Brother 3
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{{Infobox film
| name = Brother 3
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|ru|Брат 3}}
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| director = Valery Pereverzev
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| released = {{Film date|2024}}
| country = Russia
| language = Russian
| budget = 814 083,60$
| gross = 5 867$
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Brother 3 ({{langx|ru|Брат 3}}, translit. Brat 3 or Brat III) is a Russian crime movie directed by Valery Pereverzev that is an unlicensed sequel to Brother and Brother 2. The film's premiere was delayed several times, but it was eventually released on February 1, 2024.
Despite the negative reaction from viewers to the film, critics gave the films mixed reviews. They praised the project for the acting, some plot elements and ambition, but criticized the soundtrack, the lack of connection with Balabanov’s duology, as well as the editing.{{Cite web|url=https://daily.afisha.ru/cinema/26445-brat-3-i-zelenyy-slonik-2-ne-krinzh-a-yarkoe-yavlenie-v-rossiyskom-kino-vot-pochemu/|title=«Брат-3» и «Зеленый слоник-2» не кринж, а яркое явление в российском кино. Вот почему|lang=ru|website=Афиша|access-date=2024-02-02|archive-date=2024-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130163241/https://daily.afisha.ru/cinema/26445-brat-3-i-zelenyy-slonik-2-ne-krinzh-a-yarkoe-yavlenie-v-rossiyskom-kino-vot-pochemu/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6466941|title=Названый брат|lang=ru|website=Коммерсантъ|date=2024-02-02|access-date=2024-02-02|archive-date=2024-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202003440/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6466941|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/life/news/65649e149a794778e19acb4d|title=«Брат 3»: обзор фильма, не связанного с дилогией Балабанова|website=РБК Life|access-date=2024-02-02|archive-date=2023-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129183621/https://www.rbc.ru/life/news/65649e149a794778e19acb4d|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.megacritic.ru/film/brat-3|title=Отзывы о фильме Брат 3 (2024) и рецензии критиков|lang=ru-RU|website=Мегакритик|access-date=2024-02-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://spbdnevnik.ru/news/2024-02-18/valeriy-pereverzev-ischet-akterov-dlya-brata-4|title=Валерий Переверзев ищет актеров для «Брата-4»|lang=ru|website=spbdnevnik.ru|access-date=2024-02-18|archive-date=2024-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218084305/https://spbdnevnik.ru/news/2024-02-18/valeriy-pereverzev-ischet-akterov-dlya-brata-4|url-status=live}}
Production
Initially, Aleksei Balabanov planned to shoot the second and third films simultaneously. However, the script seemed boring and it was decided to combine the two into Brother 2.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kultpro.ru/item_150/|title=Народное кино: "Брат 2" и "Война"|website=media.com|access-date=July 25, 2019}} After the success of the second film Balobanov refused to shoot a third. Then Sergei Bodrov Jr. and Aleksei Balabanov died.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aif.ru/culture/person/posledniy_epizod_bodrova_15_let_so_dnya_tragedii_v_karmadonskom_ushchele|title=Последний эпизод Бодрова. 15 лет со дня трагедии в Кармадонском ущелье|last=Шаблинская|first=Ольга|website=www.aif.ru|date=19 September 2017 |access-date=2017-12-01}}{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/movies/aleksei-balabanov-russian-film-director-dies-at-54.html| title = Aleksei Balabanov Russian Film Director Dies at 54 | publisher = New York Times. | access-date = 23 May 2013 | date = 21 May 2013}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQKhAwAAQBAJ&q=aleksei+balabanov+died&pg=PA20|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013|first=Harris M. Lentz|last=III|date=May 16, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786476657|access-date=July 25, 2019|via=Google Books}}
In 2019, rumors held that Stanislav Baretsky would make Brother 3, with Kirill Tereshin, Bari Alibasov, Marina Anissina, Olga Buzova, Viacheslav Datsik, Nikita Dzhigurda, Viktor Sukhorukov and Sergey Shnurov. According to Boretsky, “people have been singled out from the ritual business”.[http://rockcult.ru/news/brat-3-announced/ Начались съемки фильма Брат-3] // Роккульт Tereshin, nicknamed “Ruki-Bazuki”, declared that, for the sake of his leading role, he would remove his pumped bitsoptsy from synthol.{{Cite web|url=https://pikabu.ru/tag/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82+3|title=Брат+3. Все посты по тегу: "Брат+3" | Пикабу|website=pikabu.ru|access-date=July 25, 2019}}
The film's script is complete and some scenes have been shot. Filming is to be complete by 2020.
