Kalki 2898 AD Movie Review - Rebel Moon But Not Crap 

Last Prabhas movie I watched was Bahubali. Absolutely fantastic movie.

They actually built a car from scratch for this film

But unlike rebel moon this movie's plot is connected to actual Mahabharata (a 200 thousand verse poem in Hinduism). So it's far more exciting for those that can understand the references. So do yourselves a favor and watch a 5-10 minute videos of what Mahabharat is before watching this movie.

I'm gonna check this one out. Its playing at a few theaters here in Phoenix.

kalki movie is 10x better than salaar. salaar was good but not executed well.

Great review Adam! My theater actually gave us a full intermission lol.

3 hour is hard, but in india we have interval in theaters. So we can take breaks.

1st Star Wars movie is based on Mahabharata. The Matrix based on Indian ancient concept of illusion, Maya. Cloud Atlas based on Indian concept of re-incarnation. Inception based on Indian concept of dream within a dream.

Let me first say, this is one of your best Indian movie reviews. I had watched a couple previously including RRR but I always felt that you were kind of being forced to talk about them because some paying members asked you to. This one is completely natural and you seem yourself. So kudos for that. Lol.

Not to offend people from US and other countries. Star wars, Lord of the rings Trilogy, Dune are not the original scripts or stories. These movies are based off of books written by people who read other religious scriptures. Dune for instance there's no way anyone can deny saying that it's not based on Islam. Likewise star wars and LOTR is based off of Indian mythology. It's really interesting to know that people out there doesn't seem interested to even look at what other religious scriptures say or talk about and just assuming what they see or hear is the never ever unheard and original stories

The movie on a whole was reallly good…..I really enjoyed the 3D effects too

Nice review, just want to clarify on that guy who lifted 6ppl, is actually a person who lived for past 5k+ years and was insanely powerfull even to the standards of those times. So for us it was, from India, it's quite acceptable that he thrashed those ppl easly.

Just imagine if Mahabharatam or Ramayanam is made on this budget and this scale of modern filmmaking and apt storytelling like completely like around 5-10 complete movies...or back to back seasons...they will completely eclipse Marvel and DC cinematic universe, Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings and Star Wars and Harry Potter and Indiana Jones will be put aside and Mahabharatam and Ramayanam will praised and accepted wholeheartedly across the world...especially the western audience will satisfyingly this consume this colossal amount of true events from our ancient history of Bharat Desham!!!

Foreigners don't know "MAHABHARATA" so they can't relate obviously

Bhairava is a imperfect mirror image of Karna! Karna=selfless, compassionate, charitable Bhairava=greedy, selfish, scoundrel kinda like Han Solo!!!

i think its first of its kind interms of genre, it blends mythology with sci-fi , to be honest it is a continuation story to mythological scriptures, a " what if" kind of concept , and it opens a pandoras box of plot ideas as the lore itself is huge and to write stories of the gods in the modern age is just insane to me

I love SC-FI- and this sounds super interesting. I definitely want to check it out - would be my first Indian flick though- i am sure there are many more I need to catch up on!

The movie was crazy ! I went to a Wednesday IMAX premier show ! Loved it so much !!! Climax was good and I love how they mixed Indian History with the Mahabharata into it. I’m young, being 19 I never was really told about these stories nor do I know much about them, but now I really am interested and want to look more into this historical epic written in paper and turned into knowledge as a book. Wonderful review !! Happy you know how our Indian movie elements are and enjoyed it rather than looking too much into the technical aspects. 🙏🏾💯🤟🏽

Kalki who is yet to born in the movie, let me tell a bit about him. He is regereed to as the 10 th incarnation of Vishnu, and is prophesied to born in by the end of Kalyug, by the time darkness and negativity will take over the World. 7 Saptarishis or Great Sages will wait for his arrival including Ashwasthhama, the role played here in the movie by Amitabh Bachchan. He is actually a character from Mahabharata and he was cursed by Krishna (8th Avatar of Vishnu) to remain immortal and protect the mother of Kalki in Kalyug (which he is seen doing in the movie).

U will enjoy the movie more after learning about the history and mythology of it. It's amazing. For example. The child in the womb who got hit by brahmastra which was activated by ashwathama, obviously the child died but Krishna saved him after cursing ashwathama then the child grow up and became a well known and good king called King parikshit. He was the one who first fought Kali the main villain of this movie he nearly killed him but he begged for his life and he told the king (grandson of Arjuna , the good guy in the past scene with blue lighting bow) Kali told the king about himself and about the prophecy and yuga system. The king spared his life. He gave him a place to live where all sins are there and he gave him gold as a medium to spread his effect. The king warned his people to stay away from sins. That's why u see complex, raiders in the movie with yellow golden emblem engraved with demonic Kali figure.

