"Brigada" (2002) TV series

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Aleksei Sidorov

Writers:

Igor Porublyov (writer)
Aleksei Sidorov (writer)

Release Date:

23 September 2002 (Russia)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

We are together since the first form, and for everything we do, we take responsibility together. We are The Brigade!

Plot:

Brigada is a group of four friends, who grew up together and formed a most powerful gang in Moscow. Initially they made business together...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Assassination Attempt | Cocaine Use | Ex Soldier | Writing In Blood

Cast

Sergey Bezrukov	...	Sasha Bely
Dmitriy Dyuzhev	...	Kosmos
Pavel Maykov	...	Pchela
Vladimir Vdovichenkov	...	Fil
Ekaterina Guseva	...	Olya
Andrey Panin	...	The Detective
Valentina Telichkina	...	Sasha Belov's Mom
Elena Panova	...	Lena
Sergey Aprelskiy	...	Mukha
Farkhad Makhmudov	...	Farkhad
Aleksandr Inshakov	...	Aleksandr
Vitali Bezrukov	...	The Dog Lover
Nikolai Yeryomenko Ml.	...	Kosmos' Father
Darya Poverennova	...	Nadya
Yan Tsapnik	...	Artur

Also Known As:

Law of the Lawless (Europe: English title) (International: English title) (DVD title)
Бригада (Russia)
The Brigade (International: English title) (informal English title)

Runtime:

750 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Colour:

Colour

Company:

Avatar Film

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Even though episode no.7 is set in 1993, a big emblem referring to the 850th anniversary of Moscow is clearly visible. The 850th anniversary of Moscow, however, was celebrated in 1997.

Movie Connections:

Spin off Boy s tenyu (2005)

one of the greatest movies in the last years!

The movie is extremely realistic of what happened in Russia in 1989 - 2000 - actually it just shows the top of the iceberg, but it shows enough to imagine what is beneath. "Brigada" is a great story about 4 friends that remains friends in spite of all that happened. May be you can named it the Russian 'Godfather' movie. It is exactly so great. Actors are great performers. Sounds are great. Surroundings and details till the time span shown - 11 years - are true and absolutely realistic. I couldn't find any weak point in all movie. There is a lot of persons in the movie with their own destiny shown but not in a helter-skelter way or heaviness - rather you can feel with all your being the atmosphere in Russia in these years of changes and the Russian's feelings and spirit.

And in the end - the movie is so well done that on many occasions you just wonder - to cry or to laugh. It is for sure one of the best movies I saw in the last years.