Brazilian Brawl

Okay, this is not a real movie. It plays more like an old film student project complete with campy "special effects", cliche plot (the bank is trying to reposses the farm, let's stop them), and poor dialog and acting. Why would you watch it, then? Because of the Machado brothers. Even though the fights are staged and sometimes poorly executed, it is fun to watch the Machados demonstrate real Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). They had to include the flashy moves such as flying armlocks and Judo flips because this is an action movie. What makes these fights different from your typical action fights are that the techniques used in the film are the actual BJJ techniques you'd learn in a BJJ class.

The graininess of the film and poor acting will cause even the most devoted action junkie to laugh this movie off. This movie is really for fans of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the Machado brothers who spout old one-liners like "this is bullsh%&." There are some nice fight sequences showcasing the BJJ style. Only recommended for martial arts fans who are currently fascinated with BJJ.

This is the worst movie ever made. The acting is putrid and non-exisitant.The directing,what directing? Waste of time pure crap. Dont waste your time on this trash it out right sucks bad. It is an insult to anyone who rents this,save yorself the trouble dont rent it. How something this bad got put on a rental self is a miracle.Film makers these guys are not! Weak storyline,bad everything and the fight scene's look like cheap posing. Although these guys are good fighters in real life they surely dont know anything about film making,acting,directing,sound,compisiton,directing,ect. Please dont ever make anohter film,I beg of you.

Do not rent this, unless you actually plan on making a bad action movie at home.

I think this was filmed in 16mm? And filmed years ago. A known Russian UFC guy, Taktarov shows up in an out-of-place-edit fighting one of the Machado brothers, he's very young in this one. But now with the advent of home pc dvd copiers, anyone can pull out those bad movies and sucker you and me to rent them at blockbuster. I actually applaud blockbuster for taking on all these halfwit dvds.

I ffx2 on my dvd just to amuse myself watching this film. It took about 10 minutes, with a few moments where I watched the odd fight and gun scenes. All done at about the same level as you and I doing it in our backyard. A big bland southern california farm backyard that is.

The editing is amazingly weird, apparently no one planned out the needed shots nor was there any second unit. The goons they used to die kept showing up over and over, one I noticed, they painted his face with black camo paint, then he showed up a scene later with all the other goons, sans face paint. I almost chuckled.

They even turned a sport I'm interested in, sort of boring and bland by showing a beginning scene at their wrestling school, revealing all the things they are going to do in the movie.

Thankfully the Machado brothers haven't made any more movies and this DVD probably won't be much of a revival.

The movie is about a farmer who took a lone, but wasn't able to pay his debts. So they killed the farmer. The Machudo brothers take over the farm and so they take over the debts as well. The only way to pay these debts is to harvest the crops. But a corrupt cop tries everything to prevent the machudo brothers from harvesting.

Although I did like the movie I still rated it a 5 because the directing is very bad. I wouldn't surprise me if they did every take only once. I don't mind that the acting is bad because they aren't real actors, but the dialogs should have been made smoother and the fighting scenes (what the movie is about) should be faster and more realistic. Especially with the skills they possess it could have been done much better.

The skills are for real, that's why I bought the movie in the first place. I like to see that they just used (i think) a couple of friends for acting in it. And I like to see unprofessional people trying to act. But I still think they could have done a better job.

I also noticed 2 things: It looks like they filmed with a slower frame rate because the pictures ain't smooth. I also noticed some farting during the movie which doesn't make any sense. But because of that it's funny.

I'm glad they used their own voices, because it would been worse if they narrated it in English in the way they did with a lot of kung fu movies. I hope they give it another try, and I'll buy that movie too.