Sunday, September 29, 2013

Movie Review: Warning (3D)

Here's a warning about Warning - it will either completely bypass you, and you will come out bored, or it will really impact you, making you think about life's fragility and put you in a depressive state of mind for the rest of the weekend. Either way, it's not something you go to for thrills and chills - it's something you watch if you like the heavy stuff.

A group of friends on a reunion take a luxury yatch out for a fun filled trip. Their adventure quickly turns to a really helpless and despondent situation, when they find themselves in the water, tantalizingly close to the safety and luxury of the yatch, yet hopelessly unable to make it. From shivering rain to a deadly shark attack, worsened by the depressing wails of the lone baby left on board, the experience brings out the best, and the worst in them. The short but effective prelude connects you to every member of the gang, and you feel for them, as they try every possible stunt to reach safety. You silently cheer them on, at every step, and your heart crashes when they fail.

It's a low budget film, and it shows in the lack of interaction between the shark and the characters in the water, but the drama is genuine and strikes you right where it should. You get completely absorbed, until the frequent and unnecessary songs interrupt the pace and plot, making you tear your hair in despair.

And a quick word on the 3D... in parts, it is brilliant, especially the opening sequence with a shot of Mumbai's rooftops - absolutely brilliant for depth and effect, and the scenes where water sploshes on your gogles. But most of the rest of the movie misses the 3D trick completely, leaving you visually hungry for more. And with the overused and smudged glasses at ESquare, it was one "feature" I would have lived happily without.

So should you watch Warning? My advice for most of you - no, don't.

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