"Two Brothers" is one of those films that you really want to like. It has a beautiful message, a decent story and two beautiful tigers as the leads. It shows mans' cruelty to animals, either for sport, or for no good reason at all. It has good camera work, fantastic scenery. And they did a real nice job of minimizing the animal violence that we see.
Unfortunately, it does not have an interesting story. Yes it is predictable with absolutely no surprises along the way. There are the requisite bad guys, some who, of course, become good guys somewhere along the way. The mandatory precocious child is on hand, as well as the fumbling, incompetent government official. You understand what all this is building up to, right? Not much. None of the characters are particularly interesting. Even Guy Pearce, who is usually very good, isn't given enough to do with his role.
This is a movie that could have and should have been much better than it was. It was just not that interesting.
Unfortunately, it does not have an interesting story. Yes it is predictable with absolutely no surprises along the way. There are the requisite bad guys, some who, of course, become good guys somewhere along the way. The mandatory precocious child is on hand, as well as the fumbling, incompetent government official. You understand what all this is building up to, right? Not much. None of the characters are particularly interesting. Even Guy Pearce, who is usually very good, isn't given enough to do with his role.
This is a movie that could have and should have been much better than it was. It was just not that interesting.