Let me share something special with you. This is Robot, a Bollywood action flick. It’s like Terminator, The Matrix and Transformers combined, but better. Or, as Jesus summarised, “an orgy of absurdity that not even Michael Bay can match”. (Warning: SPOILERS!)
It’s definitely absurd. But enjoyably so! And for some reason, this compilation clip is dubbed in Russian. But I guess I wouldn’t want it any other way. [YouTube]
Update: A reader writes in with two important facts. 1) Robot is, in fact, a Kollywood movie (Tamil, whereas Bollywood is Hindi) and 2) it was the most expensive Indian movie ever made. Of course it was!
Whitey
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 9:21 AMNo Im sorry, Nothing beats Sharktopus!
glennc
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 10:39 AMi don’t know, this comes pretty damn close.
awesome!
Jon
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 10:26 AMMy ex was Tamil, so i’ve watched a good chunk of Bollywood and Tamil films. They’re often either cheesy, excessively camp (anyone ever seen the clothing Salman Khan picks for himself?!), or just plain insane (as above film). Enjoyable though, and sometimes just wtf?
Gage
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 11:22 AMFor all of the WTF contained in that clip the hardest part to fathom is why someone made a super robot that looks like a chubby middle aged accountant…
Seamus Byrne
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 11:55 AMBecause no one would expect a chubby middle aged accountant is actually a super robot!
Samuel Haller
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 11:52 AMHey assholes, you just played the end of the movie. How about a spoiler alert next time??
Nick Broughall
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 11:59 AMFair call. Spoiler alert added.
Peter Simpson
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:11 PMYour description needs more Robocop. Just because.
Matt
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:57 PMThe robot looks like a bigger version of the little Indian dude who plays the Oopma Loopmas in the Johnny Depp version of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Ironically he also has a small part as an Army checkpoint guy towards the end of Transformers 2.
Oh and I think he’s the dude that rides the snail in the original Neverending Story.
Oh bummer, I have Lamahl in my head now. :(
Caesar Wong
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 1:43 PMCue Hollywood remake in 10, 9, 8, 7…