Brother-2

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Brother 2

Directed by	Aleksei Balabanov
Produced by	Sergei Selyanov
Written by	Aleksei Balabanov
Starring	Sergei Bodrov Jr. and Viktor Sukhorukov
Distributed by	Kinokompaniya CTB
Release date(s)	2000
Running time	122 min.
Language	Russian and English
Budget	$1,500,000
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Brother 2 (Russian: Брат 2, Brat 2) (2000) is the sequel to Brother. It takes place about a year after the events that occurred in Brother.

In this film we see Danila, played once again by Sergei Bodrov Jr. head to America to help his army friends twin brother settle a contract dispute with a powerful mobster. It turns out the twin brother has become a successful hockey player in Chicago however a ruthless businessman is ripping him off of a lot of money. Danila's friend is killed by the businessman in Russia and Danila escapes to America alongside his brother Viktor.

In America he meets a Russian prostitute named Marylin (aka Dasha) who he decides to help. Danila rescues Marylin from her black pimp and his crew. He settles the business by assassinating the businessman along with a hefty number of henchmen and heads back to Russia with Marylin while his brother remains in America, and heads to prison happily, stating that he is finally home.

Sergei Bodrov Jr. died two years after this movie was released. His car was covered by a glacier slide while he was shooting a movie in the Karmadon Canyon area of Russia.