Spoilers ahead…
The title is an ironic one. It’s the name of the hero played by GV Prakash Kumar, and the irony is that the character is anything but heroic. Doesn’t sound half-bad, does it? But Bruce Lee is one of those things where they have this one concept and nothing else. That one concept is this: Let’s name the hero after a legendary martial arts expert, and let’s make him a wimp. The nothing else is the rest of the film.
Bruce Lee is supposed to be a comedy. The key word supposed. It’s actually a tale of revenge. You’re probably thinking someone guns down the hero’s family at the beginning and he guns that person down at the end. But no! It isn’t even about the hero. The plot begins with a gangster stuffing a banana into a cop’s face. The plot ends with the cop stuffing a banana into this gangster’s face. Justice is served. So is fruit.
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Dhanda Soru
March 17, 2017
Haha! And the folks at FC finally get a glimpse of snarky BR. Like I said in an earlier thread: ungalukku taarture, adhu engalukku magizchi.
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Srinivas R
March 17, 2017
It’s embarrassing to read the Tamil cinema reviews after 3 Malayalam reviews. Tamil cinema is stuck in “concept” movies, about 2 decades Malayalam cinema I guess
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praneshp
March 17, 2017
Burn.
GV is acting in a Bala movie. I wonder what got into his head.
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Vidhya
March 17, 2017
A steady stream of such movies will ensure our steady stream of BRisms. 🙂
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Rahul
March 18, 2017
I see this as a postmodern surreal fantasy with homoerotic overtones , marrying the kitsch violent style of Tarantino with the visual panache of De Palma.
P.S. not seen the movie, just going by this review.
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praneshp
March 18, 2017
Blue sattai spoke about random things except the movie.
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Anisha
March 18, 2017
I know the guy is in his 20s or something, but is too much to ask GV Prakash to retire? At least from acting?
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BR Discoverer (formerly the "original" venkatesh)
March 19, 2017
I actually like what GV is doing. He is in a good space and quite niche as well.
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Godz
March 23, 2017
Do movies like this deserve even single Star…@BR what about a Zero Star? Are their any hard and fast rules that a single star should be awarded to movies even that deserves treatment similar to that of human waste? I guess u r too liberal BR
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brangan
March 23, 2017
Oh I didn’t know you could give a zero star. I thought one was the worst…
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Aram Pesu
March 25, 2017
It is sad on many levels. First is that it is an immense waste of resources. Second it kind of puts off people who are genuinely funny from attempting one.
I loved “Delhi Belly” It had such class.
Why are we so bad. I think new diros get a concept and they like to smell their shit.
Contrast to this, classics like “Indru poi naalai vaa” creates moments which are genuinely funny. (Gundhy illa..gaaaandheee…..or how Rajendran casually sleeps and takes rest while Maths prof is teaching him…it is kind of laborious…but there is clear intent to make it good.
This and Jil Jung Jak kind of movies…suck..
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Godz
March 26, 2017
Just google Zero star movies by Roger ebert and you will find them..BTW..this carnage of bad “urine” streaming should stop. Right now..Tamil cinema just stinks..
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