Enthiran

[Drunk Monk]

2.0 was a disappointment. No Ash. Rajinikanth reprises his role as the robot scientist and Chitti. And stepping in is Akki - the might Akshay Kumar - one of my fav stars. But it falls flat. All the cell phones have gone awry, flying out of peoples' hands and forming a flock beast, fusing The Birds, the Blob, Rodan and just a touch of Alien chest bursting. Akki is a bird lover protesting bird killing cell towers. But that isn't revealed until a good hour into the film with a long 'I get it already' back story. There's some interesting imagery with the cell phone blob and some sci-fi concepts about cell phones but it's only about 5 mins worth, stretched over 2 hours. The finale fight goes total CGI kaiju with Akki v Raj in a football stadium, and while it has its Enthiran moments, it feels like rehash. There aren't even any good dream sequences or dance numbers except for the end credit auto-tuned bot dance rave. I'm posting that below. It's the best part.



No sword fights. Not DOOM recommended.