War

Of superheroes, exciting visuals, superb stunts, and awesome action, War is our very own modern era James Bond film with two bonds. These superheroes can do anything and everything and put all mythological characters to shame. Jump off from moving planes, jump onto moving planes, ride racing bikes on sharp mountain curves and come blazing out in racing cars from ships that are bombed. You get more than you can imagine. The movie begins with a protege idolizing a defense war hero and trying hard to win his heart. The expressions and the scenes are as if they are capturing a gay love story unfold. I was just waiting to see a wet juicy smooch to happen between Kabir (Hritik Roshan) and Khalid (Tiger Shroff) as they share several deep gazes and close exchanges between them. But alas, this was a film of action and superheroes and one can only dare to imagine such scenarios.

The film has a good cast, a great plot, great fighting scenes, and entertaining action shots. This was the first Tiger Shroff film I watched because I was never convinced of his acting skills. And I was right because that guy just cannot emote. But I must say that he is Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Patrick Swayze all combined in one Indian performer. He has extraordinary fighting action and dancing skills and superb reflex movements that make him a perfect choice for a film like War. He has definitely carved a niche for himself and I look forward to many more action scenes from him. If only he can put as much passion in his acting and dancing skills he would do really well. Yes, dancing too, He lacks emotion and passion in his dancing which is very robotic and programmed.

Hrithik has pumped a lot more oomph in his performance with a strange way of delivering dialogues. Its as if he is trying on some new accent. He is his usual perfect stylish self in is action sequences and dancing. The film could have been much better if they had not dragged it onto an epic that makes Mahabharat look shorter. By the end of it, I was exhausted and in pain. The connecting stories and flashbacks just don't stop! You finally wonder if it is going to have an end, I gave up towards the end and walked out of the last 10 or 15 minutes. It would just not stop! Is Siddharth Anand trying to settle some past tussle with Ekta Kapoor? He could have easily reduced the duration by half an hour at least! Easily. Such a tragedy. A great plot, great cast, great locales, and action scenes all ruined because the director overplayed the hell out of it.

Rating  - 3 / 5