{"id":4329,"date":"2013-05-13T14:52:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2023-01-27T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T20:38:38","slug":"movie-review-go-goa-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2013\/05\/movie-review-go-goa-gone.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review : Go Goa Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/strong>Rating<\/a> : 2.5\/5<\/strong>
\n Genre<\/a> : Drama
\nYear<\/a> : 2013
\nRunning time : 1 hour 51 minutes
\nDirector : Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru
\nCast : Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari, Pooja Gupta
\nKid rating<\/a> : A<\/strong><\/p>\n

I read the reviews for this film, and everyone\u2019s like yeah \u2013 go see it. I did, and am wondering \u2013 did we see the same film? Granted that this is Bollywood\u2019s first zombie film ever \u2013 which is a big deal \u2013 it\u2019s still an average-bordering-on-poor film. It\u2019s as if the producers were conducting an experiment \u2013 how low can you go and still turn a profit?<\/p>\n

Two young men Hardik (Kunal Khemu<\/a>) and Luv (Vir Das) are stuck in jobs they are not interested in, love lives that aren\u2019t going anywhere and presumably nothing interesting happening. So when roomie and straight-arrow friend Bunny (Anand Tiwari) has to go to Goa for a work-related presentation, they tag along. Once there, pretty girl Luna (Puja Gupta) tells them of this rave party on a semi-deserted island. The trio land up there, party away and wake up in the morning to discover that everyone else has turned into blood-thirsty zombies.<\/p>\n

They find Luna, who\u2019s luckily also still human. They also come across blonde, Russian party-organizer Boris (Saif Ali Khan) and his sidekick who are looking for a way out of the island. Boris has an accent, a gun and a one-liner \u201c I kill dead people\u201d. And he does. However he disappears after a while on some mysterious mission and the foursome are left to fend for themselves . . .<\/p>\n

I watched the trailer of this film and it had looked good. I mean the things you could do with the situation! Zombies in desiland \u2013 quite a novelty? Yes, for those of you who haven\u2019t seen a C-grade American zombie film before. Raj N. and Krishna DK who\u2019ve to date done fairly well in their productions (Shor in the City<\/a>, 99<\/a> etc) run out of ideas here. In the first half of the film there are zombies on the island. In the second half of the film, there are still zombies on the island. Rinse and repeat ain\u2019t quite working so well here.<\/p>\n

The film is almost saved by its humor \u2013 I add a 1 star just for that. Kunal Khemu is a natural as a perpetually zoned out lad in the throes of laddish humor \u2013 i.e.; women as objects. Vir Das (of Delhi Belly<\/a> fame) is kind of wasted as a somewhat senti, somewhat annoying Luv \u2013 a weak and dribbly character. I quite liked Tiwari as the by-the-book seedha-saadha<\/em> Bunny who follows along with his more adventurous friends. Puja Gupta, who plays Luna, has as much acting talent as the zombies, and I\u2019m being nice. Saif Ali Khan breathes life into the film as blonde Boris, muscular tattooed arms and all, so good job there.<\/p>\n

The laugh out loud moments are many. Some of them are plain stupid and juvenile\/distasteful but in the heat of the moment they come off OK. Other than that the film got boring after a while. How much can you do with a bunch of zombies on an island? Not much as it turns out because there is no sub-story, no sub-plot here. All we have are zombies, and they, like our heroes, have no redeeming qualities.<\/p>\n

The other annoying thing about this movie \u2013 it can\u2019t quite make up its mind about what it wants to be. Is it a full-on zombie flick? Is it a tale of three friends on a gone-horribly-wrong adventure? Is it a public service announcement against drugs and drink? A little of each. Maybe. Plus the zoned out threesome suddenly develop feelings \u2013 there\u2019s some forced emotion here \u2013 repentance, guilt, sadness and even an attempt at being good. Gave me this icky feeling, because as everyone and his uncle knows (and the scriptwriters don\u2019t) \u2013 there is no place for desi<\/em> emotion in a zombie film.<\/p>\n

So then, there are exactly 2 reasons to watch this film :<\/p>\n

– You haven\u2019t seen a zombie film before.
\n– You have seen a C-grade poorly produced American zombie film before and liked it.<\/p>\n

You decide.<\/p>\n

Kidwise<\/strong> : Not suitable for kids although this isn\u2019t a scary film for adults. There\u2019s blood and gore, and lots of slurping sounds as zombies feed on the dead. Humor is inappropriate for kids – so the A rating is apt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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