Warning: Major spoilers for Amazon Brothers below!Brothers offers another dark side to one of Clint Eastwood’s most profitable films. Brothers appears to be heavily inspired by the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Danny DeVito joint Twinswhere the mismatched stars played identical twins. Although it is not an official remake by any means Brothers riffs on Twins in various ways. This includes the main characters going on a road trip that involves meeting their mother, while also being pursued by a ruthless criminal trying to acquire an item they are holding.
This extends up to Brothers final sequence, where the twins are chased by the film’s villain (played by Brendan Fraser) with a shotgun. The main difference between the two, however, is the tone. Twins is a silly comedy suitable for the whole family, while Brothers is filled with black comedy throughout. The cast of Brothers 2024 – including leads Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage – are having a lot of fun with the script’s sleaze, though there’s some heat behind all the bad jokes.
The brothers’ scariest scene pays homage to Clint Eastwood’s Every Which Way But Loose
The brothers’ orangutan scenario was designed to make people sick
One of the main sequences BrothersThe trailer shown involved Josh Brolin’s Moke being chased by a loving orangutan. What is the preview no show was what happens between the pair, which in the final film involves Samuel the Orangutan using Moke’s hand for a very nasty act. It’s a sequence that seems straight out of the bad taste comedies that followed. American Pieand one that people who watch the film are unlikely to quickly forget.
The scene with Samuel in Brothers is a super dark twist on Clyde and the whole idea of ​​a comic orangutan.
That Brothers‘ scene reminds me of Clint Eastwood In every way but loose also. This bizarre 1978 comedy received negative reviews upon release (it currently sits at 48% in Rotten tomatoes), but it was a shocking box office success. Eastwood himself recalled people advising him not to do the film, where he plays a boxer whose best friend is an orangutan named Clyde. The film gets pretty much all of its humor out of Clyde, whether it’s the way he drinks beer alongside Eastwood’s Philo or how he gets on people’s nerves.
The scene with Samuel in Brothers it’s a super dark twist on Clyde and the whole idea of ​​a comedic orangutan. Brolin’s Moke is initially enchanted by Samuel’s weed-smoking antics, but in keeping with the Amazon comedy’s willingness to go dark, the scene takes a disturbing turn. Needless to say, Clint In every way but loose I didn’t feel the need to go in such a dark direction.
Every Which Way But Loose is still Clint Eastwood’s most successful film
The Every Which Way… series is Clint’s most unlikely franchise
Looking back on Clint’s career as an actor and director, he’s been surprisingly open to taking risks. Be it less commercial projects like Honkytonk Man or Blackheart White Hunterto star in a sentimental romance like Madison County BridgesEastwood took some gambles with his on-screen image. Another of Eastwood’s big risks was In every way but loosea film that no one believed would work, only to become one of the biggest releases of 1978 when it arrived.
In truth, In every way but loose is Clint’s most successful film. Raised US$104 million (via The Numbers), which equates to around $500 million in 2024. It was such a success that Eastwood and Clyde quickly returned for the sequel Any way you can. The sequel was another success – although it grossed notably less than its predecessor – and of Clint Eastwood’s franchises, the Anyway…duology is easily the strangest.
The brothers’ orangutan sequel subverts in every way, but the entire premise of Loose
No, orangutans are not great pets
The reason Moke ends up in such a sticky situation with Samuel is because his brother is visiting Bethesda (Marisa Tomei), a hippie he corresponded with while in prison. Bethesda keeps Samuel as her pet/roommate, despite the orangutan’s tendency to become overexcited. Now, part of In every way but loose success during the 1970s was due to the novelty of Clint’s interaction with Clydeand see the orangutan acting in such a human way.
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All of Clint Eastwood’s film franchises |
Active years |
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The dollar trilogy |
1964–1966 |
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The Dirty Harry series |
1971-1988 |
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Anyway… Movies |
1978-1980 |
Of course, the reality of keeping an orangutan as a pet would be much less crazy and joyful. In that regard, Brothers really turns In every way but loose concept upside down, underlining that making an orangutan a pet is a bad idea around. It still works in Beshesda’s favor later in the story, when Sammy saves her from Brendan Fraser’s Farful – with the film implying that Farful’s encounter was no less harrowing than Moke’s.
The concept of keeping an orangutan as a pet is no longer a funny gimmick for audiences, with the brothers at Amazon deciding that dark laughs are the only way to make it work.
While talking about a In every way but loose remake during the 2010s, Brothers shows why this is unlikely. Keeping an orangutan as a pet is no longer a funny trick for audiences, with the Amazon comedy deciding that dark laughs are the only way to make it work. It’s certainly the most memorable scene in Brothersalthough in keeping with the film’s problems, it’s not as funny as it should be.
Source: Rotten tomatoes, The Numbers