Go Goa Gone (2013)

Go Goa Gone (2013)

Directed by Krishna D.K. and Raj Nidimoru

Starring Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari and Puja Gupta

Go Goa Gone (2013) is a Bollywood zombie film that follows a plotline explicitly stated in the title.  The main characters go to a rave in Goa, India.  They get trashed, and the next day the world as they know it is gone.

Featuring an ensemble cast with the token female love interest, given that Bollywood films are stuck in the fifties in terms of female representation, Go Goa Gone is an example of how zombies and drugs can and will work together.

The film begins with the three roommates Hardik, Luv and Bunny.  Of the three Bunny is the only one who is semi-succeeding in life.  He has no girl, but he gets the money and has a big presentation coming up in Goa.  Hardik, lucky with the ladies, has recently been fired from his job while Luv, who only wants a girlfriend, was recently dumped.  These two party boys decide to piggyback on Bunny’s trip to the “Miami of India.”  If you would like to listen to the “trippy song” in which all the boys getting high, click here.

When they arrive in Goa, Luv meets Luna, a beautiful girl who invites him to a rave party sponsored by the Russian Mafia on a no-longer deserted island off the coast.  Feel free to listen to the rave party song here.  The gang undoubtedly black out, and the next day they find zombies chasing them left and right to be saved by a unique Desi-Russian ex-mafia man named Boris.  He has his own theme song with the catch phrase, "I keel ded peepul."

By now you should realize that this movie is not for kids.  However if any person starts to smoke, a small caption in white letters pops up on the bottom right screen saying, "cigarette smoking is injurious to health."  Needless to say, this movie is not responsible for your drug habit.

It turns out that the rave was a launching ground for the new drug called the "D2R-F pill."  Boris explains that these zombies are hungry for a high.  While there is no cure for these zombies, they will stop moving if you blow cocaine on their faces.

All in all, it was a great movie.  At first watch it is so bad it is good.  On second watch you can really appreciate the hilarity and stupidity of the characters.  As for the gore, please be advised.  You are not watching the movie for the gore.  Gore is interspersed throughout, but is not the priority of the directors.

personal score: 5 out of 5 brains

critical score: 4 out of 5 brains

Highly recommend watching during any weird or regular time of your life.