TheRetroCritic

You ever wonder what would happen if your idiot dad died and was somehow reborn as some magical super being? And I don't mean any of that Jack Frost snowman bullshit. No, I'm talking Ra.One which, now that I think about it, owes more to Jack Frost than I originally thought. Shahrukh Khan plays a games developer who creates a new virtual reality game in which you fight an indestructible villain known as Ra.One. But that shit literally becomes real when the game villain transcends the virtual world into our own and wreaks havoc upon it. How this happens I'm not quite sure but lets just say that suspension of disbelief doesn't even begin to cover it. Cue big action sequences, most of them shot in London, a delicious Endhiran (The Robot) cameo appearance and lots of robot hijinks and tomfooleries. Oh and an entire scene dedicated to a "smoking kills" message. Just like The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog . That takes me back... Anyway, it turns

CGI babies, talking mosquitos, dancing aztecs, singing robots, lion-bots, a giant snake-bot, unmotivated violence and blood, naked suicides...these are all the wonders (and much more!) you can find in S. Shankar's latest sci-fi extravaganza! And I'm not even counting Rajnikanth 's hilarious wardrobe which makes him look alternatively like Ronald Chevalier out of Gentlemen Broncos or Deep Roy's Oompa Loompas from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . The story itself is a cross between I, Robot , Frankenstein and Bicentinnial Man and is the typical "scientist creates monster, can't control him, monster turns against him" deal. The first half being the more light-hearted one, the second being darker and more action packed. And by action packed of course, I mean DEMENTED. Overall, this is very odd, very silly, very random and predominantly awkward BUT it is also a lot of fun and one of the wackiest 3 hours you'll ever spend. Plus, did I mention the g