RRR is the 458th episode of the Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford and Lon Harris. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic action drama film RRR. It was published on August 9, 2022. It is 5 minutes and 39 seconds long. It has been viewed over 100,000 times.
Script[]
You've seen this GIF, the ending of Slumdog Millionaire, and... um... Okay, look, I'm American, and I've never seen a full Indian film in my entire life. But that all has to change, now that I've witnessed...
RRR
Strap the f*ck in for writer/director S. S. Rajamouli's epic historical action musical, that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that American movies would be ten times better if Vin Diesel and the Rock could do this... (shows Bheem and Raju dancing in a musical number)
Dom: I don't think so.
...where, instead of using VFX to cut down on costs (shows a behind-the-scenes video for Spider-Man: No Way Home depicting Tony Revolori's Flash Thompson being bluescreened into a party scene), they use it to make their stars do the impossible (shows Raju knocking back a tiger with a torch in midair), and pack in so much animal mayhem (montage of animals attacking British soldiers), they had to put fricking oxen in the disclaimer. Oxen. Look out! (shows Bheem freeing the animals from their cages) He brought a zoo!
Follow the story of two real historical figures (shows the commemorative statues of Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem), though I'm pretty sure they never did this together. (shows Bheem and Raju tag-teaming to get past a group of British soldiers) Raju is a Delhi police officer who's always hot. (shows a bloody tear dropping onto his hand, where it steams due to the heat) Bheem is a jungle warrior who's always wet. When fate makes them all hot and wet together, their bond grows so powerful, it transcends words (montage of Bheem and Raju communicating through gestures), as these two brothers-in-arms speak the universal language of beatdowns (shows Bheem knocking back a British soldier as Raju fires an arrow into his chest, then removes it as he falls to the ground), dance battles (shows a musical number), and casual horse-vs.-motorcycle beach racing. That's just something they do in a "now we're friends" montage; it's not even part of the plot! Just... beautiful stuff, man...
Delve into a history and culture you probably have zero non-racist references for (shows Fisher Stevens' Ben Jabituya (Short Circuit), Hank Azaria's Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (The Simpsons), and Ben Kingsley's Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi)), but you've seen enough Michael Bay movies to wonder, "Am I watching propaganda right now? This looks like Captain America's USO show." But whatever they're selling to Indians, one message is clear to the entire world: "Seriously, f*ck the British.", as the Brits range from evil (shows a British soldier killing a child and his mother), to demonic...
Governor Buxton: I want to see his neck drawn out tight, and his eyes bulge and pop, just before his neck snaps.
...to "Holy sh*t, that woman carries a spiked whip between her legs just in case someone needs torturing!"...
Governor Buxton: Aren't you quite vicious, my dear?
...in a portrayal that's so negative, it got an actual Englishman to pen a rebuttal of mild annoyance. (a Coffee House article with the title "What Netflix's RRR gets wrong about the British Raj" pops up, focusing on a quote saying "Netflix should be ashamed for promoting it") (in a snooty British accent) "My word, what an off-putting display! Tut-tut, indeed!"
Settle in for a three-hour run-time, so there's room for action, dancing, singing, comedy, politics, and romance -- Not between the leads, but yeah, there's definitely some tension there.
Bheem: (in Telugu) I'm not able to bear seeing you like this.
-- like the romance between Raju and Sita, a girl who waited four years for her man to pick up something from the store (montage of Sita staring longingly), and the romance between Bheem and Jenny, a story of how true love overcomes all, even not knowing a single word the other person's saying.
Jenny: I'm sorry, I can’t understand what you're saying. / Sorry? / Oh, I wish I knew what you were saying. / I'm sorry?
Bheem: (in Telugu) Jenny, I can't understand what you are saying.
Aww, I'm rooting for these two! Just be careful about the in-laws...
So strap in for the year's most eye-popping, crowd-pleasing spectacle, that brings a joy to action filmmaking not seen since Stephen Chow or James Cameron, that will have even the most jaded Hollywood moviegoer dancing in the aisles, and rushing to catch up on at least 50 years of Tolly- and Bollywood films to see what they've missed.
Chitti (Enthiran): (after pulling out an absurd amount of guns) Hahaha. Happy Diwali, folks. (opens fire)
I think I'm going to like it here...
Starring: Raj Against the Machine (Ram Charan as Alluri Sitarama Raju); Brit Rule Can't Melt Steel Bheems (N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Komaram Bheem); The Village People (Alia Bhatt as Sita); Jen-nay (Olivia Morris as Jennifer/"Jenny"); Punisher: Colonial War Zone (Ray Stevenson as Governor Scott Buxton); Elsa from The Last Crusade? I Did Nazi That Coming! (Alison Doody as Catherine Buxton); and Summoning All Your Strength Like a Dang DBZ Character. (montage of characters tapping into their inner strength similar to characters from the Dragon Ball franchise)
BFF
The honest title for RRR was ‘BFF’. Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
Can we import this movie's stunt coordinator to fix superhero flicks over here? And not just because he's great; because his name is "King Solomon"!
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Production Credits[]
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Title Design: Robert Holtby
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford, & Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert
Associate Producer: Ryan O'Toole
Edited by: Randy Whitlock
Post-Production Supervisor: Emin Bassavand
Post-Production Coordinator: Mikołaj Kossakowski
Assistant Editor: Rebecca Castaneda
Director of Video Production: Max Dionne