Moto's Razr Looks Sharp

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NEW YORK The best thing about this Motorola ad, which seems to air all too frequently, is that the ridiculous subway-platform skirmish is backed by a catchy electro-pop tune from Shiny Toy Guns. The track, called “Le Disko,” features nostalgic ’80s-style fuzzy synth and the lyrics deliciously mock, “little boys” with their “little toys . . . ” But the fight—instigated, of course, by the weapon of choice, the new, thinner Razr2—feels off. The choreography looks stiff and more flirtatious than fierce.

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