Written and Directed by: Prashant Varma
Streaming on Aha!
It's a fun flick. It sticks to the zombie film genre, doesn't subvert much or it doesn't have any socio-political comment going on undercurrent. But the way, it reimagines the popular Telugu cinema faction genre, is terrific. It's a blast in those episodes. The comedy is also physical, and out in our faces. It feels like a parody at places. They create humour out of weird hair and make up choices - actor Prithvi not having two arms, RJ Hemanth's beard - create fun. The scene where Getup Srinu headbutts every one and ends up headbutting an iron pole is hilarious. Teja Sajja is good, I was not sure about him looking at the posters - but in the film - he fits very well. The angle of 'gamers never give up' is interestingly explored.
I felt that the scientist was too caricature-ish, his experiments - they don't even try to shoot these scenes in a convincing way. I think the film is unapologetically on the face and it works in favor of the film for the most. The poster sets the expectations right. There are some really good moments, like the mother breastfeeding her baby when she's bit. The plot of temple's water being a cure was also a visually interesting choice. The film takes a good path when the girl doesn't pull the trigger and gives up her own life because she can't shoot - the stakes suddenly go up. All in all, it's a fun film. It is extremely self aware in what it's trying to do and this is how I'd love to watch commercial, masala films where they exactly know what they're doing and what they're not.
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