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Movie seems like someone's drunken acid trip. Couldn't focus after halfway through. Starts off being weird and tolerable but by halfway you've had enough. Reviews are misleading. Gets slightly better at end. | 2 |
I found this such a good watch that I'm watching it again! It builds great suspense and the acting is second to none! | 10 |
This isn't even about programming. This is about something much more stupid.
It started off real good but then got destroyed by the bad acting and stupid plot.
Mr robot was probably the best show about this kind of stuff with the creepy atmosphere. It is really unfortunate that show is over now.
If they kept the same atmosphere as the first episode, maybe we would have a really decent show. But it just died off. | 1 |
When I decided to watch this film yesterday after hearing a lot of praise for it and in the light of the Academy Award nomination, I was pretty excited. After the first half hour into this film, I seriously began to doubt all the hype and at the end it was just utter disappointment. Just to let you know where I am coming from: I have been an Army Reserves officer for 20 years and I do like good war movies and I love cinema. But this film was so shallow, the plot flat and acting just average. Is is the eternal infatuation of the US audience with rogue warriors who like do to their own thing without regard for their team that created all this stir? It's like a Schwarzenegger movie plot mixed with Saving Private Ryan. From a military perspective it is exactly the opposite what every Special Forces soldier learns and learns hard: that you only excel as a team. Rogue warrior type of soldiers are weeded out right at the start of the training. A loose cannon who endangers the welfare of his comrades? Give me a break - this is just plain unrealistic. But not even the plot or cinematography were exciting, not to speak about simply mediocre acting. I honestly question the motives behind nominating this film for any award. What is the accomplishment? In my humble opinion, this film will never enter the realm of truly good war movies. Very disappointing. | 5 |
I can say that this film had solid action and a magical feeling. But here's the thing: the story was basically here's some stuff about that last movie, and some stuff about the next movie. It is almost like JK Rowling decided to top Peter Jackson. "You can turn The Hobbit into 3 movies? Whatever. I can turn a textbook into 5 movies." I still love this universe, the creatures, the enchanting vibe...and every time a character from HP shows up I get chills. But this is not a movie; it is a segue. A mildly entertaining one, but still. | 5 |
Its a good attempt... more of a movie for kids than a superhero film... | 6 |
The movie has a good message. I liked the message that every religion has good people and bad people. You can not generalize this.
As usual the acting of Khan and Kajol is excellent. Story is good. Thanks to the writer.
Nicely pictured how the hate group can destroy the life of innocents. How the good humans can help to improve the peace in this world.
Karan performed an excellent direction. You will enjoy. Nice songs matches with the story . It showed life in both India and US. Showed good people and bad people in Islam. I would recommend all to watch. You will have good perspective on Islam and terrorism too. | 10 |
I was so keen to watch this movie that is loaded with great actors and supposedly somewhat true events , the actors did what we expected but the story telling was bad and the scripts were unorganized and feels like cheap drama or comedy kind , the beginning was good that should've prepared us to climb up the rest of the scenes but instead, the story get fragmented and become some mess that we lost our interest to gather it's pieces altogether, the good thing to be fair is the cinematography and costumes and christian bale's talented performance as expected, the rest were forcefully feed their lines and left to struggle with it. Unfortunately boring movie. | 5 |
This film's writing is, for the most part, poor. The lack of violence and the boring way the plot unfolds perfectly encapsulates why Sony should sell the writes back to Marvel. | 3 |
A simple question to the writers, why jack in a position heading a department. Deny every red flags and be pally with a person in question of all the investigations. Hannibal walked around a free man, without ever being investigated instead or even questioned or being discreetly monitored. It's the convenience of glorifying a criminal. Also, jack an fbi personnel who is trained to see things objectively hangs around with jack and brings him to labs And crime scenes like a walk in park. Law doesn't allow that. So yeah! The writers are lazy. Nevertheless good direction, performance and editing.. | 5 |
I went into this show without actually liking Loki at all. I've always found his character annoying, unlikeable and plain whiny (not just in the MCU but also throughout the comics). Hiddleston also wasn't high on my list as an actor but I have to say, after the first episode I was totally converted.
