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Tuesday 23 July 2013

Ra.One (2011)

The worst Indian film I've yet sat through is an attempt to mimic Hollywood sci-fi/action cinema. It succeeded. It even outdid Hollywood in spectacular fashion. The CGI is off the scale. So is the theft. Most of the plot is made from parts of Terminator 2, TRON, Iron Man, and The Matrix. If copyright actually meant anything in India, then lawyers would pluck Ra.One clean.
It’s primarily a kid's film but there are moments wholly inappropriate for that demographic, such as pervy airport guy getting excited over a possible knob piercing. There's comedy, bad chart music, super-jumps up Battersea Power Station and… enough! Some restraint was needed.

1½ proverb folders out of 5

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