 What are you doing to her back there? It does look like he's doing something to Fairies back there. Naughty, very naughty. Hey, welcome back to our Stupid Reactions of Corbin. I'm Rick. You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter. I'm all juicy, gaunt, dent. Thanks on Patreon. Follow us on Twitter to account. Subscribe if you haven't. And hit the like button because it helps the algorithm. Feel better? Yes. And today we're doing a movie review of the film that you all know because you read the title of the video. I would hope so unless you can't read. My name is Conn. My name is Conn. Yes. Starring Dupika Batakon. Yep. And Abe Vagoda. And this is actually our new cardboard cutter. You can't see it very well because it's very large, but I did not know it would be this large. And something you don't know is we have a stage hand back there. My wife is holding that properly for us, aren't you, babe? It's basically her favorite threesome. Yep. And... I'd watch that threesome. And so, yeah, obviously, Bathan just came out, the new Shadow Con film. He's trying to return after four or five years. Yep. And directed by Siddharth Andhra, I believe. Yes. Director of War. War. And wrote the story as well. Yes. Produced by Aditya Chopra and composition composer is... I thought it was... I thought it was... Oh, yeah, it doesn't... Well, no, it does. Ankit Balhara, Sanchit Balhara, Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani. And then starring Shahrukh Khan, Dupika Batakon, and Johnny Abraham are your... And Dimple as well. Yep. Are your three main ones. And then there's other people in there that we won't get into because of the spoilers. Yes. Yeah, there's some surprises. But it's obviously... It just came out. And everyone in India has already seen it. I mean, I guess technically we probably could spoil it, but for the people that have not, we're going to do non-spoilers just because it just came out. And then if we want to get to some spoils, we will get into that and we will tell you before we do. But my expectations for this film were basic. I think I've said all along we're war and a little bit better. I think it was probably my expectations. Well, I was expecting war and a little bit better. I think it partially lived up to that and partially not... I mean, I don't know if it did not live up to that. I think it was just the film partially I didn't enjoy as much as I'd enjoyed the other parts of the film. Agreed. And I think we'll get into that a little bit. But overall, I think I overall probably enjoyed the film. I think the menu it gave you in the trailer is just... It's what you got. Yeah, you go up to that drive-through. You're going to get in the bag will be what you saw on the menu. I wish they kept a little bit more of the kind of essence of, like, I'd say the first three-fourths of the film towards the back half. Yeah, it's really a tale of two halves. And as a whole, the analogy I gave for it is so I don't eat at McDonald's except maybe once or twice a year. And when I go, it's because I want the McRibs and I love their fries. But because I know it's not good for me, I don't enjoy eating McDonald's. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But the one or two times a year I go, I regret it afterwards, but I'm glad I went. I'm glad I went. I enjoyed myself, but I'm reminded of why I only go once or twice a year. That's really how I felt. And it is very much a tale of two halves. I think it's a tale of three-fourths because actually there's parts of the second half that I... Yeah, if the second half were as good as far as the comedy and the flow of the story and some of the things not getting out of hand as far as straining credulity, if it had stayed like it was in the first half, I probably would have enjoyed it even more than I did. Yeah, I don't even know if it's the straining of credulity because obviously it tells you right away what kind of film it is. There's one thing in the spoilers I want to talk about. And we will. But obviously this film is one of those films that you go to watch Shahrukh Khan. Yeah. You go to watch Deepika and John Abraham as well. Yeah. In a whole bunch of other things. It's a lot of fan service at moments. Yep. A lot of blowing things up. A lot of blowing things up. And in the beginning, it even kind of shows you the lack of logic, per se, that you're going to get into very quickly. Very quickly. With like something John Abraham does without giving anything away. