A pharmacist realizes he gave a little girl poison instead of her father's medicine! As the girl heads home by public transit, the pharmacist tries to figure out a way to warn her before she gets home and gives the medcine to her dad - which instantly will kill him.
An interesting premise done effectively, if not at the edge of the seat suspense I was hoping for, due to the decision to make the search a city-wide effort instead…
Many will find this manipulative, heavy handed, misery porn (The Aronofsky hat trick), but I was enthralled by Brendan Fraser's performance every step of the way. I know the play has been mounted many times with different creative teams, but this was a role Fraser was born to play, with his innate likeability, and the reality of his terrible last decade, anchoring his teary eyed performance. I weirdly didn't find it it a chore to watch, because Fraser was so innately likeable, and was surrounded by actors delivering deeply empathetic performances.
RISE. ROAR. REVOLT.
You watch RRR and wonder "Why is this film such a spine-tingling blast of excitement while most super-hero blockbusters hit audiences like tepid baths?"
Maybe it's because they don't feature a musical number where white douchebags are struck down by the power of Indian dance.
From the absurd premise of "What if two real-life revolutionaries who never crossed path... We're really best friends?", Director SS Rajamouli crafts a towering 3-hour epic that's all about saving a single…
