Toxic Official Kannada Trailer | Rocking Star Yash | Geetu Mohandas | KVN | Monster Mind Creations
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The video features a reaction and analysis of the official trailer for the Kannada film *Toxic*, starring Yash and directed by Geetu Mohandas. The hosts express immediate confusion regarding the movie's premise despite having seen teasers and songs beforehand, noting that they are already feeling aroused but ultimately unimpressed with what was presented. They describe the trailer as a "fairy tale for adults" in name only, arguing that it leans heavily into style over substance rather than delivering on its promise of genuine storytelling or emotional depth. The reaction is one of skepticism, particularly concerning whether the film will live up to the hype generated by previous works from director Geetu Mohandas and actor Yash.
A significant portion of the discussion focuses on the trailer's excessive length and reliance on "cool" visuals rather than narrative coherence. One host criticizes the four-and-a-half-minute runtime as being akin to a short film or a music video, suggesting that cinema should prioritize storytelling over simply looking stylish. They point out that while there are cool kills and stylized shots reminiscent of films like *John Wick* or big-budget masala movies, these elements feel forced rather than organic. The hosts argue that the trailer prioritizes making moments look good for the sake of it—such as characters screaming, yelling, or engaging in chaotic behavior—instead of exploring character motivations naturally, which diminishes the overall appeal and believability of the content.
The conversation also touches upon specific scenes from the trailer, including a monologue by an older actor portraying a man haunted by guilt after killing his wife over unfounded suspicions of infidelity. While one host praises this particular performance for its raw emotion and lack of reliance on memorized lines, they contrast it with other moments that felt like actors trying to be "Jokers" or simply acting crazy without substance. This mix of genuine talent and forced stylistic choices leaves the hosts uncertain about whether the film will offer something original in a revenge story genre filled with similar tropes. They conclude by stating that while there is an audience for purely visual spectacles, they are hesitant to watch the full movie immediately after seeing this trailer and prefer to wait for other viewers' reactions before committing their time.
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You ready for it?
>> The Britney uh biopic.
>> No.
>> Oh, I know what you're going to say.
Sex.
>> Yep. I'm looking forward to sex, blood,
explosions, sex, guns, fire, sex,
scantily clad bodies, sex, and maybe
some elevative artistry,
but mostly sex
>> and hopefully permission from their
husbands.
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>> I'm sex.
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button. Welcome back. We have not seen
the trailer. We have no idea what's
going on, but we know enough about this
film to know that this is a fairy tale
for adults and [snorts] we've seen the
teasers. We've seen the songs. It's
>> we are very aroused [laughter]
>> already.
>> I'm already I'm already feeling
titilated.
>> The trailer dropped about 7 hours ago.
Uh which is
>> Yeah. Uh
>> it's around
>> it's around.
>> Yeah.
>> Uh our time. Yeah.
>> 7 time. We were sleeping. Uh but uh we
are here now. So let's get into this big
boy.
>> This is going to be it, isn't it? This
is probably the the big schllebang
uh before the movie
>> No.
>> opens. You don't think so?
>> It's the 8th. It comes out the 26th.
>> I think this is it.
>> No, we're going to get songs.
>> No, I meant trailer. Uh
>> we may get another song. I bet we'll get
>> You think we'll get another trailer?
>> I think we'll get another one. All
right. Um, they're going to do so much
promo for this.
>> You think they're going to really
release it?
>> We'll see. We'll see. Here we go.
[laughter]
I promise.
>> [screaming]
>> Like a ghost,
you're haunting me.
Just like
Fore! Foreign! Foreign!
got a life.
No.
[music]
Who the hell are you? I was regular. Who
the hell are you? Time is permanent.
>> KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
>> THIS WAS supposed to be my [ __ ] fairy
tale.
>> I was hoping to have a civilized
conversation.
Do I look civilized to you?
Let's see it.
[snorts]
>> Hello, Daddy.
>> [screaming]
>> It's time.
I'm coming.
Be ready to battle chaos.
Who is chaos?
[screaming]
>> [screaming]
[screaming and groaning]
>> I'm sorry, guys.
Are you happy?
H
not what I expected. I don't know, man.
[sighs]
[gasps] I don't know. Um,
it the first thing that came to mind and
it's just what the trailer gave me. Uh,
doesn't mean that's what the film is,
but it it very well could be is just
style over substance.
