(28 Oct 2011)
I watched RA.One in 3D today. It is easily one of the
third-classest superhero films that any movie-lover would have seen in a long
time! At the risk of being called a brainless emotional film critic, I’m giving
0.5 out of 5 to Anubhav Sinha and Shah Rukh Khan’s super-hyped project of the
year, RA.One. Here’s why I don’t call it a mean rating!
The film starts off with the portrayal of an Indian family
living overseas. Shah Rukh, a video game developer, is immensely in love with
his wife – played by Kareena – and their only son, a young die-hard believer
that it’s the villain that is always the cool dude, and not the hero. The
father tries relentlessly to design a super-cool video game, in order to win
his son’s heart. This is where the film starts; and this is where all the brain
in the film ends.
What follows is a series of brainless poorly written sci-fi
action sequences, spread over London and Mumbai. The film keeps wanting a
desperate script that never really takes off. Even the much talked-about
Rajinikanth cameo is so ill-timed and brilliantly under-executed, it has one
asking why Rajini couldn’t deserve a more sensible treatment!
Looking at the quality of special effects, one wonders where
all the money in the film was spent; was it for the film-making or for the
promotional tactics?
Go out and watch the film only and only if you’ve never
watched a superhero movie and if you’ve never felt more jobless than now. After
all, one can’t be so dumb and brainless as the makers of this failed attempt
expect us to be.
However, knowing the recent taste of our movie-goers, this
critic won’t be surprised at all if this film becomes a huge box office grocer.
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