블랙잭 사무라이 릴스's video: Zombi Heros Cine Cloud

Director Prashanth Varma, whose debut movie AWE (2018) won two National Awards, dropped the ball on his second movie Kalki (2019). For his third movie, Zombie Reddy, the filmmaker shook off his urge to be new-age and decided to make a comedy entertainer, animated by bloody factionists and bloodier zombies. He builds on the template heralded by existing zombie films and tries to make a composite commercial entertainer. Does he succeed at all? Mario (debutant Teja Sajja) is on cloud nine when his new game goes viral, only to falter abruptly when users encounter a major bug. Mirchi Hemanth plays a guy who is a pro at fixing technical issues. But since he is getting married in Kurnool, Mario and his friends (Daksha Nagarkar and Kireeti Damaraju) gallop to the place, only to realize that the groom is in trouble because of Veera Reddy, the arch-enemy of Bhooma Reddy (the groom's father-in-law). To add to their woes, zombies are on the prowl. Mario and a few other key characters (played by Anandhi and 'Get-Up' Srinu) have to get their act together to save themselves and the village. The film takes its sweet time to get to the point. Zombies (which look well made-up) menacingly moving around to attack the nearest prey is mostly reserved for the second half, while the first half is about the exaggerated drama around the dread that Rayalaseema's factional feuds allegedly evoke in visitors. It's a familiar trope in Telugu cinema, wherein the characters routinely get paranoid or childishly excited about factional fights. But this film lacks adequate comic material to keep the audience amused.