Genre :- Fantasy / Action / Adventure
Runtime :- 2 hours 35 mins
Cast :- Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nathan Jones, Amrita Singh, K. K. Menon, Gaurav Pandey.
Director :- Remo D'souza
Plot :- The film revolves around a young Jatt boy (Tiger) who breaks out of his rut to save a piece of land from being taken over by a power hungry industrialist, Malhotra (K.K). And in the course, he has to fight an evil Raka, hired by Malhotra.
Well, as we all know that Bollywood's engagement with superhero flicks has not been healthy. Therefore, Remo
resorts to comic relief as an escape and hence we have a superhero who has Acrophobia, buys sabzi from the market, stops at red signals,
tries on funny costumes on his mother’s insistence and who is not flaunting his powers.
He is Bad Ass, Lame Ass and Great Abs!
Ahem. Does that ring any bells?
While, the concept of this spoof over superheroes works well, his preaching on Environment doesn't.
The Highs -
▶ Tiger doesn't seem to have impressed us with his acting yet, but this man certainly has an innate charm about him that makes us wanna watch him more.
▶ It's no news that we Indians, or Bollywood for that matter has always been "inspired" by Hollywood. But doing that with finesse, is what i found applaudable. I don't see any point in thrashing the movie because of its rip-offs on brilliant Hollywood Superheroes. We are trying hard to get there, aren't we?
If u can't acknowledge and encourage, better keep shut.
There are some popular and easy to recognize 'inspirations' like the action sequence where our Jatt does a 'QuickSilver' (Xmen), flies like 'SuperMan' (DawnOfJustice), Goofs like 'DeadPool', Runs like 'The Flash', and heals like 'Wolverine'.
He also takes help from 'Spiderman' for a cue on his love life. (The hidden identity and first kiss thing.)
Also, the antagonist Raka seems to be a fan of 'Magneto' (Apocalypse).
*Phews*
A special mention to the 'QuickSilver' scene, that has been beautifully depicted.
▶ Some scenes are downright hilarious such as Tiger dancing to Sunny Leone’s 'Baby Doll' and most of the scenes involving Tiger, Gaurav Pandey and Amrita Singh (Bebe).
▶ We are also given a glimpse of history of the Sikh bravery. Remo also manages to push in the ‘don’t make jokes on Sardars’ message in this one.
Bravo! *Claps*
▶ It is a funny superhero drama that has ample of light moments. Its Kid-friendly nature seems to be the most saleable point!
▶ Dialogues by Akash Kaushik and Madhur Sharma are good. Especially in the last half an hour.
The Lows :-
▶The first half is funny and fast-paced, but the second half is in your face preachy and also religiously over-dosed, which kind of dampens the spirit of the movie.
▶The songs are a call for a 'Loo-Break'.
▶ The movie crams TOO many social messages and you will see our superhero asking people to wear seat belts and not talk on the phone while driving, among many other things.
▶ Our villain Raka feeds on pollution, and the only way to combat it is stop polluting our environment. But he is killed by a religious instrument! If he was anyway going to be defeated in this manner, why go through all this pollution angle and social messages? Huhn?
▶ Also, the climax is out of the world. Literally! And it's superbly illogical.
Since when did the moon start having a gravitational pull? *Scoffs*
Direction :- Honestly, when this film was announced, I did feel that it seemed like an overly ambitious project for Remo who is primarily a choreographer and his only two directions were completely based on ' 'Dance' ofcourse. But his attempt at a superhero drama with a message is not bad but its writing is not upto the mark.
Editing and Cinematography :- Editing could've been crispier. Cinematography is better than expected apart from a rain-fight sequence where it seems completely shoddy.
Music :- The songs seem slapped on and have no relation to the plot whatsoever. 'Beat pe Booty' is good and is indeed a treat for sore eyes. 'Toota jo kabhi taara' which is a love song, is directed pretty well. All in all, the music is average. Strictly average!
The background score is quite irritating every time Raka is on-screen.
Performances :
➡ Tiger is agile and excellent in his presence, but a poor dialogue delivery surely come in the way. Nobody can challenge him when it comes to the super air-kicks and hence his action scenes look quite good, nonetheless the actor still has long way to go, to come up in the top league.
➡ Amrita Singh does a 'Two States' again as Bebe. Bebe loves drinking and has no filter to her mouth. She steals the limelight in the last 30 minutes with her epic dialogue delivery and intensity.
➡ Kay Kay Menon is wearing weirdly blingy ties and if you could pay attention beyond those, you would realize his mean look is the same as that in ABCD.
➡ Gaurav Pandey who was also seen as Varun Dhawan’s friend in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania does a good job in this film as Tiger’s brother. His comic timing is excellent!
➡ Nathan Jones as Raka looks scary enough thanks to his huge structure itself. His ‘Surprise Surprise’ line although doesn’t come across as a threat much but seems rather funny. With lame dialogues like 'Meri Ruuh Kaali Hain (I have a black soul), he is just expected to open his jaws (with vocals like Haaaaa), widen his eyes and that’s your villain. LOL!
➡ Jacqueline Fernandez as his love interest is beautiful and dumb. She is overly chirpy and shows no signs of efforts taken for this role. Her highlight in this film is clearly the sexy moves on ‘Beat Pe Booty‘!
➡ Shraddha Kapoor makes a cameo in the film by calling out,
*Mimics her voice*
"Ayee Flying Jatt! Will you marry me?"
*Slow claps with a smirk*
While her scene isn't impressive, the dialogue which comes after it, is more funnier!
➡ You also get a glimpse of Sushant Pujari (Vernon of ABCD2 Fame) who plays his violin hard enough to woo Jacqueline.
I have put all the Highs and the Lows in front of you, Go Figure!
Ratings :- 3/5 (If u are under 18)
2.5/5 (For Adults)
✍ ❤PRIZMI TRIPATHI❤
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