This show, from the characters, the cinematography, the costume department to the music is on another level! I think Marvel have outdone themselves.
I thought Falcon and The Winter Soldier was unreal, this is even better.
Highly recommend, even if you're not that into the MCU. Give it a go and enjoy the whacky, wonderful journey that this show takes you on. | 9 |
This movie is an easy 10/10 for me, did not disappoint. The casting, the directing, the plot, the cinematography, the sets, the detail, the acting, the jokes, it was all perfect. I want to rewatch this movie already! I watched it with my family and it is definitely enjoyable for everyone, the kids might not understand the movie as much but my sibling still really enjoyed it. This movie made me laugh and cry, it focuses on womanhood and mother daughter relationships in both a light hearted and sad way. I have absolutely no complaints about this movie whatsoever, absolutely loved it and recommend. | 10 |
Way overrated, yet beautyfully filmed picture. I went here because of all good reviews. But was disappointed. Not much story. Telling the story of World War One in a '12 year old' rating is impossible. It's like hell, wrapped in a nice giftbox with candy. Not good. | 5 |
This guy has the guts to always bring something new for his fans and for the sake of Indian cinema. But he never gets appreciation. This movie and SRK are really made for each other. No other star could gave justice to the dual roles in the film. Only you can imagine SRK for these roles having large fan following in real and have to potray the same in the reel. Genuinely Wonderful movie with lots of Hardwork. | 10 |
I'm giving it a 1 because they made sure you couldn't rate it a 0. No continuity, no real plot, soundtrack didn't fit the script whatsoever and some very cringeworthy ideas.
Not sure why it deserves more than a 1. | 1 |
Its Very Bad movie If there was Minus rating i would have given that. All the High Ratings are either dumb or are paid. The movie starts with a Vulgarity which is intended to be a joke which is pathetic. Vulgarity and No Story with flop actors you get a failed Ludo game. | 1 |
Do not question his powers. Just admire it. This anime is insane and i love it. The perfect combination of cool fights and comedy. If you like monsters/aliens you will love this. Siper addicting too. I watched the enitire season 1 i 1 day. Just watch it. | 8 |
Its like i watched the trailer of Battlefield 1 (videogame)..... | 1 |
I snickered a couple times at the dialogue. It felt like a real movie. I watched the whole thing.
It was sad to see Woody in such a weak performance. You have a chance to ham it up Hannibal Lechter style, why something so weak.
The only part of the movie given any attention was Brock and Venom's relationship. The rest just flies by until the movie is done.
And seriously, no explanation for Carnage's existence?! Laziest writer ever! | 6 |
It's like being served a Mr. Pibb, when you wanted a Dr. Pepper. You realize something is not quite right, but you can finally convince yourself this will do, until the real thing comes along.
Amsterdam is ultimately an enjoyable ride, if a long one. And I do mean long. The film wouldn't have been hurt in the least with a good 30 minutes chopped off, here and there. It seeks to be quirky, with mixed results, and makes social commentary, perhaps not with a sledgehammer, but certainly more bluntly than a more subtly nuanced film might do.
Christian Bale owns the film, no question. David John Washington is serviceable, but wooden (most probably intentionally, as his character is the least charismatic of the group). And Margot Robbie looks great, but her accents, in English at least, wander all over the place (again, in some circumstances, it may be by design, but not all). My only question for Bale would be, did the glass eye come first to inspire the Columbo impersonation, or did he come in with that character, and the glass eye just rounded it out? Either way, it was a thoroughly entertaining comedic turn.
