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- Overall Score: ☆ 2.50/10
IMDB: ☆ 4.6/10
Metascore: ☆ 2.0/10
Tomatometer: ☆ 0.9/10
Branded Plot Synopsis:
The film starts with documentary-style flashbacks showing Misha's rise to a powerful marketing executive. Now in Moscow 2017, Misha is a powerful marketing executive working to spread Western brands, and like the businesses he works for nothing will stop him in his greed, until the imprisonment and death of an overweight girl undergoing extensive plastic surgery to become skinny. Following a vision in which Misha sacrifices a heifer to God, he begins to receive strange visions depicting the brands control over people. He returns to work and guided by these visions, Misha attempts to stop the growth of the brands in post-Communist Russia by encouraging the brand to attack each other in their advertising campaigns. There is some debate whether Misha believes that the worship of global brands is Idolatry and his visions depicting the brands are controlling people causing them to sin, or whether his belief is that monopoly is evil and his intention is to create a Western style free-market economy.
Branded is one of my most anticipated original movies that I need to see. Branded looks amazing and is a dark mind bending sci-fi thriller. Think of something along the lines of The Matrix mixed in with H.P. Lovecraft"s vision. Humans are almost herded in a huge conspiracy where corporations have unleashed a huge scale demonic/alien race upon the world and no one can see it. Soon a guy learns how to break the code and the effects are stunning. Branded mixes in all the big corporate names that everyone knows and even has QR codes in the movie in order for anyone to watch the movie and get additional info on particular items/beings.
This looks great and a definite must see even for the attention to detail and push in a new direction for movies.
Starring: Ed Stoppard, Leelee Sobieski, Jeffrey Tambor, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Max von Sydow
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Branded Movie Information:
Type: MovieYear: 2012 (more 2012 movies)
Box Office: $353,513
Language: English, Russian
Country: Russia, Bulgaria
Release Dates: Movie Release Dates / Branded Release Dates In Theaters: Sep 07, 2012
Writers: Jamie Bradshaw, Aleksandr Dulerayn
Producers: Aleksey Agranovich, Jamie Bradshaw, Aleksandr Dulerayn, Aleksandr Lyubimov, Roman Petrenko, Bobby Ranghelov, Boris Yukhananov
Musicians: Eduard Artemyev
Cinematographers: Rogier Stoffers
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Branded Plot Synopsis:
The film starts with documentary-style flashbacks showing Misha's rise to a powerful marketing executive. Now in Moscow 2017, Misha is a powerful marketing executive working to spread Western brands, and like the businesses he works for nothing will stop him in his greed, until the imprisonment and death of an overweight girl undergoing extensive plastic surgery to become skinny. Following a vision in which Misha sacrifices a heifer to God, he begins to receive strange visions depicting the brands control over people. He returns to work and guided by these visions, Misha attempts to stop the growth of the brands in post-Communist Russia by encouraging the brand to attack each other in their advertising campaigns. There is some debate whether Misha believes that the worship of global brands is Idolatry and his visions depicting the brands are controlling people causing them to sin, or whether his belief is that monopoly is evil and his intention is to create a Western style free-market economy.
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Branded (2012) Cast (Click to Expand)
Branded Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | Character(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ed Stoppard | ... | Misha |
| Leelee Sobieski | ... | Abby |
| Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Bob |
| Max von Sydow | ... | Marketing Guru |
| Mariya Ignatova | ... | Master of Ceremony (as Maria Ignatova) |
| Roman Petrenko | ... | Fast Food Executive #1 |
| Anastasiya Nefedova | ... | Fast Food Executive #2 (as Anastasia Nefedova) |
| Nick Harvey | ... | Fast Food Executive #3 |
| John Laskowski | ... | Fast Food Executive #4 |
| Douglas A. Reno | ... | Fast Food Executive #5 (as Douglas Reno) |
| Gary Brierley | ... | Fast Food Executive #6 |
| Andrey Kaykov | ... | Pavel (as Andrei Kaikov) |
| Viktoriya Popova | ... | Screaming Woman (as Viktoria Popova) |
| Jamie Bradshaw | ... | Mr. Johnson |
| Viktor Verzhbitskiy | ... | Yuri Nikolaevich (scenesDeleted) (as Viktor Verzhbitsky) |
| Valeriya Kogan | ... | Russian Band Piano (as Valeria Kogan) |
| Alina Maslennikova | ... | Russian Band Violin |
| Miriam Sekhon | ... | Russian Band Singer |
| Ulyana Lapteva | ... | Veronika |
| Aleksandr Motasov | ... | Surgeon (as Alexander Motasov) |
Fun Facts: 15 Real AGES of Cast
- Ed Stoppard (b. September 16, 1974) – Misha
Sign: Virgo, Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Also known as: Ed Stopard | Eddie Stoppard - Leelee Sobieski (b. June 10, 1983) – Abby
Sign: Gemini, Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Also known as: LeeLee Sobieski | Liliane Sobieski - Jeffrey Tambor (b. July 8, 1944) – Bob
Sign: Cancer, Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) - Max von Sydow, as Marketing Guru, passed away at age 90 in Seillans, Var, France.
Sign: Aries, Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
Also known as: Max Von Sydow - Mariya Ignatova – Master of Ceremony (as Maria Ignatova)
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Also known as: Maria Ignatova - Roman Petrenko – Fast Food Executive #1
- Anastasiya Nefedova – Fast Food Executive #2 (as Anastasia Nefedova)
- Nick Harvey (b. August 17, 1955) – Fast Food Executive #3
Sign: Leo - John Laskowski (b. November 5, 1961) – Fast Food Executive #4
Sign: Scorpio - Douglas A. Reno – Fast Food Executive #5 (as Douglas Reno)
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Also known as: Douglas Reno - Gary Brierley – Fast Food Executive #6
- Andrey Kaykov – Pavel (as Andrei Kaikov)
- Viktoriya Popova – Screaming Woman (as Viktoria Popova)
- Jamie Bradshaw – Mr. Johnson
- Viktor Verzhbitskiy (b. September 21, 1958) – Yuri Nikolaevich (scenesDeleted) (as Viktor Verzhbitsky)
Sign: Virgo
Also known as: Viktor Verzhbitsky
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