Anything you wanted to know about that "strange russian soul" is in this movie but I doubt anybody will treat it like a piece of useful information. The West thinks Russians are more asians than europeans. The East thinks they are more europeans. Both agree they are a mix. But they are not )) They are in their own Universe and even Christianity brought to them 1000 years ago didn't change that. When you try to instill new rules in them they make you think they follow the script when they actually don't. It doesn't matter what type of government they have, communist or capitalist, they will first adapt to it and then transform it to something totaly different from its initial plot.
The main character in Brother is not a lost soul in historical turbulence as many here suggest. On the contrary, the no-law-zone is the only comfortable environment for him. It gives him a purpose and a mission. No salary or stable office job can substitute that for him. He is a hitman without benifits of being a hitman, without customers or bosses. He is getting his orders directly from the Universe and his potetntial death doesn't scary him at all. Not a bit.
The main character in Brother is not a lost soul in historical turbulence as many here suggest. On the contrary, the no-law-zone is the only comfortable environment for him. It gives him a purpose and a mission. No salary or stable office job can substitute that for him. He is a hitman without benifits of being a hitman, without customers or bosses. He is getting his orders directly from the Universe and his potetntial death doesn't scary him at all. Not a bit.