Action Replayy

Atrocious. Boring. A mindfuck
That is the most concise way I can describe Action Replayy. Horrendous writing, fucked-up characterizations, bad music, terrible art design and without a shred of evidence of even a single functional brain anywhere in the crew of this movie ! I am hard pressed to find one charitable thing to say about this movie – except for Aishwarya Rai’s looks. She has been looking better than ever nowadays and this movie is no exception. Can anybody guess by looking at her that she is 38 years old ?

Back to the movie, Bunty (newcomer Aditya Roy Kapoor), uses a convenient mad scientist angle to travel back in time to see if he could make his perennially-squabbling parents like each other a little more. When he lands in 1975, he realizes that he would have to man up his wimp of a father Kishan before he can take on his intimidating mother Mala and all can be well in his current world.

This story by itself could have been an interesting movie. But in the hands of Vipul Shah, it results in a horrible, pathetic piece of moviemaking which I think is unparalleled in my limited movie history. The only movie that I would consider worse than this would be Drona. From inane story elements to Aishwarya’s clothes (which look anything but the 70s) to terrible locations (what is with showing CST exterior as a location for every alternate shot) to bad music/picturization (Zor Ka Jhatka is a good song though) to the desperate lack of humour, it is a mindfuck

I have no beef against nonsensical – look this week’s other release Golmaal 3 – it is an enjoyable movie. But this is not even funny. The way Bunty goes about coaching his dad a-la Hitch, the director would have you believe it is serious. But then concepts like son singing in 4 different voices while dad lip syncs and gyrates to the songs make your clasp your head in despair. The dialogues are equally wince inducing. And you will finish watching the movie without coming across a single exciting turn in the script which will perk up your interest.

I think I have vented my feelings enough. If you still feel like you want to watch this movie, do it at your own peril. You have been warned!