Where the film wobbles a bit is that, it seems to me, it is trying to introduce a modern mainstream pop culture audience (read: mostly goes to Marvel movies) to a broader, quirkier, more intelligent story. But by doing so, it feels the need to spell out everything, leaving virtually nothing to audiences' imagination or speculation. A more nuanced film could have trusted the audience to understand references and allusions (and by doing so would have shaved considerable time from the run time, improving the flow significantly). In one exception though, it does refrain from completely over-sweetening a particular romantic "symmetry", leaving it presumably open to interpretation, but nevertheless giving the audience a clear understanding for the characters' future.
All in all, a quite enjoyable film, that probably aspired to be something more than it finally became. And likely could have been better with more disciplined editing and trust in the audience. | 7 |
It had no "on the edge of my seat" moments - none. Which was quite the letdown considering the over-the-top sound effects riddled throughout the movie would make it seem the complete opposite. Not only is it lacking build-up and suspense, it also lacks likeable characters. Not much is given beyond "we are the good guys", which is disappointing. Another issue would be the unnecessary non-chronological storytelling - which simply does not fit in at all and is only disorienting before one realises it. The acting was very flat, so was the cinematography - although the latter improved in the later act. The story felt dull and lacking several fundamental aspects, hence why the movie is a loud breeze. | 4 |
It's been a while since a I saw a Spielberg movie that I'd say "finally, Spielberg is back". This movie is pure art and about art. The story is beautiful and simple, the cast gives a good performance and I would be upset for Michelle Williams not winning an Oscar for her performance here cause it's one of her top 5 performances ever. You also got a great score with every scene that added depth, warmth and excitement to each scene, even at times you could her it switching from comforting feeling to shock and unbelievable events. You got a great cinematography literally till the last shot of the film. Yet it's not the best Spielberg movie but definitely one of his best. A solid 8/10 and a must watch with the fam. | 8 |
Finally a good movie from the industry.... Must watch you will enjoy it. | 10 |
1. WHERE did the sea Avatar go when they were about to fight alongside Sully?? I was so disappointed because I was expecting to see their skills and way of communicating with the Sullly to fight big boss. But this never happened and it ended up Sully vs boss. Boring and very cliché.
2. I give it 3 stars for the beautiful sea creatures and animations, but this movie lacks of power and mote skills. I waited 13 years for this? How is that even possible? I think people who gives thus more than 5stars out of 10, are more in love with Avatar itself and the graphics it comes with. But when it comes to story, it's a disappointment. | 3 |
After long time I saw a good hindi film.. Every thing just perfect.. Everyone doing their job very well.. Must watch.. | 10 |
The story is poor and bad, really bad developed. Some scenes looks a picture made in computer that forces toooooo much. Any documentary of BBC is much better than this "movie". | 1 |
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is a 2014 action/adventure film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and starring Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America. The film takes place two years after the events of "The Avengers" and finds Rogers working for S. H. I. E. L. D., where he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to endanger the world as he knows it.
One of the biggest strengths of the film is its plot, which is a tense and thrilling political thriller that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. The film's screenplay, by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, is well-crafted and keeps the story moving at a brisk pace. The film's themes of security versus freedom also feel particularly relevant in today's world.
The acting in the film is top-notch, with Chris Evans delivering a standout performance as Captain America. Scarlett Johansson is also excellent as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, and the chemistry between the two characters is electric. The supporting cast, which includes Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce, is also strong.
The action scenes in the film are well-staged and exciting, with a mix of hand-to-hand combat and high-tech gadgets. The film's cinematography, by Trent Opaloch, is also impressive, with a mix of wide shots and close-ups that help to create a sense of tension and urgency.
The direction by the Russo brothers is confident and assured, with a good sense of pacing and a strong visual style. The film's score, by Henry Jackman, is also effective, with a mix of memorable themes and tense, suspenseful cues.
