The official Hindi adaptation of Run Lola Run, a film I've always felt could be remade a hundred different times and remain open to a thousand different permutations. A woman races against time in order to bail her boyfriend out of a bad situation. Features a frenetic, high energy style, but it's missing the cool German electronica soundtrack. While the original runs at a solid clip for 80 minutes, this one pushes you to your limits at nearly a full hour longer. Stretching the backstory and including additional plotlines and motivations doesn't improve on what's come before, and worse yet, it completely deflates the concept of being in a hurry. This is one of those movies where I felt my enjoyment waning the longer it went on, and all the stylistic devices in the world couldn't make it any more watchable. If not for a wicked sense of humor, it would get a much lower score.
2½ Run Savi Run! out of 5
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