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, okay, that's what this is going to be. Yep. I think where it lost me was, I think, when it just, it lost almost all the humor for a good while. That's the word. And not that this is, I would call it a comedy, but it lost its charm maybe. That's the better word actually, yes. It lost its charm. It almost became just a bad mission impossible film, taking itself way too seriously for what I wanted. Yep, totally agree. And that's towards the back half. I think the last fourth of the film, more. Because there's parts, I wouldn't say it's full second half, because there's a part like right after the interval. At the interval, yeah. It was absolutely amazing. And I loved it. And that still had the essence of it. And then it kind of brought it back. And there are post-credit scenes as well. Yeah, hanging around for those. Not the very end, but there's two post-credit scenes. But yeah, you'd say that, right? It's like. Yeah, absolutely. My biggest gripe is that, not that it's like, obviously, I knew going in that it was not going to be a film that I was like, oh, logic, it's amazing. There's films and there's movies, and then there's just pure entertainers. This is one of those. And just a pure entertainer. The same way, this might even have, obviously, even more outlandish things happen for it, but I knew that going in. I was expecting it. They basically, I'm sure some of the production meetings were, OK, what else can we do? Not what else can we say, it was, OK, what else can we do? What else can we do? And which I would con said in interviews, every 15 minutes, you wanted more action. That's basically how it happened. Well, it's wall-to-wall action. Basically, once again, if you were expecting a lot of story of like, it kind of goes from plot point to plot point to plot point to plot, you expected it. Yeah, and it's kind of spaghetti plot points. Nothing really holds together so much. But that's not what this movie is. We knew that going in. That would have been a bonus if it had a really strong story. Yeah. And not that it didn't have a, I thought, parts of the story were real enjoyable. Well, they made sense. And there were some nice twists. Yeah, it's just in the last fourth, I think it started taking itself way too seriously. And it still had all those outlandish things. And so the fact that there wasn't that charm and humor in like the last fourth, and it was like all this outlandish things happening all over the place and all that. And I was like, I'm not as interested anymore because the charm isn't there. Yeah, there comes a point when I'm eating McDonald's and I may not be done with the food and I'm done eating. And that's what happened to me the second half. I was ready to be done. I can deal with that because I enjoyed probably most of the film. And that's probably what I was expecting. The first half for me was the presentation. And I really enjoyed the Shah Rukh Khan in terms of like his, in a big action film, being his uber charming self, hysterical self, sarcastic, like especially in the first half, what they did with his character was really enjoyable. I was all on board. I enjoyed the audience's reaction to a lot. Like there was a guy next to me that was losing his mind. Every moment he was the guy that cheering in the first few years. And he knew the words to the songs. He knew the words to the songs. Like any plot point that happened that it was like the most obvious thing coming. He was also like, oh my God. And so he was really into it. So that was really enjoyable for me. And that's why I wanted to go to a showing that was a little bit later but it had much more of the audience because I knew that was the style of film. And it did, but I also, for the amount of people that were in there because it was, they were late. But very, very late. Some were 15 minutes late. But for as many people that were in there, I was really again, surprised at how laid back and quiet the majority of the people inside were. There were a few shouters and screamers. But for the most part, it was kind of low key. I think that's just probably the inner eyes. That's what I was saying in Johnny coming down. Like what in the world? Yeah, and like all the main actors, I thought did well. I enjoyed all of them in terms of like for what they wanted to do. Deepika obviously is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. Yeah. One of the most gorgeous people on the planet. And they outfitted her in that. Oh yeah, in costuming. Even if it was cold somewhere. She was wearing a bomb girl outfit. And for somebody who's a spy or a kind of, you know, the kind of agent person without not giving you any spoilers. That's why I'm using multiple terms. She clearly is not concealing her identity. No, ever. John Abraham, I thought did well as a villain. So did his makeup people on his abs. He didn't need it. I don't know why they did that. And I enjoyed his background music, especially like he had like a background theme. I enjoyed that one. I thought a lot of the background music was real nice in the film. And so like, before we get into obviously spoilers, I think if you're a ShowerCon fan, you're gonna enjoy this film, as long as you know what you're getting into. As long as you know you're getting McDonald's meal. Don't expect a film. Don't just go in expecting a fun time. And it actually helps if I knew going in, no spoilers, but if I knew going in, hey, be prepared for the second half to lose its charm and its humor. That would have helped because the lack of it is pretty stark compared to the first half being so charming. That was one of my favorite things, the walk away was from that. The first half had a lot more humor in it than I thought. Yeah, it had a lot of fun. Didn't take itself so seriously. Yeah, exactly, exactly. I mean, even like there's moments that like something happens and they kind of almost turn to the audience tongue-in-cheek is