An elderly janitor (a recurring Easter egg in Azov films) grabs both boys in a basement boiler room. "You will fight three times," he says. "First for pride. Second for blood. Third for nothing at all." This supernatural edge was cut to keep the film "grounded." Yet it’s the most quoted line in deletion circles.
To understand "Buddy Brawl," one must first understand its source. Azov Films was a production company operating out of Crimea, Ukraine (then Moldavia), active primarily between 2000 and 2010. The studio specialized in a niche genre often referred to as "naturist" or "sporting" films featuring pre-adolescent and adolescent boys. An elderly janitor (a recurring Easter egg in