With the pre-title sequence clocking in at forty minutes and a run-time of just over three hours, this lauded Hindi historical action epic offers huge entertainment and takes the viewer on a real journey. Set in British-ruled/pre-partition 1920, RRR has all the heightened reality expected of an Indian blockbuster on a massive scale, as a young girl is snatched from a tribal village by the ruling white leaders, a highly-trained man from the village (Bheem) is sent to bring her back and a superhumanly strong officer (Raju) is tasked with stopping him. In a nice touch, the film develops Bheem and Raju's close friendship very effectively before they realise they are actually each other's nemesis. The film shows some ambitious use of camera, and there are many classic Bollywood elements present - romance, undying friendship (touchingly conveyed here), anachronistic modern song/dance numbers (which are all very good), mesmerisingly insane action set pieces - all of which make RRR an exhausting but utterly compelling and massively enjoyable film.
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