To all the "low-headed people":
Don't underestimate the mobile phone in your hand, because maybe one day, they will collectively "become sperm" and launch a crazy counterattack against humans.
This is not a fool's dream, but a real plot from the Indian science fiction film Bollywood Robot 2.0: The Return of rebirth.
Indian cinema has always been known for its "brain holes", which we have learned in the epic blockbuster "Baahubali King" two parts. The mythological theme is still like this, and it is even more careless in the field of science fiction. In this weekend's "Bollywood Robot 2.0", which claims to be Bollywood's highest investment and cost 550 million yuan, the director will refresh your three views with a variety of bizarre settings + 3D special effects.
When the film was released in India last year, it easily broke the opening record of "Baahubali King" and won the 2018 annual box office champion in India and the runner-up in the history of Indian film box office.
However, as the first Indian science fiction film to be introduced to the mainland, the performance of this "Bollywood robot" on the first day of the Chinese market can be described as "dismal". The box office is only more than 6 million, and the Douban score is only 5.8 points.
Xiao Dianjun, who has seen the film, responsibly said that the story and logic of the film are indeed a bit difficult to say, and the strong Bollywood style is not in line with our science fiction aesthetic.
However, all kinds of jaw-dropping "brain hole-level" special effects are still quite enjoyable, and the whole process sends out a high-energy exclamation of "you can still operate this way", and you who like to hunt for curiosity should not be missed.
The starting point of the film is very "realistic": India, as a populous + technology country, has more than 1 billion mobile phones, and mobile operators have built base stations in the country in a crazy and disorderly manner in order to attack the city, resulting in electronic radiation explosions.
Birds became the biggest victims of mobile phone radiation, dying and endangering.
While "blackening themselves", the screenwriter did not forget to praise China, "China is the most populous country, but they only have three communication operators." ”
At this time, a scientist who loves birds has stepped forward and will not hesitate to generate negative energy in a suicidal way to eliminate you (humans) on behalf of birds.
Fix your eyes on it, the image of this "Birdman" boss is still a little familiar.
That's right, he's one of Bollywood's most expensive actors, Akshay Kumar, who has starred in films like Toilet Hero and Indian Partner.
In order to play the image of this crazy "bird man", he is also quite desperate, and all kinds of thunder man styles are not rejected, and the time spent on makeup is more than 3 hours a day.
What exactly is this mysterious "negative energy", you ask? The director doesn't say it, and we don't dare to ask.
Anyway, the combat effectiveness is quite open, you can absorb and control everyone's mobile phones, form a mobile phone army, and change different forms at any time.
Among them, "bird monsters" and "giants" are the most common, and can also become fluids, trees, heaven and earth, pervasive.
As the "culprit", the head of India's telecommunications department and the owner of the operator bore the brunt of it, becoming the number one target of retaliation by the mobile phone corps, and the death was quite tragic.
Some were sneaked into the bedroom by mobile phones and broken from the body;
Some are swallowed up by huge waves and exploded into fireworks;
In some cases, after people die, the mobile phone in the body can still be stained with blood and buzz in the air.
The first half of the film is a science fiction film, it is simply a living cult horror film, high-energy pictures one after another, and the timid little electric jun is really scared. After the "mobile phone bird monster" made a big killing ring, the protagonist robot "Seventh Brother" finally arrived late.
Several rounds of fierce battles between the seven brothers and the "Bird Monster", especially the final stadium showdown, have also become the biggest attraction of the film.
The Big Bird Monster can control the mobile phone army, and the seventh brother can also create a robot army. The two of them began several rounds of "super change" battles.
The "Bird Monster" released an army of giants, and the seventh brother opened the 360-degree "lipstick" (oh no, machine gun) Dafa.
The "Bird Monster" appeared in its original form, and the seventh brother adjusted to the "Golden Bell Hood Iron Cloth Shirt" mode.
"Bird Monster" has a giant form, and the seventh brother also has a "Magneto + Iron Man" form to deal with.
It can be said that the devil is one foot high, and the road is one foot high.
No one thought that the final move to crush the villain was actually the bird monster's favorite bird army, and the specific way Xiao Dianjun was not spoiled here.
Bird monsters manipulate mobile phones to attack humans, and humans instead use birds to complete the Jedi counterattack, directing this wave of "treating people in their own way" 6.
Finally, the director does not forget to use the mouth of the scientist who invented the seventh brother to explain the main theme of the film: "We should use technology to cure diseases, eliminate poverty, and promote education, and if we abuse technology to satisfy selfish desires and promote greed, we will one day suffer our own consequences." ”
Overall, Bollywood Robot 2.0 is not a successful science fiction film, the plot is difficult to investigate, and the presentation of the main theme is also very far-fetched.
But there is no doubt that the film's several climactic action scenes show the level of development of Indian special effects technology and the amazing imagination beyond the technical level.
Although the technical teams behind the scenes mostly have Hollywood backgrounds, they have managed to create a new style of sci-fi in the context of Indian cinema.
In the science fiction film circle where Hollywood holds the right to speak, Indian science fiction is undoubtedly a "mudslide"-like existence. Since the 1990s, India has gradually begun to experiment with science fiction films. In the early days, there was "Mr. India" starring Shri Daiyu, and the recent representative ones were the "Bollywood Robot" series, the "Indian Superman" series and the time travel theme, and the Douban 7.8 score of "24: Reverse Time and Space".
The "Indian Superman" series has been filmed for the fourth part since 2003, telling the story of Indian superman Roshi who has defeated the dark forces and saved the world many times after receiving the superpowers and wisdom given by aliens.
From the title, styling, setting and special effects, the film is not difficult to imitate and borrow from Hollywood classic science fiction movies such as "Superman", "E.T.", "Independence Day", etc., but the ubiquitous song and dance elements and Indian humor are very Bollywood characteristics, which epitomize the style of Indian science fiction.
In contrast, the "Bollywood Robots" series is more original. Huge investments to create top-notch visual effects, bold and exaggerated, and comic-style action scenes have become the signature features of this series.
Back in 2010, the first in the series, "Hollywood Robot Love," grossed nearly $100 million worldwide, and the special effects and action design seemed very advanced at the time. Although the reputation of the second part is not as good as expected, from the end of the easter egg and the box office performance in India, the third part is already a nail in the coffin.
The action design in "Bollywood Robot Love" is very distinctive
With the development of Indian aerospace technology, the theme of Indian science fiction films in the past two years has gradually left the earth and soared into space. In 2018, "Dynamite Star" became India's first space-themed film. The mission manual, a film based on true events and showing the launch of the Indian Mars rover, was also released this summer.
Two Indian space films: Dynamite and Mission Manual
In the past decade, with the overall progress of India's technology industry, major Hollywood studios have outsourced special effects work to Indian companies. The rise of Indian science fiction films has also benefited to some extent from the development of the entire visual effects industry.
Judging from the current mainland box office and word of mouth of "Bollywood Robot 2.0", it is still difficult for Indian science fiction to conquer the taste buds of overseas audiences, but the mysterious power that is rising in the science fiction film circle cannot be ignored.