like, yeah, that just happened. Yeah, there's a lot of wink-wink nudge-nudge to the audience and turn like old references to old films, which is amazing. Love that. And there is, well, there's several things I wanna discuss, but they're spoilers. But yeah, so I think if you know that you're gonna leave your brain at home and you're going to see Shah Rukh Khan and a beautiful over-the-top, Depega, Patakon. Really over-the-top action film. If you don't enjoy those, don't go see the film, because you're not gonna enjoy that at all. You'll be annoyed. Yeah, you'll be very annoyed at the amount of over-the-top-ness that this film is. But if you can set your expectations cracked, if you've seen war, set your expectations there. I think that's probably a good barometer for this film. And let us know what you think of it, obviously when you come back. But we're gonna get into some spoils here because there's some stuff that I'd like to talk about. So this is for everyone who's seen it at this point. So once you've seen it, mark the minutes and come on back and we can talk about this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Majul, you said those. So there were a couple things. Well, the first one was, as far as the straining, the credulity, I love how in the first half, John Abraham has the power to hold the cables that are connected to two helicopters. He's so strong. And pull them down. I loved it. And connect them to a van. But in the second half, he can't pull himself up from hanging over the wood. He's very tired. He must have been exhausted. Yeah, and I thought he had been disemboweled by John Abraham. I guess I was mistaken. You were mistaken. I heard and saw Jumbu and this, but I guess it was just a flesh wound. It's just a flesh wound. Just a flesh wound. Just a flesh wound. Yeah. Yeah, so there's obviously a bunch of stuff like that. Yeah, and I loved, I loved how everything was just available for everybody. There was an extra pair of flight wings for SRK. Gotta do it. Topeka just happened to have some speed skates laying around. She's a very good skater. Very good skater. Also why wouldn't she have just left that at the bottom of the ocean? I don't know, because you gotta save that and bring it back, because you don't want to give all the fish smallpox. I don't know. I wouldn't let the thing drop down to the bottom of the ocean. Literally it was under ice and it was pretty deep down there. I loved how when they got out of the water, it was not even like cold immersion. No blue lips. He didn't even need to change his clothes after that deep dive into the Arctic. Some stuff in spoilers, once again, I actually really enjoyed Salman Conn's cameo. That was great. Obviously, once again, this is spoilers. He had pretty extended cameo and in one of the post-credits scenes. I thought their chemistry and their humor together. And obviously, I knew that he had a cameo. Rick did not. Oh, you did? Yeah, I did. I didn't know. Because I know this is the spy universe, so the next one's gonna have Rithic tighter. And I know it is the spy universe, for sure. And I know they mentioned Rithic's character. He never showed up, but he has mentioned his character multiple times in it. But I really enjoyed Salman Conn's, like the fight scenes with him. And then their dialogue was very funny. Very funny. At all times, but especially at the end. Yeah, when they're talking about this for 30 years, maybe we should stop. Oh, look, help me get up on my back. Who's gonna take over? How about that guy? That guy? I can't do it. What about the other guy? No, not that guy. He doesn't have enough style, man. Are you kidding me? He doesn't have. The thing I loved about that, above all, is I loved. It's been pretty stereotypical in the history of Hindi cinema that if you're a star, you don't share screen time with the other stars. I love that Salman Conn was willing to share screen time with SRK in SRK's film. That was a really gracious thing to do. And very wonderful to see that change, where now big name stars can come together and do what they've done with the Marvel universe and other things here. Yeah, I think they've been friends for a long time. Sure they have. And then they've done multiple films together. And so this is just another thing. And I think obviously YRF probably compensated them quite well. Quite well. Because I basically said, Shahrukh Khan, you're gonna be in that Tiger film, right? That comes out this year? Yep, yep, yep. I'm definitely gonna be able to do that. Yeah, there will be reciprocity. But I actually really enjoyed his cameo. The fight scene was fun. Their dialogue the entire time was very funny. I like that he stopped at the coffee shop. And though I didn't get the reference, I still liked Kukukukukuk. My name is Karen. Kukukukuk. I love you. I died. That was a great moment. I died. Obviously the dar line that he basically just said verbatim to one of the characters was a lot of fun. Basically everything in this film like knew they were gonna figure out all the plot points. But like once again, they did all that basically tongue-in-cheek. Shower Con was basically saying all this. He's like, oh, we could open it, blah, blah, blah. It was all like, I know this