Unstoppable Review: Outdated Comedy

Unstoppable, the latest youthful entertainer, featuring VJ Sunny and Saptagiri in lead roles, has been making a good buzz for some time now. The film has been released today, and let’s see how it has turned out to be.

Story: 

Chicha (VJ Sunny) and Macha (Saptagiri) work with a woman (Aqsa Khan). They are YouTubers. Their life is a smooth ride until they squander away a good chunk of money owing to an IPL betting stint. The bout of betting gives them jitters. They have to move heaven and earth to get back that much money within a stipulated time. Otherwise, their elders are going to abandon them.

The plot throws a twist when they have to get back Rs 20 lakh from a feared don. In their attempt to get back the money, they bump into a number of idiosyncratic characters.

On-screen performances:

The film is heavy on the casting side. Many new-era comedians are featured but none of them makes a mark. VJ Sunny’s acting has no major highs. Emotional scenes suit him more than comedy. Saptagiri needs to get back his mojo.

Posani Krishna Murali is back to doing those ‘Amma Amma’ faces. Nakshatra is seen as a silly Instagram-obsessed influencer named Time Table Tulasi. Aqsa Khan doesn’t share any chemistry with the lead men. Bittiri Satti and Prudhviraj have been wasted in ill-written parts. Raja Ravindra, Raghu Babu, Shakalaka Shankar, Chammak Chandra and others are part of the cast. Strangely, only the first of those characters is funny to an extent. The rest of them are noisy. Vikramjit is seen in a negative role. A lot of comedians are there for the sake of it. They fail to make the gags work.

Off-screen talents:

The music by Bheems Ceciroleo is partly good and mostly bland. Venumuralidhar V’s cinematography and SB Uddhav’s make some debatable decisions owing to budgetary constraints. The film was never expected to be technically respectable, considering that director Diamond Ratnababu’s previous film, ‘Son Of India’, was a disastrous experiment of sorts.

Plus Points:

• Casting, to an extent.

Minus Points:

• Outdated jokes.
• Loud dialogue delivery.
• Inadequate use of situations.
• A stretched-out cilmax that never ends.

Verdict:

The film is made to look like a Rohit Shetty universe where teeming characters overcrowd the plot. Only a few directors have been able to deal with such a sub-genre of comedy. Madcap comedy is not everyone’s cup of tea.

Telugubulletin.com Rating: 1/5