"Brain Residue Powder" is an Indian movie, initially saw the title, inertial thinking, thought it was a crazy comedy film that danced without a word, the whole process was opened, after watching it, it was found that it was not, the tone in front of the film was still very cheerful, with the development of the plot, the style took a sharp turn, completely transformed into a Hollywood style thriller, for me who rarely watched Indian movies over the years, I still feel a lot of surprises.
The so-called "love and hate" has nothing to do with love, but refers to the relationship between fans and idols, with the relationship between the two to develop the plot, this kind of theme of the film is not uncommon. As a long-standing social topic, all kinds of literary and artistic works have long been involved, and the news events in reality are not uncommon, such as the story of a certain king and female fans in that year, the "plot" has been bizarre to unimaginable. In fact, everyone has their own favorite or once liked stars (not limited to film and television, can be extended to all walks of life), mentally healthy star chasing, beneficial and harmless, but there is a kind of fans, in the double lack of faith and emotion derived from the "blind worship", often evolved into hysterical crazy behavior. The protagonist of "Brain Dead Powder" Gauraf is such an extreme character, he beat up another star who was not inferior to his idol because of his crazy worship of superstar Aryan, who knew that Arian did not appreciate it, but instead called the police to punish him, Gauraf began to plan and implement a series of retaliatory actions against the idol, thus making it impossible to receive, and finally making the situation out of control...
The film focuses on Gaurev's admiration for Arian, participating in the imitation show for three consecutive championships, and even getting the support of his parents to fund him to go to Mumbai to chase stars, at this time he is still rational, even if some fanaticism, they are all within the normal range, realistic scenes and real details, are different from the impression of often some detached Indian films (of course, the famous "Three Fools" does not count), can resonate. The bright color of the picture also highlights that Gaurev is not an evil person in nature, but he has a humble origin and regards his idol as the whole of life. The plot is divided into two, the style of painting takes a sharp turn, obviously the big star Arian should also bear part of the responsibility, he is cold to the fans who use the wrong way to show themselves good, cold face, high, and even some rough trying to solve the problem, so that the paranoid Gauraf is gray, love is cut, hate is cut, from extreme worship to extreme hatred, between a thought, heaven and hell, so, how stars and fans love each other, in fact, the movie gives some meaningful discussion, of course, In the second half, fans will stop at nothing to destroy the idol's acting career and family life, and have stepped on the bottom line of morality and law, which must not be condoned, no matter what the reason, is unforgivable, and the ending is inevitably towards a tragic ending, just as Aryan said to Gaurev on the roof: "I can live my own life, why can't you?" Go back and be a good son of your parents! But Gauraf, who was already obsessed, left only a cold sentence: "You don't understand." "One wrong step wrong step wrong, it's too difficult to turn back." Through entertainment, exposing the good and evil of human nature, and transmitting the correct world view, "Brain Residue Powder" is undoubtedly well done, which invisibly makes the film have a deep connotation that is not a fast food movie.
In terms of images, "Brain Residue Powder" lacks the song and dance parts commonly found in Indian movies, and adds a large number of action scenes, and is mainly realistic. The main three action scenes, all with the help of environmental elements, Gao Ruifu beat the star and was hunted by the police, using the dilapidated hotel's exterior wall, air conditioning, ropes and other clever escapes, very much in the style of Jackie Chan films; after destroying Aryan's overseas performances, in the high and low houses and the narrow road parkour section, it is even more thrilling to shoot a sense of intense chasing, whether it is running the camera or scene scheduling, it shows a sophisticated production level; and the continuous hand-to-hand combat between Aryan and Gaureve on the roof at the end can be regarded as the climax of the whole film. The performance is still remarkable. Less song and dance, more action, in addition to the same ornamentality, full of novelty, at least for Indian cinema has a great change. It is worth mentioning that there is a major play in the middle, that is, Gao Ruifu pretended to be Arian to destroy an ancient castle performance, aryan although he had already prevented and responded, but still recruited, this battle of wits and courage, and even filmed the high energy and suspense of "Mission Impossible", which is not at all lost to the standard of Hollywood blockbusters, all in one go, very enjoyable. Speaking of action scenes, although it is good-looking, but personally feel a little bit unrestrained, each paragraph is slightly lengthy, if the effect is properly simplified, it will be better, but it can also be understood, spent real money and silver to shoot, how to go under the scissors?
The main actor is India's national treasure level superstar Shah Rukh Khan, his acting skills are really incredible, a person playing superstar Aryan and super fan Gauraef, the whole process is his own and his opponent play, to be honest, I always thought it was two actors, just looked very similar, and later learned that it was his one-man one-man show, just through special effects makeup, so that Gaurav's face shape is somewhat different, the other is completely through superb acting skills to complete the shaping of two different roles, one is stable and mature, one is hot-blooded paranoid, Whether it is the difference in personality or the age gap, it is very real and credible, and it seems that Shah Rukh Khan's status in the Indian film industry is so high, and it is by no means without reason.
Finally, the English name of "Brain Residue Powder" is "Fan", the Chinese translation name is still very accurate, I have seen several movies with similar themes before, such as "DeathLy Film Fans", as well as Robert De Niro's early "Terminator of fire" ("Crazy Fans"), and even a Hong Kong film that can't remember the title of the film, telling the story of fans kidnapping female stars, are standard thriller configurations, and there are more similar plots in other plots, such as "Taxi Driver" and "Bodyguard", etc., and so on, "Brain Dead Powder" Although it is obvious that it is taking an international route, it still retains the style of its own film, and it is very rare that the entertainment elements are richer than pure thrillers.