The Brotherhood of Justice

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The Brotherhood of Justice

Picked up this movie for €3. Had never heard of it before. Read the plot outline on the back and thought, 'Hey, this sounds pretty good'..Bad mistake. Dialog is frightfully bad. Had to chuckle at some of the more serious moments. The theme of a vigilante setting out to deliver justice is good. This film was not. Interested in "street justice"?; Boondock Saints is much better. Overall, I gave the film 2 stars. I watched the first hour of the film, then switched it off. Tip: Watch the film at 6 times the normal viewing speed. You'll get the point of the film and you wont have to listen to really bad dialog!

First off, I have not seen the movie, but I am aware of the events on which the movie is based. I'm a graduate of R. L. Paschal High School. Notice the spelling, please. No 'e' in Paschal. Funny, I told my college roommate how things at Paschal had settled down since I graduated. The next day, the news of the Legion of Doom broke. In defense of Paschal, I'd like you all to know that, though it has a lousy football team and has for some time, it is top academically in the Fort Worth ISD. I've only just learned of this movie, and now I'm interested in seeing it.

The biggest reason to watch this is to see early performances from Keanu Reeves, Danny Nucci, Lori Loughlin, Billy Zane and Kiefer Sutherland (the latter despite being put on the cover only pops up every now and then). Cause the story just have so much to offer, it's very simple and starts out very cheesy like a PSA against graffiti and vandalism but eventually goes into more troubling issues like drugs and such but barely graces the surface of the subjects it tackles. And the end feels like a bit of a stretch, yeah it's very much the type of movie that the school would show at English class or whatever just to prove a point that vandalism is bad but so is taking the law in your hands so just stay calm in your corner and don't do anything bad. It's not all bad but it's definitely not all good either, I'll slap it a 5/10 but had there been no famous faces chances are very high it would be lower as that's the biggest entertainment value of the movie half the time.

First off when I heard about this movie I decided to watch it because of it's 1980s teenager story, and Keanu reeves in his younger years, a well executed plot as any Charles Braverman film. I give it 10/10 for its 1980s atmosphere and realistic view of vigilantism during that time period,not to forget: it's lesson to all youth that sometimes standing up to crime your own way doesn't necessarily mean it can turn into a good thing when it finally turns tables on you in the long run. Another factor that I like about the film is its climax when Derek's friends use the brotherhood for their own greedy deeds and with all the trouble started Derek's girlfriend Christie persuades him to leave but a helpless Derek is left with only one choice in the matter: to turn himself in to the authorities along with his friends, thus ending the brotherhood once and for all.

I not only have seen this movie, I was an extra in it in about 15 scenes. I think Keanu Reeves was a bad actor then and hasn't got much better since. It's a fun movie to see as there are many actors and actresses just starting out their careers. Just don't expect any Oscar performances except for the extra who says, "No". He is amazing. The plot is fairly weak but it was only a made for TV movie in the first place so you don't expect too much anyway. The movie is filmed in Santa Cruz County in California. Lost Boys was also filmed here and was a much better movie with quite a cult following. Kiefer Sutherland was in both movies. I would recommend this movie to watch just to see everyone in their first stages of acting.

I had seen this movie when it first aired back in the mid-eighties(I was a senior in high school at the time), and when I saw it again recently on cable TV, I realized that, for a made-for-TV film, it's not too bad. It's not great, either, but at least the writer and director seemed to not want to crank out yet another quickie network television thriller. The story gets surprisingly gritty, and a little bloody, in places. Even so,I think this film's big claim-to-fame is that the actor in the lead role is none other than future Speed-ster, dude-in-training Keanu Reeves. Check him out here at age 21!

I have to start by stating that I have an unusually low boredom threshold! This film wasn't brilliant, but wasn't the worlds worst either. What was interesting was how Billy Zane, Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland all looked the same age and now, Kiefer and Billy look about the same, but Keanue still has his youthfull charms ... hmmm! :) Also funny was how even the one line extras upstaged Keanu - not that I've got anything against the guy. He's very good at what he does, the Matrix and Bill & Teds' series show his talent. Overall an average TV movie - worth a watch if you've got a couple of hours to kill, but not worth going out of your way for!