- Fighting, dancing,
singing, blood, laughs, tears.
A complete fiction,
but based on two real Indian heroes whose bromance
is still a better love story than Twilight.
RRR has it all.
I'm gonna tell you about this Indian, Telugu-language film
you may or may not have heard of,
but that you should definitely give a watch.
It isn't for the faint of heart
at three hours and two minutes long,
but it is well worth the investment.
Let's get into it.
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RRR is an abbreviation
for Rajamouli, Ram Charan and Rama Rao,
the film's director and two lead actors.
Released in March 2022,
RRR is the most expensive Indian film made to date,
costing $72 million.
It made 31 million worldwide on its first day
breaking the record
for highest opening day receipts earned by an Indian film.
But, y'all don't really care about numbers, do you?
You wanna know if and why you should watch.
So I'm a big action film fan and I love foreign films.
And like I said in the intro, this one has it all.
I really love well done fight choreography
and RRR definitely doesn't skimp on that.
(speaks Telugu)
(intense action music)
(chanting)
- The stunts and fights are expertly shot and choreographed
with the only thing that upstages them being how
ridiculous they can get sometimes.
I mean, I seriously laughed
out loud more than once,
but that's part of what makes this film so enjoyable.
In many respects, it is really, really
over the top.
And everything becomes a weapon in this movie.
Fists, people, entire motorcycles, buck's antlers
still attached to the buck.
Nothing is off limits.
(man shouting)
- And speaking of nothing off limits, one of the aspects
of the film I love is the big Bollywood style dance
and musical numbers.
It sounds like a dance number
wouldn't work in an epic action film, but these work.
And they are more fun than a day at amusement part.
- I've had enough of this nonsense. You two. Out!
- They totally keep with the theme of fighting and action.
They're fast paced and action packed themselves.
- Don't stop! Keep going!
(spectators groan)
- The first time one happens, for this Westerner,
it was kind of jarring
because I wasn't expecting that type of content blended
with what I was expecting.
But it's so well done, you lose yourself in it
and loose your expectations and just go with it.
Something else you end up just going along for the ride on,
is the creative use of special effects and CGI.
(wood crashes and clatters)
(metallic bang and crash)
- There are quite a few animals,
including some apex predators,
which make their way into RRR, but they aren't real.
And though they aren't exactly Jurassic Park
or Planet of the Apes caliber effects,
they're solid enough that they don't take you
out of the moments too much,
if you're used to big studio, Western effects.
(dramatic vocalizations)
- An interesting side note for me,
as a black man here in America,
and considering this is a period piece whose plot
involves a colonized people fighting back against injustice,
I think I saw the movie
through different eyes than some of the reviews I've read.
It was interesting to watch another culture's take
on fighting back against these centuries long specter
of manifest destiny, colonialism and seeing their take
on just how brutal and evil those folks were.
We're talking about the British Raj here.
Part of watching this, for me,
felt like when I watched Black Panther.
Like in Rajamouli,
I was watching the art of this Indian director
who was an Eastern analog for me, for Ryan Coogler.
And I bought in completely
and wanted to see this oppressed people say,
"Not today colonizer."
And whoop some series booty, and they do.
Not quite DJango Unchained type,
over the top, Tarantino, bloody revenge, but we get close.
And I have to say that was quite satisfying.
So, RRR gets two big thumbs up from me.
Now streaming on Netflix.
Song, dance, fights, explosions,
lions, tigers, and bears, oh my!
I think I'll dig
into the history of who the star's characters really were.
Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem,
I'm looking forward to meeting you two,
in a historically accurate text.
Hey, matter of fact, if any of my pals
from India, here have any suggestions on where to start,
hit me up in the comments below.
I love history and learning
about warriors and revolutionaries in other cultures.
So that's it. There it is.
My review of RRR.
Sounds like a pirate thing, arrr, but it really isn't.
You should definitely give it a watch.
I'm to Tshaka Armstrong for reviews.org.
If you have any other questions about this movie,
go ahead and leave those in the comments below.
I'll get to them.
Love chatting with you all.
You're a great group.
I will catch you on the next video.