Brother

First of all, I think that Sergei Bodrov, Jr. played his part perfectly. I think he captured the character of Danila perfectly. He was able to show the audience a lot of emotion while remaining a seamlessly heartless killer. Danila did not seem to care about the aftershocks of violence as long as the act was carried out with good meaning. He was very smart about his violence as well, for the most part he only left one witness that could spill the beans on him. The one guy being the director from the apartment. The only other guy that witnessed Danila murder was a criminal himself.
Danila had interesting tendencies when he turned to violence. He had a lot of knowledge when it came to firearms and munitions. Not everyone can refill shotgun slugs with nail heads because of the weight proportions that need to be kept. There was not one weapon that he encountered throughout the movie where he had issues. This knowledge could have come from the army, but I don't know that they would have taught the soldiers how to make silencers from a soda bottle.
Some of the acts of violence he commits early in the film could be considered well deserved. Particularly the thug who picks on the German. Later Danila learns how to kill, and he finds himself quite good at it. It solves all of his problems.
Danila does find some peace in his life through music. His favorite genre of music seems to be more rock with nothing to fast. Whenever he listened to music in the film that was all the audience heard. Through music Danila was able to tune out the world and focus. It was an interesting character feature.
The best part of Danila was his honor. He did not kill his brother, and he never hurt anyone he promised not too. He certainly wasn't fond of foreigners except for his German friend. When talking to the Frenchman he went out of his way to say the things he said about America.
If this film doesn't have a sequel, it certainly should. It was set up perfectly for one, provided Bodrov Jr. plays Danila again. The director did a fantastic job piecing the film together in St. Petersburg. I felt like the sets fit with the storyline very well.