A billionaire industrialist and his son are killed almost simultaneously, and a message recorded on a cell phone implicates two high-ranking executives. His widow places a phone call and eventually reaches Pawan Kalyan, a holy man on a pilgrimage to.... beat up people apparently. He shows up, gives a speech about being sure about the target of his vengeance, kidnaps a job applicant to go to work for the company to begin his Hamlet-like campaign to infiltrate the company and achieve his revenge.
At this point the movie turns into a Marx Brothers musical comedy, in which a couple of the musical numbers are set at a Bulgarian wedding. I wasn't clear why Bulgaria should be involved, but apparently the Bulgarian Film Commission (or whatever they call it) had thrown some money at the producers, and they had shot some scenes that actually advanced the plot there. Apparently there was enough money left over to film a local wedding, or perhaps pick up some money filming a wedding video, cut it into the movie and hope no one noticed. Other plot points included frequent assassination attempts; a musical number in which an office manager with grabby hands gets beaten with the belts of every woman in the office; a catfight between Kalyan's two girlfriends; and a guy whom Kalyan's associates have kidnapped, who keeps getting free, going to the company to report the conspiracy, and finding he is reporting it to Kalyan.
I found the movie a constant, puzzling, manic delight and after half an hour I gave up trying to figure out what was going on. I just relaxed, enjoyed the jokes and situations and laughed. There are very few revenge stories that can do that to me. Certainly there aren't that many giggles in CORIOLANUS. There are here.
At this point the movie turns into a Marx Brothers musical comedy, in which a couple of the musical numbers are set at a Bulgarian wedding. I wasn't clear why Bulgaria should be involved, but apparently the Bulgarian Film Commission (or whatever they call it) had thrown some money at the producers, and they had shot some scenes that actually advanced the plot there. Apparently there was enough money left over to film a local wedding, or perhaps pick up some money filming a wedding video, cut it into the movie and hope no one noticed. Other plot points included frequent assassination attempts; a musical number in which an office manager with grabby hands gets beaten with the belts of every woman in the office; a catfight between Kalyan's two girlfriends; and a guy whom Kalyan's associates have kidnapped, who keeps getting free, going to the company to report the conspiracy, and finding he is reporting it to Kalyan.
I found the movie a constant, puzzling, manic delight and after half an hour I gave up trying to figure out what was going on. I just relaxed, enjoyed the jokes and situations and laughed. There are very few revenge stories that can do that to me. Certainly there aren't that many giggles in CORIOLANUS. There are here.