Kalki 2898AD 1st half:🙄 Kalki 2898AD 2nd half:🤩

Now this is what we call honest review both negative and positive things where many Indian reviewer hayes prabhas and other stars that they didnt done anything here is this guy who told of both about the neagtive and positive aspects of characters i liked it man i loved the review ❤ God bless brother

I agree. The de-aging vfx was not good at all. It looked like a video game character whenever he spoke and the eyes were ridiculously large looking like a cartoon. They really should have gone with red chillies (Indian vfx company) for that part instead of DNEG. Kalki 2898 AD Pride of Indian Cinema. One word review: MINDBLOWING. Do not miss it at any cost. 💯💯💯 I hope Kalki surpasses every Indian movie including RRR. Absolutely mindblowing except some unnecessary cringe acting, cringe dialogues, cringe comedy, cringe song and typical masala in the first half. Kamal Haasan part is simply orgasmic. The way they have imagined landscapes, environments, weapons, vehicles, powers, Mahabharata scenes is truly exceptional. Anyone who says it is merely a copy of Star Wars, Dune, Mad Max deserve to drink Kali's tears lol. Excited for Kalki 2. Deserves to be watched atleast twice. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

bro , your shoelace tying background joke - 🤣😂😂

The makers and the cast of this movie presented the trailer for this movie at San Diego Comic Con last summer to raise awareness for the world that they are trying to build! Now the movie has released, the fans of this movie are requesting and persuading the makers to come back to SDCC next month to showcase this movie again and hopefully release information and updates about part 2!!!

Just like the christians belief in the return of Jesus christ at the end times, Hindus also has a similar one. For Hindus its the return of Lord Vishnus tenth and final avatar " Kalki ". This movie is directly based on that story. The baby inside Deepika is Kalki, the final incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He will be born to restore order to the dying world. When he accomplishes his task the final cycle which is Kaliyug will be ended and the cycle continues with the starting of Satyayug. So in a way this is a super hero movie with ancient Indian epics element in them. Thats why you see many over the top things.

To truly enjoy this movie one should be aware of characters of Mahabharata, especially what happened in war of Kurukshetra, without this background it is just a flashy movie, the history is what makes this movie enjoyable and gives goosebumps most of the time. You might have noticed Indians might have rejoiced the history part of the movie more than the modern world. It’s history not mythology. The director can’t change the history, but he took liberty in building a future which again is based on book Kalki-puraan that was written thousands of years ago predicting how and when this current world ends.

The role played by Prabhaa (the main star actor in the film) is of Bhairava (the past life Karna). Karna was a character of Mahabharata. He was the eldest son of the Pandavas (the side which Krishna, the 8th Avatar of Vishnu took during the Kurukshetra war). He was the son of the Sun God Agni but he was separated from the rest of his brothers at the time of his birth as a result he was in the clan of Kauravas (the other sect whi fought in the war). He was referring to as one of the strongest warrior in the entire mankind and was impossible for anyone to defeat him in direct war. So Krishna advised Arjuna (Karna's Brother in the Pandava side) to shoot an arrow towards him when he would be busy pulling out the wheel of his chariot from the mud.

I would like to hear more Indian movies recommendations from you, I think we see eye to eye when it comes to movie taste. I have roadhouse though. Anyway, thank you for the awesome review.

😂😂❤❤ the best thing in this movie I found is if you see the oldest form of martial art is called Kalari Pattu that is is said to be the given by a taught by a god that is Avatar of Vishnu Parshuram and in in that fighting style Kalari Pattu in that many different weapons are used in which the best weapon it was shown in this movie was Urumi Urumi is a multi bladed sword but that Urumi was converted into a multi blade light cyber and that was fantastic I just hope that Disney does not copy Rumi style and call it this was originally in the west Urumi

They should have hired Amitabh bachhan son Abhishek bachhan for flashbacks instead of de-aging AB , similar to what Monarch:Legacy of Monsters did with Kurt Rusell and Wyatt Rusell.

Thanks for the review

It always amuses me how RU-vidrs recommend politely to watch foreign movies with subtitles to Americans. Like it’s some ultra challenging thing 😂 and yes. watching a foreign movie with dubbing is an unforgivable sin.

