenly sink into a quiet measured narrative (the story of the election), forcing frankly bored at the screen, waiting something more "sharp little". However, we must pay tribute to the director, "sharp little", as a rule, do not have to wait long.

With the "dismantling" at the construction site (a nod to the Hollywood) filmmakers have obviously got excited. After all, the whole movie, we argued that Sanya White operates largely biceps and brains. Only at the very beginning, when he still played the hormones, he could enter the fight with a fly, but then the foreman tried to avoid open conflict with opponents, playing multi-way combination (at least remember the story of the supply of arms to Chechnya). Of course, the death of friends severe shock, but not enough to completely discourage the brains of intelligent man. Did he could not remove Kaverina without exposing yourself and your family? Moreover, already virtually dead reckoning.

What we liked

Really liked it a lot. The film was a surprise breakthrough among the gray featureless Russian TV series in recent years. The undoubted success of the film has become a great cast. The discovery of a whole galaxy of young and very talented actors is particularly respect for the directors and producers of the picture. Excellent direction (hard to believe that this is the debut of Aleksei Sidorov), wonderful music and dialogues.

By the way, about dialogues should be discussed separately. I have no doubt that many of the expressions heard in the film, will take its place in popular speech. By listening to the cues youth entertained right under my windows, I could clearly distinguish, "Cox want?" "Dad's face!", "The Fellowship, we do not want to shoot, we just nablyudaEm", "What is that children dungeon?" "Yes you are human?" "Contagion you Surikov," "habit. Me and my wife sometimes spelled", "The Fellowship is eager for power!" "He's not a bee, it is a bug," "Best vest - bronezhiletka" . It seems that after the second show the number of such jokes in popular piggy bank will increase significantly.

Some episodes of the film made a very strong impression. Undoubtedly, the first place is a scene from the accident and SWAT digging its own grave. Followed by almost carry out the death sentence bees Belova parting with friends in the morgue, superbly filmed and beautifully played scenes of fights in the first or second series, spectacular passages in the Mercedes, and their subsequent destruction. However, according to the authors of the picture, they are a little slukavili: the explosion of Lincoln, who was known to be "only in the cosmos, and Michael Jackson," he did not flew, believed to be in the water. Craftsmen quickly soldered body from Lincoln to the old Muscovite. Here it is something to fall down. The calculation of the external glamor was absolutely correct: the spectators breathless when Sanya Belov Farik and played football on the road, and behind them rode sedately whole string of Mercedes.

The film is heavy enough, but not depressed. Mass funny touching moments like a dance in the Lincoln by Cosmos, the New Year with the same space as the Snow Maiden, jokes in the Butyrka, breaking academic cottages candidate for deputy and his wife left the most pleasant memories. Naturally, the series once appeared a lot of fans who are eager to learn about the life and work of their idols, and to get as much information about creating pictures. The authors promise to please us with a film about the film - that is a story about how to remove "Brigade". Tentatively it will be aired after the second show of the series on RTR. Well, in the very near future there will be a chat with the cast and creators of the series.

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