RoboCop
1987USA★ 7.44.5 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions and old ways vs. new world. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, surreal, and escalating.
Enthiran
எந்திரன்
2010IndiaLanguage: TamilDirected by Shankar★ 6.6
Available in English: subtitled
Dr. Vaseegaran creates Chitti, a powerful robot in his own image, but it is rejected by the scientific body AIRD due to its lack of human behaviour and emotions. After a lightning strike triggers emotions in Chitti, he begins to develop human-like feelings. However, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vaseegaran's fiancée, Sana, and turns against his creator, leading to dangerous consequences.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedychaoticsurrealwarm
Pacing
escalatingepisodicslow build to explosion
Story
unravelingpursuitsurvival
Emotion
all-consuming lovefiguring out who you areloyalty under pressureloss of innocence
Themes
corrupt institutionsold ways vs. new worldmen and women navigating expectations
Feel
crowd pleaserfun scaryrewatchablecerebral
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
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