Adam i would suggest u to go through or even just have a brief knowledge about Mahabharata and kalki puran..im sure you will be blown and thrilled for next part

Zack Snyder has a big fanbase in India and we love his movies. Zack has expressed his interest to experience Indian culture in his vero and his cover pic is Mahabharata.

Just finish watching it an hour ago. I love it . ❤❤❤ It is pure epic entertainment. Indian action movies is a class of its own 👍👍👍

I keep seeing this YT advertisement for an Indian film where one guy goes berserk and fights a entire passenger train full of knife wielding bad guys.

Make a full breakdown video people will love it

Adam rocks, a true movie buff, hats off to the review.

2:53 These things you mention are only done in a particular genre of indian cinema which is the "mass masala" films. There are other kinds of indian movies as well. Much more grounded, realistic and subtle. Sadly only over the top films make it to america and people think this is all there is to Indian cinema. These slow motion entrances of lead characters are done because these movies do big collection in small towns, villages and single screen theatres where the crowd is rowdy and they go absolutely nuts when their favourite actor comes on screen. Its almost like how fans of wwe expect to see cool entrances of the wrestlers. But its not all there is to Indian cinema. Its quite vast, has multiple genres just like in hollywood and also all Indian movies don't have song and dance sequences.

Kalki is the FINAL AVATAR acc to ancient scriptures...Proud of our 7000 year old civilization repped by modern cinema.... Proud proud of our culture and heritage

I just watched this movie and it blew me away. It was so intense ❤😢

Best movie ever made in Indian cinema history 💥💯🔥✅

I would request all the foreigners here who has watched or will watch this movie, because as per predictions this movie might be as popular or even more than RRR. So, I would say imvest a little time to know about Mahabharata, India's greatest epic written 3000 years back. If you get to know the concept and the characters I would guarantee you would like this movie 100x times more because this is nothing but a squel of Mahabharata which is yet to happen in the future. Also to mention, just know a bit about the Indian God Vishnu, the protector and creator of the World. How his 8th Avatar Krishna is shown in the movie and is related to Mahabharata and Kalki (upon whom the name of the movie is taken) the 10th Avatar who is yet to born in the movie (most probably will born in the next part).

This movie was like all Hollywood iconic films for the first half and the second half is relating it to Mahabharata. It was bizarre and crazy but made sense only at the very end

Wait so your telling me that Snyder could have made a not terrible Rebel moon movie, am I in an alternate universe?

Absolutely love it!

okay.......I might check it out

Great review

That title is insane 😂😂

If you know the entire Mahabharatha lore then this movie is for you,without that it would be the same as watching avengers endgame without watching any prequels

Great review Adam, just one thing FYI Bollywood is Hindi cinema they call it Bollywood just to copy Hollywood, Telugu cinema never call it Tollywood, we just refer it as Telugu Cinema Industry. i did not look like Rebel Moon to me, its shit, Kaliki reminded me of Bladerunner, Dune and Mad Max but not a copy at all, i could still feel that its an Indian movie that the great thing director did.

What website or streaming did you use to watch it? It looks pretty interesting.

This movie becomes even more exciting if you know the reference of first epic war known as Mahabharta

It's Groovy - 1st half could have been edited better - overall loved it

This movie can only be appreciated by that indian who is firmly attached to his roots. If you don't know Mahabharata,and the prophecies about lord kalki you will not find this movie interesting

Combining with Indian Mythology is the big asset of this film. Just for a idea, Hector is still alive and he needs to protect the baby like Jesus and protaginist is Achillies reborn but he doesnt know who he is. It is not a proper example but just trying to giving the idea. We know the epicness of those references and thats what made us go crazy.

Bro i have a doubt...did u understand that oldman(Ashwathhama) flashback ?? Becoz as indians we know that story since it is a part from indian mythology Mahabharatam...but since you dont know mahabharatam...i just want to know if director done a good job in that mahabharatam or not to a complete new audience...?

Thanku nice review bro

Kalki is actually the tenth reincarnation of God Vishnu who is set to destroy Kali & end Kali Yug ( the present era of Evil )..This movie is just a sneak peek of what the future holds for us..its really a masterpiece if you look at the Vedic Hindu scriptures perspective ❤ The references of the Mahabharat , Ashwathama , Karan etc are mindblowing , especially how they pan out in the dystopian era !! ❤❤

People in the ancient Era were around 8-9ft tall.

somehow the worst part was Bhairava's character. They should have balanced out the chatty dialogue and the playfulness.. Many place is felt extremely cringy. Coming to set design, and vfx, the graph went high in many places and low in some. But still they deserve to be appreciated. The fights in first half was downright bad, the weight of characters were so silly at places. they should have cut out disha patani's character, that was solely for the horny telugu audience. its towards the end that the movie really gets going.