Overall, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is a fantastic entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with a strong plot, excellent acting, and well-executed action scenes. While some viewers may find the film's themes a bit heavy-handed, it is ultimately an enjoyable ride that will leave viewers eager for more adventures with Captain America and his allies. | 9 |
I loved these books. Teresa Palmer does not have enough power in her voice or actions. The dialogue at times feels stilted. | 8 |
I just don't get it? How can people give this movie a 10? I am a big fan of the last 2 Batman movies, but this one was a let down. For a start Batman is in it for about 15 mins. You can still not understand what it is he is saying? And as for Bane. I could make out one in every three words that he said. The story is very very slow to get going and when it does its slow even then. There is not a lot about this movie that i can give a thumbs up to? Ummmm Catwomen was quite good. But at the end of the day she was just a filler to pad out a very dull film. Lets hope then thay re-boot this again, (come one thay will)thay don't mess it up. All in all i would go see this film if you have three hours to kill and Spiderman is not on. | 4 |
With all the hype created, the Punisher will test your patients. Its slow and very very slow in parts, there are so many scenes which can be deleted. Nothing much happens in a single episode, i mean the staory of one season is only good enough for 2-3 episodes. Its like Skyfall of bond movies, no goosebumps, no character development. Don't believe good reviews stating it as action series, there is nothing new in the show which you haven't watched before. Watch at your own risk | 4 |
Just couldn't follow it as when the dialogue was in Induan, quite a lot too, it needed subtitles. Without that it's hard to piece together the action. | 3 |
There is no denying this series is a feast for the eyes and the ears. Yes, the pace can be languid. But the production is superb. And with the early episodes focussing on discovering the mystery of Devs, there is a great deal of tension (and some quite brutal action) to keep your attention.
But then the series starts to lose its way. The mystery of Devs is revealed in an unnecessarily obvious way, with the script resorting to monologues and exposition to make it absolutely clear what is going on to those of us that may not be paying attention. Swathes of time are given over to increasingly irrelevant flashbacks.
And once the full extent of Devs is known, the series loses any sense of drama. The last few episodes are a sequence of frustratingly predictable scenes leading up to a climax that, admittedly, is worth watching. And which leaves the door conveniently open for another series.
Like a lot of these marquee TV drama series, It could easily have been trimmed down to a punchy three parter. There just isn't enough material to fill eight episodes.
Nick Offerman brings the combination of warmth and weariness his role needs. Zach Grenier is frankly terrifying. But too many other cast members are one-dimensional, with Cailee Spaeny suffering from a particularly weak script that resorts to endless swearing to get emotion across.
Prepare to be underwhelmed. | 5 |
This show started great. Had me gripped waiting for what's next. Then it started getting a little boring. By the last few episodes I just wanted it to end. Not that there wasn't some good parts at the end. But I just didn't care. | 5 |
In this time, the heist'ing' time, we are all connected with the web series the Spanish one Money Heist which is gone for number 4th season I must urge all of you to another heist movie. Special 26 is something like that. It's about a brilliant game playing by four commoners to the biggest notions of our society. A thrilling one that keeps up awake all the time and alerts us to know about how their game plan is going to happen. It's bit alike Neeraj Pandey debut work, A Wednesday that also a good movie and I can also shelve this one to it. A nice thriller to watch. | 8 |
I haven't seen a movie so funny, energetic, and overall amazing like this one in a very long time! I had somewhat high expectations, due to the good reviews (and the not good ones) and i love Margot Robbie and her acting, she was under-rated in Babylon. I'll just say, that my expectations were definitely reached! While funny throughout this movie is is fully hilarious at times, even if you think it would be some stupid "all pink and glitter and rainbows" flick, you'll definitely laugh (and you'll probably love it!). It's insanely funny and honestly touching in some scenes. It speaks a great message as well! Overall, will definitely watch again! | 9 |
Great Movie, One of the best, Great Story, acting and direction. | 10 |
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One" is the seventh installment in the Harry Potter film series, and it marks the beginning of the epic conclusion to the beloved franchise. The film follows Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they embark on a dangerous mission to find and destroy the Horcruxes, which are the key to defeating Lord Voldemort.
Director David Yates once again delivers a powerful and nuanced film, capturing the emotional depth and intensity of the story. The performances of the cast are exceptional, with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint delivering some of their best work in the series.
