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Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024)
Nonsense
This movie is utter garbage, no wonder it tanked. Even Netflix couldn't save this. I tried watching it and stood by it despite all the stupidity it was throwing at me then the Oxford university scene comes in and with that a new stupid character but by then I had it enough and just couldn't watch it any further. Akshay needs to stop taking such projects and should save himself from this overexposure tour of his. The director is a genius when it comes to stupid movies, just the clip of og bade miya chote miya song featuring big b and govinda should count as a new low for the two legendary actors.
Crew (2024)
RAW last 30 minutes
Just watched this on Netflix, movie was going good and had that entertainment element in it but then came the last 30 minutes where the movie transformed into a spy thriller. Movie had unnecessary small details just to make it sense in the final 30 minutes but that didn't make sense, what was the director even thinking, guy wrote a casual good entertainer then decided to go absolute crazy. Final 30 minutes obviously doesn't make any sense but also lacks any comical element, it's just that they somehow wanted to finish the marathon, felt like they ran backwards. The makers got confused and stitched two movies together. This is a prime example of how to not make a movie, disappointed to stick around for last 30 minutes.
Undekhi (2020)
Bengali Lara Croft
It started off really well but I lost it when the tribal girl goes full commando, drunk guy's acting is spot on. Some of forest ranger scene are outrageous, I'm sure our army never fired this much on our borders in recent time than the rangers in this serial. Presentation of corrupt officials and power of a rich businessman is not far from reality except bullets and bomb going off in daylight that too in a place like manali. I didn't even realise but suddenly found myself cheering for rinku to tie loose ends, thanks to pathetic friendship. The video guy's acting was not convincing enough, writers did him bad by making him so clumsy of a character. Lara croft was trying to speak hindi in Bengali accent but was sounding more like typical stereotype caricature of Nepali guy speaking hindi. Chang did good job but other than that this show only belongs to the drunk guy, Bengali police officer and rinku.
Indian Police Force (2024)
Disappointing even by Rohit Shetty standard
The moment I'm writing this review it has a rating of 8.3 with 24k accounts rating it, possibly paid rating because it is just not possible, taste in movie is subjective but still it is not possible for something so substandard be it acting, dialogue, screenplay, direction to have such a high rating, this deserves zero for wasting resources. Director wanted to showcase delhi police but nothing made connection to delhi, they failed at every front be it the accent, streets, shoddily painted autos, cars with makeshift number plates, one bald police character tried speaking two words in a local manner but still managed to mess that up. This felt like a forced effort, forced in a sense where prime paid money to the makers but makers had no heart in it, just wanted to make anything and deliver. Delhi crime series is a closest display of how delhi police actually works and carries itself. There is not a single moment in the whole web series that is worth wasting your time. Had the makers studied how the batla encounter was carried out, they could have made this series a lot better, forget how police undertakes operations, had they gone through delhi police twitter account they could have made better sense of how special cell works lol.
Dhak Dhak (2023)
No feel good factor
This movie was supposed to be inspiring, feel good kind of but it has so many moments that it becomes difficult to tolerate and at multiple stages you have to skip it by few minutes. I don't know but I feel depressed, Movies are supposed to be your way out of life troubles, you know good 2 hours of fun but lol this was not fun. It has less scenes of biking on roads, more of character's life troubles despite being promoted as movie that takes you on journey. Youtube vlogers offer better quality of shots, life journey, real problems and what not. You definitely can give it a pass, there is nothing you will miss. I'll suggest youtube, some vlogers have better content and quality.
Leave the World Behind (2023)
More like leave the movie behind
I don't understand the point of this movie, It makes you question the sanity of the people involved with the project. This is a half baked, rotten piece, filled with stupidity and paranoia. Characters have zero depth, Movie has some of the brilliant actors yet it fails to deliver anything. Characters are loud, annoying to point where it turns you off to a point where you feel it's enough for the day. Plot is nothing that we have not seen before but it still had the potential to engage the audience except the story writing took a different route to nowhere. Most stupid scene has to be with Rose the child running away from parents at the time of crisis to end up in a place where she eats as if she had no food where she was earlier and manages to conclude watching friends. I don't understand this at all, The direction and dialogue made it sure that the child is well aware of things going wrong around but a child who finds safety around the parents just wakes up one morning, gets on a motorbike to runaway why ? Because west wing. The child gets a conclusion but the movie does not.
Twisted Metal (2023)
Sweet tooth is the MVP
Watched it without any expectations and this definitely turned out to be a decent watch, Sweet tooth was a standout character and one of the most twisted, violent clown performance of the recent time. Detective Diaz and Falcon were good too. There are some loose ends but yeah this really was a fun watch. It was good to see backstory of every significant character, they kept the backstory short to not exaggerate and make things boring. Felt all the action was reserved for sweet tooth and the milkman opening short, other than that the two main characters were deprived of action, wanted to see more action from those two. Hope they confirm the second season with more action on the platter.
Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022)
Missing Direction Astra, Dialogue Astra and Acting Astra.
Tried watching Brahmastra on hotstar and couldn't really go beyond 30 minutes without skipping here and there, This movie could have been a cool movie had it came out in 90s but unfortunately that's not the case. Direction, dialogues even acting were just horrible. Stupid close cropped introductory shots, dialogues that can't decide if they are in Alif Laila or Chandrakanta and if a common man can figure out a bad acting then you better cover up again by saying how much inspired you are by Robert De Niro or may be add Al Pacino for more substance. Brahmastra is a heavy dose of cringe and cheesy dialogues. Either you make a movie that is good but doesn't get the amount of audience it deserves or you make a big star studded mass movie that leaves the audience with a feel good vibe but neither this tests your intellect nor does this leave you entertained. I think the director was not clear in his head as to what exactly he wanted from his actors and his movie. It feels like he wanted to make something else but midway decided to alter things. Also kudos to lyricist for dance ka bhoot song, that was pathetic. Amazing dialogue writer who emphasises on taking each other's name when on 1v1 conversation. At the end it is just a product that was not needed but as it was already made they decide to launch it anyway.
Tumbbad (2018)
Quality movie in a genre where bollywood fails
WOW ! A movie worth watching, this movie excels in every department and tumbbad will make sure that you stay engaged for the whole 140 minutes. I don't usually write reviews but this movie made me write one. This movie is a hidden treasure, i regret not watching it in theatre, still thank you amazon prime otherwise would have never discovered this great movie. The story is about how greed grows and swallows the greedy one. Make sure you watch it in the best available quality and environment, it will surprise you.
Ghoul (2018)
Merely propaganda
I had some genuine expectations from the show but it turns out to be one terrible propaganda driven mini series instead of content driven. I'm okay with how cleverly it was done with sacred games but here it's more like pushing it down your throat. Netflix should have a liberal spine but that doesn't mean you will rub your back against our face. I was expecting so much from this show as this is one of the weakest genre in the industry that deserves some class movie, serial but turns out to be a big disappointment. I think the shortage of budgets limited the make up, could've done better with better props and uniforms. I don't know but sometimes the acting was just not convincing enough. You can definitely give it a go but don't expect much, yes I'm salted for stupid inclusion of some topics that were not required and seems like forced on viewers unnecessarily but that's just my opinion.