While I have been known to enjoy the occasional musical, I have never been able to breach the cultural divide that keeps me from renting and sitting through your standard Bollywood picture. The music never appealed to me, the synchronized line dancing was too over-the-top. But now that this Bollywood martial-arts film is coming out, I may have to attempt it. After all, I made it through Kung Fu Hustle, and this looks like almost the exact same movie (with a little Beverly Hills Ninja thrown in). Both have small towns threatened by hat-wearing thugs, both have chosen ones who return to defend them, and both have a lot of synchronized dancing. (The scenes of the hero in 1930s gangster clothes are particularly familiar.) Of course, Stephen Chow didn't shave off a mustache to effect his transformation from sad sack to kung-fu champion in KFH, but I'm pretty sure he shaved his scruffy beard at some point. And I have to say, the transformation of the main character in the trailer, from mustachioed buffoon to stubbly action hero, is pretty dramatic, as is the main actress's transformation between her Chinese and Indian characters. It makes me wonder how long the movie is to squeeze in all of the training, love stories, set pieces and musical numbers. I'll get ready for a long night.
Reviews by People Who've Actually Seen It:
Rotten Tomatoes
Sponsored Links
60 Comments
Add a comment
MOST RECENT POSTS
Today's TWoP News: Friday, January 6, 2011
The Most Heinous Person on Reality TV This Week
Indie Snapshot: The Iron Lady, Pariah and A Separation
TWoP 10: Reality Franchises That Should Be Benched
Friday, January 6, 2012: Supernatural
Portlandia is 2 Broke Girls for the Discerning Viewer's Soul
Today's TWoP News: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Modern Family: The Best Lines From the Winter Premiere
BLOG ARCHIVES
Reviews of Movies We Haven't Seen Yet
January 2009
7 Entries
December 2008
24 Entries
November 2008
21 Entries
October 2008
31 Entries
September 2008
30 Entries
August 2008
14 Entries
July 2008
24 Entries
June 2008
20 Entries
May 2008
22 Entries
April 2008
24 Entries
March 2008
7 Entries
Television Without Pity • © 2012 Bravo Media LLC • A Division of NBCUniversal •
Hi there, I just wanted to let you know That your post is good!
3rk8cx
x54sf6 reply
this is a test comment
vipul comment
vipul comment
vipul 3 comment. 10:43
vipul4 10:53 am
From testcite01
Testing...
Deepak Testing again
comment by testing2 at 9:39 PM EDT
Testing again for Chandni Chowk to China entry
Ashi testing again...
Ashi testing again and again...
Ashi tested for Chandni Chowk to China entry.
Tested again.
Testing @ 5:24 PM IST
Testing going on...
I love this movie
movie is good
Testing @ 7:58 PM IST
Testing @ 7:59 PM IST
testing@ 8:19 pm IST
testing....
testing 2nd.after 2 min...
Latest testing
Latest testing 1111...
Testing at 3:33pm IST
Testing at 3:38pm IST
Testing at 3:40pm IST
Testing at 3:41pm IST
Testing at 3:43pm IST
Testing at 3:44pm IST
Testing at 3:47pm IST
Testing at 3:49pm IST
test at 1:32 PM EDT
test2 at 1:33 PM
tesing..11.06
testing..11.11
Testing @ 3:59 am IST
Testing @ 4:00 pm IST
Testing @4:49 IST
Testing @ 10:58am IST
Testing @ 11:00am IST
Testing @ 11:03am IST
Testing @ 11:31am IST
Testing @ 11:37am IST
Testing @ 5:03 PM IST
Testing @ 5:04 PM IST
Testing @ 5:13 PM IST
Testing @ 5:36 pm IST
testing@8.02PM
testing@8.06PM
testing @10.00pm
If you are in uncomfortable position and have got no money to get out from that, you would require to take the home loans. Just because it should help you emphatically. I get consolidation loans every time I need and feel myself great just because of that.
testing@11.43...
testing @7.55
Various people all over the world get the loans from different banks, just because that's comfortable.
Don't you understand that this is correct time to receive the loans, which can make you dreams real.