I remember watching Special 26 in the theaters when it released and coming out thinking the plot was so absurd.

Now watching it again, I noted those 4 or 5 illogical behaviours which if a character/s had not made, the movie would have ended probably in less than an hour.

The movie being rated '8' on imdb is a dis-service to some actual amazing movies that are made in India. I wonder what was going through people's mind when they rated this film as 8 or above.

It's a good change to see Akshay Kumar in character. The overall movie premise is also good and the film is stylishly shot and is inspired by a true event.

As I said, the convoluted plots drown the movie inspite of some good acting from Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher.

Eg. A character who is the part of the robbery gang alerts the cops for no reason or compulsion. The cop knowingly allows them to proceed with their plan so that he can catch them in action, instead of actually apprehending them.

There are couple more such silly scenes that totally drowns the movie.

Neeraj Pandey, who debuted with the brilliant 'A Wednesday', could never repeat the tightness of his debut film in any of his following films including Special 26 and Baby.

Special 26 a major let-down. Watch at your own risk.