>> Yeah.
>> Um,
that doesn't mean they can't pull it
together in the movie and it works so
well. Absolutely. I mean, it's a very
stylized in terms of cinematography,
color, like all that. Like, so like it's
hyper beautiful at times and and and all
that kind of stuff, which is totally
fine. Obviously, if that's the vibe
you're going for in your movie, totally
fine. [snorts] But then you also have to
you still have to have a reason people
are going to be watching the whole time.
Um, you can't, that's why the saying's
there, style over substance, is you're
is your primarily focused just that it
looks really cool and they have some
sound bites
>> and that your actors are emoting a lot
of emotion by screaming and yelling and
crying.
>> Okay, great.
>> Yeah. Um, once again, doesn't mean
that's what the film is going to be, but
that's what the vibes it was kind of
giving, unfortunately. And I also didn't
have the fun
>> of I mean there was some cool like
violence and kills and stuff like that
but like the fun of some of the songs
and the the sexiness
>> the sexiness even the romance of it. And
I I I
>> the other stuff conveyed the idea of a
fairy tale for grown-ups.
>> Mhm.
>> This doesn't convey a fairy tale. This
just conveys a vengeance film.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Uh they definitely it's it went
with a different vibe than uh all the
other stuff that we
>> It sure did. And like most trailers over
three minutes long, it's way too long.
It's just they it's you don't need it to
be that long.
>> Um other than you want to show us more
cool stuff, which is what it seemed that
was served the purpose is we're going to
show you a lot of stuff that we think is
cool.
>> Um cool factor only goes so far.
>> Yeah. Um
>> especially if it's
>> except there I will say sad to say it
but there is an audience for for just
going and watching people be cool.
>> Yeah,
>> there is an audience for that. I'm not
it.
>> Yeah,
>> but there is an audience for that.
>> Yeah, there's definitely an audience for
it.
>> Um
>> but you know we just from the the other
stuff that we had seen I was just cuz
this looks more like stereotypical. I
mean there's some different style. Like
I said, the stylization is a little
different and um obviously there's some
cool looking shots, there's some cool
people.
Um but like I said, it's it I didn't
feel a lot of either
>> like cool
um
like they're looking to do something
cool, right?
>> As opposed to just trying to look cool,
>> right?
>> Um trying to do something different. It
was more just
>> and is anybody going to have like will
anyone at any point have an actual
conversation that feels like a
believable conversation
>> obviously
>> like cuz it's all just hyper just I'm
going to say this as cool as I can and
I'm going to say that as cool as I can
and I'm going to say that as angrily as
I can versus
>> will there be it just did not sell me on
the thought that this is going to be
anything other than style.
>> Yeah. Um,
and like I said, maybe it maybe it is.
Um, cuz this director is not
known for this style of a movie.
[laughter]
If you've seen our watch along of her, a
Mallea movie, it's a brilliant piece of
cinema is what that is. Um, not that I
this needed to be that. Um, but it
definitely gives a different vibe.
>> Yeah. Um it gives like almost a lot of
times like typical what we're getting
from big masala movies from all
industries. Um a lot of times from
Batons to KGFs to um the some of the
Tugu
um big big movies.
>> Yeah.
>> That just like um it didn't what came to
mind was the last Lucifer
that we saw
with Muan. Oh, in the
>> Yeah.
>> Um and it just was style.
>> Yeah.
>> And style is cool. John Wick's got a lot
of style.
>> I mean, it's definitely looks like it
has cooler style than that, but you need
still need a little more than that.
>> Yeah. It's it's it's not that's that was
one of the issues we had, for example,
with and a lot of people didn't. Again,
there's an audience for it. But with
KGF2,
>> um I I don't want to sit through a
three-hour commercial or music video.
>> Yeah.
>> Cinema is storytelling. Be unique, be
unusual. It can be graphic. It can be
violent, but make it believable and make
it something that's compelling. Make it
entertaining. This
>> I feel like I if this is what you're
advertising is, what's on the menu,
>> it feels like it's going to be a lot of
just isn't that cool? Isn't that
stylish? And then even story-wise, all
I'm getting is
his kid's going to grow up to seek
revenge. Okay. We've seen that how many
times?
>> Yeah, quite a few. If you're going to
give me a revenge story, hopefully
you're going to give me a revenge story
that has something original or unique to
it, which again,
>> it might.