At the end of July 2019, filming began in the Krasnogorsk region near Moscow. However, the studio's plans changed and it was decided to remove Vyacheslav Datsik from the main role.{{Cite news|title=Съемки фильма "Брат-3" шоумена Стаса Барецкого начнутся в июле|url=https://ria.ru/20190627/1555977115.html|work=РИА Новости|access-date=2019-06-27|language=ru}} It was decided that instead of Datsik, the main role will be played by the American actor Mickey Rourke.{{Cite news|title=Создатели фильма "Брат-3" объявили о переговорах с Микки Рурком|url=https://ria.ru/20190725/1556872301.html|work=РИА Новости|access-date=2019-07-25|language=ru}} Concerning the filming in the film, they were negotiating with Diana Shurygina and the Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston. However, the celebrity requested a large amount of money for her work.{{Cite news|title=Дженнифер Энистон запросила бешеные деньги за съемки в фильме "Брат-3"|url=https://dni.ru/showbiz/2019/8/2/429145.html|work=Дни.ру|access-date=2019-02-08|language=ru}} On August 1, 2019, Boretsky announced that an old friend Danila Bagrov would appear in the film, performed by Sergei Bodrov Jr. using CGI.{{Cite news|title=Барецкий пообещал появление Сергея Бодрова – младшего в фильме "Брат-3"|url=https://iz.ru/908047/2019-08-08/baretckii-poobeshchal-poiavlenie-sergeia-bodrova-mladshego-v-filme-brat-3|work=Газета «Известия» // iz.ru|access-date=2019-08-08|language=ru}} On September 6, 2019, Boretsky announced VK that he was selling one of the main roles in the film for five million rubles.
Later, Baretsky opened a site dedicated to the film, on which a list of actors was posted.
In November, a prequel to the film appeared on YouTube, in which Dmitry Nagiyev took part as the criminal authority Nagibaev, as well as little-known bloggers. The prequel was coldly received by the public, but the audience praised some moments, like the Nagiyev cameo.{{Cite news|title=Пользователи Сети обсуждают приквел к фильму "Брат-3. Младший"|url=https://ren.tv/news/shou-biznes/625005-polzovateli-seti-obsuzhdaiut-prikvel-k-filmu-brat-3-mladshii|work=REN TV|access-date=2019-11-14|language=ru}}
Criticism of film production
The film ultimately received mixed reviews from critics, but viewers mostly criticized the project.{{Cite web|url=https://78.ru/news/2024-02-01/v-peterburge-proshel-premernii-pokaz-filma-brat-3|title=В Петербурге прошёл премьерный показ фильма «Брат 3»|website=78.ru|access-date=2024-02-02|archive-date=2024-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202134355/https://78.ru/news/2024-02-01/v-peterburge-proshel-premernii-pokaz-filma-brat-3|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.film.ru/articles/beri-noshu-po-sebe-chtob-ne-padat-pri-hodbe-recenziya-na-film-brat-3|title=Бери ношу по себе, чтоб не падать при ходьбе: рецензия на фильм «Брат 3»|website=www.film.ru|access-date=2024-02-02|archive-date=2024-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202134332/https://www.film.ru/articles/beri-noshu-po-sebe-chtob-ne-padat-pri-hodbe-recenziya-na-film-brat-3|url-status=live}} CTB Film Company's producer Sergei Selyanov said that Stanislav Baretsky was trying to profit at the expense of Balabanov's cult films, that his company wouldn't give him film rights and might seek opportunity to sue him. Actor Viktor Sukhorukov stated that he had no interest in getting involved with Baretsky's Brother 3, as well as Irina Saltykova who characterized the authors as "clowns".[https://regnum.ru/news/2592662.html Сергей Бодров – старший отговаривал Балабанова от идеи создания «Брата 2»] // ИА REGNUM, 18 March 2019.
Svetlana Bodrova, widow of Sergei Bodrov Jr., heavily criticized the film crew and called the production "a horrible drivel".Olga Godunenko. [https://life.ru/t/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/1200386/sborishchie_nieudachnikov_vdova_bodrova_osudila_barietskogho_za_idieiu_sniat_brata-3 "A gathering of losers" Bodrov's widow condemned Boretsky's intentions to shoot Brother 3] article at Life, 13 March 2019 (in Russian)
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