is all cheesy and dumb and he's gonna do what he needs to do. Yes, it's I'm making an action movie. I'm gonna do everything I've ever wanted to do in an action movie. And that's all this is. Yeah, yep. And you do that all the time? I do. And you call me old. No, it's ADD. What were we talking about? What were we talking about? This small film we just saw called Patan. What? Yeah. Salman Khan. Was he there? Yeah. Oh wow. Rithik was there too, did you see him? Did he? Yeah. Oh, you missed that? No, I didn't. Pankaj was there too. Was he? He was. He played the role of Deepika. Amazing transformation. Yeah. The guy is a shape-shifter. I thought it got way in the last fourth, I think maybe a little more than the fourth after basically the cameo of Salman Khan. Because that was in the second half. That was in the second half, but I agree. After the cameo, it went south pretty fast. Yeah, and because it started doing so much. It got way ahead of like, okay, now there's jet packs, now there's small packs. Now there's, they're in an ore, but then like now they're skating. And now we're on a train and now we're on the ice and now we're in the air and now we're on a helicopter. And obviously the logic isn't really what I was, I was really upset with at all because I was like, okay, of course they're gonna drive motorcycles on snow. Of course, just normal tires, yes. Yeah, it's, of course they're doing that. Everybody does that. Of course Deepika comes out, which was fun. She just came out on skates, keeping up with people on motorcycles. And Jim can't do one pull-up. Jim can't do one pull-up. Jim can't do one pull-up. Strong guy, he's got four arms that can cable pull two helicopters, but he can't do a pull-up. Yeah. And so I think that for me, and I guess obviously for Rick as well, is probably, I just, I wish it would have kept that heart and that humor and that charm of the first half. And I know you have to get to a big climax in the film, but it just kind of lost me for what it was. Yeah, agree. And maybe obviously it was just that part was like, there's like the fans now want big action and that's how anything has to do it. There was big action in the front end, but I felt like the action was in line with the story and had some humor. And so it was forgivable. It was silly. It's like, okay, no one can do that, but this is so fun. It lost its fun factor for me. And I felt some of the modeling kind of manipulation thing of, there's kids on this plane and then they show a kid on the plane. We know there's a kid on the plane. Yeah, I do. But yeah, that's where it lost me as well. But I don't, like I said, overall I think I enjoyed myself and there was one other thing I wanted to mention before I end it. The tap dance sequence by Nawaz Adansadiki. Oh, that was great. Amazing. Yep, on the snow. I've never seen anybody tap dance on snow, but Nawaz, he can do anything. Yes, he can. No, there was something else I wanted to mention. The mermaid number that was led by Radhika Apte. No, the, you'd watch that though. Oh, I thought 1000% would. Heck yeah. I can't remember what I was gonna say. It was a critique I had. Mamoudi's submarine, that sequence. Were he in Mahanlal or doing that tango underwater? You know how, oh no, that one looks like Bill Gates. She does a quick forget. No, this is what I actually, this is actually what I wanted to say. The, are you done? Yeah. Yeah, the, some of the, obviously, and I think I saw it in the trailer, so the CGI wasn't the best at all times. Oh no, no. You could, like, they went all in on helicopters and they didn't know it. No, and like the very ending sequence with the thing sliding off in the wood, just, it was so obviously not real. You can, obviously, I think they were just trying to make it as big as possible. And it's so interesting because films that like RRR have such, maybe it's just cause the spy story is so played out that the spy film, breaking into the safe and he didn't get some extra clothes. Yeah, spy films are so played out and RRR obviously is such an original story and the VFX works so well in that film and maybe it's just the South Indian films maybe can do mass a little better sometimes than, well if you're comparing this to RRR, that's a very big full-throated RRR. Yeah, cause obviously that's, it's hard to compare anybody to SSRJMULE, and what he can do with big mass entertainment. Absolutely. But this one had definitely a Bollywood feel as opposed to like- This is a big time. If anybody in America has not seen an Indian film and they know Bollywood and they see this, it's gonna be what they expect. Except not as many songs. True, there are not as many songs. There's only two songs. Yeah, which is unfortunate actually. Yeah, I thought of used a third song. Maybe in the second half that would have helped to keep it together. With Sam and Khan on the train. It's probably gonna be in Tiger. Maybe. Anyways, let us know what you thought of Pathan and what you thought, why we're idiots, why you loved it, why you hated it, why you are just indifferent to it, why you didn't see it and why are you watching the review if you didn't see it? Yeah. That's weird. That's very weird. Let us know what you thought about it down below.