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热衷于观察星空的日本青年弓削大辅（山田孝之 饰），在夏威夷盘桓期间干着兼职导游的工作。利用工作之便，这个花花心肠的男子恣意游走花丛，乐在其中。某天，他在一家餐厅邂逅了美丽女孩藤岛瑠依（长泽雅美 饰）。瑠依专注的样子令大辅分外痴迷，当再次见面时他鼓起勇气上前搭讪。对于这位情场老手来说，一切进展得顺风顺水。可是次日见面时，瑠依却对大辅冷眼相对。原来，这个女孩十年前曾遭遇一场车祸，导致她无法保有当下的记忆，永远活在车祸前的那一天。固执而不认输的大辅对女孩展开了执着的追求，他百折不挠，屡败屡战。他不希望只是拥有当下的激情，而是希望可以和心中的爱人走到永远……　　本片翻拍自美国同名影片。

原著为海老原武司从1980年开始连载的人气漫画《讨厌啦真知子老师》，为了纪念作者从事漫画行业45周年而拍摄了真人化电影。故事讲述池上健太自家乡的高中毕业后10年，在东京从事漫画家的工作。某天他收到高中同学金三的联络，说母校即将被拆迁，而此时他正为漫画画不下去而烦恼。为了转换心情，健太回到故乡和老同学们重聚，并加入了“学校拆迁反对派”。在重拾对曾经的老师真知子的回忆后，健太又开始重新拿起了画笔……真知子老师的扮演者是首次主演电影，作为杂志封面模特活跃的大澤玲美。搞笑组合“Shizuru”的村上純、池田一真、搞笑组合“Rice”的関町知弘，前AKB48成员増田有華、铃木玛莉亚等人参演

Constantlyonthehuntandsufferingfromhallucinationsthatdrivehisviolentnature,anunnamedmaniscapturingwomenandsavagelybeatingthemtodeath.Meanwhile,awomanisluringmenintoaviolentend,bywayofherknife.Drivenbythesameforcetomaketheoppositesexsuffer,thekillers’fatesintertwine.Thetwomustfaceoffinabattletothedeath,inwhichtheyareforcedtorevealthehorribletruthbehindtheiraddictiontomurder.“Brutal”takesaninterestingapproachtoitsvisuals,drawingheavyinfluencefromWestern“Grindhouse”films,usingafiltertomakethefootageappeargrainy,damaged,andwithlightandcolorfluctuations.Unfortunately,thevisualstylingendsupfeelingmisguided,asotherthanapplyingthefilteritdoesnotimitateanyotheraspectsofthe“Grindhouse”genre.Despitetryingtodirtyupthefilm,itisapparentitwasshotondigital.Thecinematographyisalsoastepabovemost“Grindhouse”productions,withTakashiHiroseprovinghehastalentbehindthecamera.Exteriorshotstothosetakingplaceinsmallspacesareallcompetentlyframed,lit,andtransitionwell.Thedecisiontoaddaneffectontopoftheworkhurtsthefilm’simageryandevengivesasenseofdesperationtotrytocaptureacertaintypeofnostalgiawiththeaudience,insteadofrelyingonitsownstrengths.Itisunfortunatewhenonecreativechoicecanhurtaproductionsomuch.Thestoryof“Brutal”issimplebuteffective,itdoesattemptsomesortofsocialcommentaryabouttheviolentnatureofmenandwomen,butitdoesnotofferenoughdepthintothesubjecttojustifytheamountofviolenceondisplay.Thefilmdoesendonastrongnotewithaninterestingtwist,witharevealthatisboundtogrosssomeout,whilegivingothersachuckle.Inspiteofitssimplenature,thosewhoenjoyfilmsthatmakethemsomewhatuncomfortableandenjoythechallengeofgettingthroughsomeultra-violence,“Brutal”posesafunandentertainingchallengeinthatregard.