The film's special effects are also impressive, with the magical battles and spells brought to life in a way that is both visually stunning and realistic. The pacing of the film is excellent, with each scene building on the tension and emotion of the previous one.
Overall, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One" is a powerful and intense beginning to the end of the Harry Potter franchise. With its complex characters, themes of love and sacrifice, and stunning visuals, it is a must-see for fans of the series. While it may not be suitable for younger audiences due to its darker and more mature themes, it is a great film for older fans who are looking for a deeper and more intense journey. | 7 |
Absolutely a masterpiece. Intelligent dialogues, gorgeous special effects and exciting. Brilliant performances of all actors. Hope there comes a next season. | 10 |
God...This episode is the best...The best...I'm telling you the BEST!!! Everything from the history of this world made sense and I just can't describe it..I'm float in the heavens right now... The feeling I and I'm sure all the AOT fans have right now is imposdible to explain!!! It's pure pleasure...I never thaught there can be a better anime than Death Note or Monster but I gotta admit this masterpiece has convienced me...Attack On Titan is the best anime ever!!!!! | 10 |
Wonderful and very great and His story is beautiful | 8 |
This movie is a visually stunning but overly long and disappointing science fiction film. Despite its impressive special effects and exploration of complex scientific concepts, the movie falls short in its character development and narrative cohesion - the plot seems at times all over the place.
While the Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway delivers competent performances with the awful script they were given, the characters feel underdeveloped and fail to evoke a deep connection with the audience. Additionally, the film's attempt to tackle complex scientific ideas feels nonsensical at times and I say this as someone with no science knowledge to speak of. But even to me the science didn't seem to add up.
TDLR: This movie is dreadful. The 1 is for the black hole scene which was the only positive I say about this pointless and unnecessarily long movie. I'm so glad I never went and saw this movie when it was first released in cinemas I wouldn't been so angry at wasting my time and money. | 1 |
Feels like a bad movie version of the 2nd season of Stranger Things mixed up with some Lost. Nice scenery and good acting though. | 2 |
What else is there to day other than that it was dumb and a waste of time? When your movie formula involves characters telling each other how to attack the monsters as a running dialogue rather than any sort of meaningful script, it's a bad sign for the movie. Might as well just have been two hours of cartoons for kids. Once again I feel let down by the deceiving ratings. No more Marvel Comic movies for me, I think. | 2 |
This only a one season series but is extended to 3 seasons forcefully.first season was impactful, had a purpose. You can almost feel the season 1. Post season 1 they created other seasons and started character assassinating which made season 1 also look bad. Season 2 and 3 are just a pain which you can skip..My advice is just watch season 1 and leave it there. You will feel happy about the series. | 6 |
Beautifully Directed and filmed. A quality production reminded me of Chernobyl, but on the other hand the writing it's weak and very predictable. | 8 |
Had very high hopes. Bad acting, doesnt follow the comic story line, and the story was aweful. Venom was my favorite character from the Spiderman comics. I never review movies. Best part is Eminem's Venom song at the end. Mannnnnnnnnn wtf | 3 |
What on earth I've just watched! This is definitely not Black Mirror. We can give a slight chance to episode 3, other than that nope! I mean the stories are below average and the directors ruined the whole series and shattered the reputation of the holy til now Black Mirror.
