David DeCoteau- have I really liked a Film of yours since Puppet Master 3? I'm too lazy to check, so I'm going with 'Probably not.' Let's see if that can change.
The Year 2001 brought us many things and The Brotherhood was, in fact, one of them. No time for grandeur or verbosity with a Hurricane near me. The Film is about the worst kind of Sorority- the kind that is just all dudes, is actually a Fraternity and is also a bunch of Vampires.
We're in the 'forget everything you know about Creature X' time in Cinema, so enjoy new, confusing rules. The Cast includes a bunch of people who work all of the time, but, to be honest, you won't necessarily know from one thing specifically. Well, at least not until now.
To find out if releasing a Film 2 weeks after 9/11 (that's the actual release date!) was a good idea, read on...
Ooh...mysterious. Now we know who the bad guys are, so...not mysterious, I guess.
Our Hero is a Jock who we first see Gaslighting his new roommate as a joke. Classy fella.
The duo hit it off in the Jock-Nerd way that happens in Films and TV.
The guys from earlier walk around in a manner eerily similar to those same Vampires in Twilight, although the first Book wouldn't come out until 4 years after this.
David would have a case...if this wasn't super-duper cliché.
Our Heroes meet a young lady who nearly banters them to death before inviting them to a Party by the Vampires...after our Hero already turned down a direct invite.
Not suspicious at all.
Sadly, the Actress here only has 3 Credits and this is the 2nd. I wonder what she's up to?
The duo get separated with the girl leaving the party alongside Nerd Friend.
Our Hero seems to slowly lose his whole 'I'm independent' schtick and starts doing whatever the Vampire asks him to.
This escalates to the point where the guy sucks blood from hand, as you do.
This- and him drinking some in return- changes our Hero, who starts wearing sunglasses during the day now (as part of his transition to Corey Hart-ing, obviously). He also starts hanging out with the Vampires and generally acting worse.
This leads Nerd Friend to sneak into the Frat House and find a not-so-hidden book detailing how the group are about 100 years old.
I guess you need to keep that around, you know, in case you forget. You aren't exactly a young man anymore.
He's enticed to the 'dark side' quite quickly (it took 45 minutes to get past the Party Scene) and engages in what I think is a Vampire Threesome.
Him and the Head Vampire both feed on a willing lady and, since this is a David DeCoteau Film, they are in their underwear for this.
Nerd Friend seeks help and goes the girl, who's been missing for the last 30 minutes of Film. They break into the Frat and confront the Head Vampire, who's about to steal our Hero's body.
Betrayal- the girl was in on it the whole time.
Very bad at betrayal, she can't hold Nerd Friend still, who takes the axe back from her and kills the Head Vampire.
This kills everyone but our Hero, since, in his words, he 'never joined the Frat.' I mean...he did, but whatever. The End.
A pretty inoffensive and by-the-numbers affair. The Brotherhood isn't one of those 'so bad it is good' Films. It's not amateurish. It's not super low-budget.
In other words, it is a pretty basic Direct-to-Video Film. There's probably more 'beefcake' stuff due to the Director, but it is not at the point of the 1313 Films. He definitely has a thing for Swimmers, as Leeches taught us.
Of course, this Film never actually *shows* our Hero swimming...which is odd.
The Plot here is nothing that impressive. A pretty simple guy is confronted by temptation, gives into it and, well, faces zero repercussions for doing so. Take note, kids!
For a Vampire Film, there's not much of that content to please its fans. The one big Scene is pretty much it. Oh well.
The Brotherhood is...alright, but at least they didn't drag things out to a ridiculous degree with multiple Sequels, right? Right?!?
Next up, the first Sequel (and the only one I actually have). Will it have the magic to improve things? Stay tuned...
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