and (the) brother cheers them on

[Ostap]

First it’s a vengeance-is-mine-sayeth-the-action-hero flick, as Jean-Claude witnesses his brother (Dennis Alexio) getting his spinal cord cracked in the ring by a Thai champion/bully. To avenge his sibling’s paralysis, he trains with a witty ‘n’ wise martial-arts master (Dennis Chen), and suddenly it’s “The Karate Kid” redux. The tone gets lighter, and Van Damme engages in pratfall humor and smooches with his new Thai sweetie in the rain, and brother cheers them on from his wheelchair.

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Hello. Why is there no definite article (or "his") before "brother"?

 

[Rover_KE]

It replaces ‘Dennis’, and as that’s his name, ‘brother’ should be capitalised.

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think it's right to capitalise brother. The usage in the text is fine.

It's a typical feature of film reviews to omit the determiner before a noun that describes a character's relation to the main character.