I saw several foreign reviews and no one talking about the Mahabharata scenes. They don't know what they r missing. I myself go to theatre to see how they pull off with those Mahabharat scenes and they just nailed it. Over the expectations ❤

Mythical(from mahabharata) Sci-fi movie

I liked your review and honest one

The books this is based on form a trilogy. If this is good, I hope they make all three.

Man, Amitabh nailing the superstar swag at 81 years of age. Incredible.

Thanks for your review 🙏🕉🚩🚩🚩from 🇮🇳

Based on India novel written 5500 years ago

Bro exellent review!!!! And fantastic job of promoting it to the american audience!!!! Other People from my country should understand not every american is going to know about the ancient hindu scriptures and it is madness to even expect them to know!!!! That's why this is how a movie from other culture should be promoted thank you very much!! Loved the review

There were immortals too, and many other immortals will get added later.

I'm from and I was like 😂 when you said the guy is wearing shoes and music is like aaaaah🤣 agree

For my fellow brothers,ss rajmouli in an interview said that it's his dream to make Mahabharata and all his movies are a kind of preperation in order to make Mahabharata epic...he said it will take him atleast 1 year to reasearch all the Indian Mahabharata versions...so dont worry the goat will maje it in 10 parts ...1000cr movie is also going to be made as next ss rajmouli movie featuring Mahesh babu ,shotting hasn't started yet...

I think this movie might do a much better job at introducing a larger audience to Mahabharata than whole of the indian industry has done since it's inception. Wild times we are living in

RRR in space? I am so there.

This film has a cameo of director SS Rajamouli who had made Bahubali with Prabhas and an Oscar winning film RRR

Thank you bro watching our movie❤

I love Indian movies.

Part of this story that runs as a flashback is one of the oldest written stories in Indian history.

The Supreme Yaskin guy the main bad guy is the weaker form. His true form, he's the demon Emperor Kali. His final form will have wings, 6 arms and so on. He'll be devilish looking. He is making sure lord Vishnu doesn't come to earth as Avatar Kalki to kill him. That's why he's taking away all fertile women

Even you watched this movie before me. What am i doing with my life

Why Indians especially those who grew with all Mahabharat and other EPICs been shown will love it, This movie takes plot in future and connect to Hindu History across 6000 years. Indians are proud of culture and Religion and when someone makes a movie that is based on their belief they will like it. Mahabharat is such a written literature that you can create a 10 season show at a scale like of GOT, and if done perfectly it can be biggest hit of all time.

You seriously need to pick an old movie from the early 2000s, and redo your car review bit. Just make sure you put on that shaggy toupee. 😁

Its the final avathar of Load mahavishnu future story 🍻

Downplay subtitles all you want, but why would I want to go to a large-scale spectacle movie, with high level special effects and action all over the screen, just to constantly stare reading at the bottom? I'll wait for the book.

5:15 yea first half was meh becuz it went from serious to silly to serious to silly.. like meh.. 2nd half🙌😌 and towards end📈it peaked.

never watched indian movies, my indian friend brought me to it in london, this will surely put indian cinema on the map in the west, the plot should somewhat make sense to westerners because we have similar prophecies

you should know about Mahabharata and Hindu puranas to dive deep into the movie

there is a revelation in the hindu texts, in the end times a savior named kalki will appear with a sword and on a horse, to eradicate evil and bring peace all around, instill humanity back and destroy evil totally. the theme of the movie is based on that.., sword and horse are metaphors ..can mean something else.

Absolutely spot on. Star Lord of GOTG

the movie is based on the Epic Mahabharata and Kalki puran , if you guys read it , it becomes more enjoyable esp Mahabhrat the charecter of Amitabh BACCHAN IS based on it

You know what? They should have an official English dub. Helps better connect Anglo audiences to this great film.

watch Baahubali 1 & 2

movie based on Hinduism and it history god vishnu already taken 9 avtar now in kaliyuga we hindu belive god vishnu born as god kalki..to end kali demon... this is basic knowledge of that because it is 1000 page book i can Type that much... this movie use hindu history god krishna and 7 immoratals... also showed largest war of world mahabharat...

I like speedracer

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Before watching movie plz have a brief concept of mahabharata.Then itself u can enjoy optimum

They added too jokes in movie I hope they will make part 2 more serious

I'm from India🇮🇳

Where can i watch this?