>> It might. Don't fully judge the film by
a trailer, but you can get an idea. This
did not make me want to see the movie.
>> Yeah, it's um
>> especially with how excited I was for
basically everything else
>> that we've seen. Um
>> Yeah, this gives me pause. I'm going to
be waiting to hear what people have to
say about it rather than showing up
first show, first day.
Yeah, like I said, there was some like a
lot of these like the kid's a Joker. Uh
obviously maybe it's he's he's in a
circus. Maybe this is him as a kid.
Obviously. Um there's there's a lot of
different reasons for that.
>> That that I believe is his son. That's
where his son ended up cuz he said they
made me dress up like a Joker.
>> Yeah.
>> And he's angry about it.
>> There were some cool kills. Like I said,
there were some cool looking shots. Um
that guy looks like he's trying to be
modernday um um Russell Crow.
>> [laughter]
>> at 129 because Russ grows that big old
beard nowadays.
>> U obviously
lit a cigarette. Cool. Like I said,
there's a lot of there's some cool stuff
in there.
>> A lot of yelling.
>> A lot of yelling for sure. A lot of uh
um dialogue
that obviously is
>> a lot of things that are obviously see.
It's one thing for there to be a moment
that when it happens, you're like,
"That's cool." And it just happened
organically versus you watch something
and you see moments that were created
because we're going to make this cool.
>> Yeah.
>> Like we Phoenix dancing down the stairs
in Joker or having his moment in the
bathroom.
That works because it's just organic and
it's doing something in the moment and
they're not trying to be cool. They're
trying to get down into the heart of
this character and express what's going
on with him versus often times, and this
is what I saw here, was we did that
because
the director thought it would look cool,
cinematographer thought it would look
cool, the actor thought it would look
cool, and that I check out.
>> Yeah.
>> Um
>> but there's an audience for it.
>> Um like
>> people go to McDonald's.
>> We'll wait to see um what people are
saying here.
>> Yeah. And also, why is your trailer four
and a half minutes?
>> Yeah, I don't get that.
>> Four and a half.
That's a third of the movie.
>> You've almost made a short film.
[laughter]
>> Why?
>> Yeah. [clears throat]
>> Um, [snorts]
and you still don't quite know what the
movie's about, [laughter]
>> right?
>> Four and a half.
>> No, it wasn't like And it wasn't like
there was a break where you had a front
half of the trailer in the second half.
It was just what it was from start to
end pretty much.
>> The second half was more about whatever
uh whoever this guy is. And I'm sorry
for not knowing who he is. The actor I'm
saying the guy that's with the covered
in blood and all that kind of stuff. Um
>> um but he also looked like he was doing
kind of a I'm crazy stickick.
>> Exactly.
>> You know, we've we've said that before.
We've seen in movies where certain
people are acting psychotic or or
they're
>> acting like they're trying to be the I'm
going to be do a joker.
>> Yeah. And when you can see that
somebody's trying to be something as
opposed to just organically being
something.
>> It it doesn't help that I just came from
my acting family this morning where I've
watched people acting for 4 hours and
the last actor that went up did a scene
that was so good. Mhm.
>> He uh he's an older actor who is
portraying this guy at a group meeting
and he's talking about a horrible thing
that happened to a girl he really liked
and the he didn't know at the time, but
the husband of the woman found out. He
didn't know she was married. And so he
went to go to the house to talk to her.
And the husband answers the door covered
in blood
>> and he sees a hammer on the stairs with
hair on it. And what happens is the
husband has killed his wife cuz he
thinks she's cheating. and he's guilty
because he feels like if I hadn't even
just said hi to her, she wouldn't be
dead and he's been haunted by it for his
whole life. This guy's monologue was so
damn good. It blurred the I one point I
said to another actor afterwards, I went
I didn't I for a split second I thought
he was just given a stream of
consciousness about an actual event that
happened and just being like uh artistic
in that regard versus memorized script.
And when I told him that afterwards he
took the script out of his jacket and he
went, "No, it's it's really my lines."
So to see something that organic and
that believable, which is what most
acting ought to be,
>> it just didn't doesn't help.
>> Didn't help. [laughter]
>> Interesting. I'll be interested to see
what you all think about this trailer.
If you like it, if you didn't like it,
what your thoughts on it are. Are you
excited for this movie? And uh anything
else we need to know down below.
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