It seems I should write more, ok I can elaborate; Where is the original Spirit? You can call it horror series for children, maybe! Again, if you take out the third episode, the whole season will be unwatchable. Netflix thought they will ditch the crisis if they allow self-critic. I hate the company more now after this s*** show, literally, s*** show! | 9 |
When I found out that ortega, was gonna play as wendsday. I was excited! Everyone was too! And couldn't wait to watch it. When it finally released I watched it, seeing the actors and the details like the mansion and the personality of everyone on the screen it was enduringly GOOD. The camera shots and the lighting was perfect, and jenna ortega fits brilliantly in Tim Burton Wensday and gotta say the CGI wasn't as great as I hoped like some shots looks good but most of the time it looked not so good. For example the monster CGI looked like it came from the mask movie from the 19s. But watch anyway. | 8 |
I was wating from Spielberg a little more good things for culture and social now because all the movie we was watching how all world play and go far away from reality it's not so clean " propaganda" because if realisator though one suggest "be more in reality because its important" its enought so they did mistake because after movie you want to play but not here. About really cool point they take all pop culture all cool and really important personage and puted in one movie here everyone can really found " comeback in futur" or " superman" " transformer" and a lot of almost all personage -- from which you were delighted! | 6 |
Barbie comes to life and is surprised by all the possibilities after a life pre-determined. She goes on an adventure in the real world with new friend Madeline. The film celebrates finding oneself and believing in one's potential, with Barbie learning there is no single path laid out and she has the power to write her own story. The film takes Barbie out of her traditional Dreamhouse setting and puts her in the real world for the first time. This allows her to experience what life has to offer beyond what she was perhaps accustomed to. Visually the film looks colorful and upbeat with a focus on Barbie's journey of self-discovery in a real world setting she's unfamiliar with. | 10 |
Wow, this film SCREAMS MICHAEL BAY! As you can tell by all the shaky action scenes, and thin plot line, Bay had his hand all over this. 6 Underground felt very unoriginal, and bland to say the least - I had at least five films in mind that reminded of this film. You would need to be a Michael Bay fan to truly appreciate this film.
6 Underground as a whole felt real lose, uneven, and improvised. The screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, both who wrote Deadpool 1 & 2, and Zombieland, was super dumb, with very inconsistent humor. Reese & Wernick tried to write this EXACTLY like Deadpool, and it just doesn't work.
Ryan Reynolds played himself as always, which could have either partially saved the film for you, or made no difference, like it did to me. He had some humorous lines, but he just dishes out a mass of bad comedy. The supportive cast wasn't so bad, but they couldn't help but being generic as hell, feeling like they were hardwood cut-outs.
Overall, this film just reeked of unoriginality, even Ryan Reynolds couldn't save it. 6 Underground felt like it should've been made around the same time as Bad Boys 2 (2003). AVOID! | 2 |
Based on true events the success of this film goes down to the vision of debutante director aditya dhar and the honest efforts put by the caste. The movie ticks most of the boxes right. The movie is divided into chapters and does a very good job in building up towards the strike. Vicky kaushal's character has a lot of heavy lifting and he makes us buy those things. The direction of the action sequences is carried out with great conviction and aditya dhar makes us buy those things easily. There's not a moment when we lose interest in the film. It keeps us to the edge of our seats till the very end. Each and every member of the caste has done a really good job and have done justice to their chara ters. There is a thin like between patriotism and jingoism and thankfully the movie doesn't cross this line and touches every patriotic chord of your body. A huge shoutout to mohit raina who does a really good job in portraying hos character and does his part with confidence. But the movie has its flaws there are two moments when the lead gets into a hand to hand combat with terrorists out of these the first combat was clearly avoidable and was a bit cliche. Also initially the movie goes a bit slow but it recovers it's pace and then keeps you hooked. It also makes us realise the emotional trauma that families of our brave soldiers go through. All in all its a great movie which makes every indian proud of indian army. It's a great love letter to the indian army. Not only this also makes me proud that his kind of technical film is finally being made in india
Please let me know how you felt my review. This was my first review so please let me know how can I improve | 9 |
8.0 based on 33K ratings? What a joke. The average from the reviews down here comes a lot closer to the truth. Bad plot, bad acting, bad storyline. What a waste of time. | 2 |
With the exceptions of 'The Shining' and 'It', I think Stephen King readers have become accustomed to disappointing film renditions of his novels. I never read this book and was still disappointed with the screen adaptation. The cast is stellar and the performances are great to a person. Love the score; love the direction; love the cinematography; everything. I think it's just a flat and boring script that fails to build suspense or character arcs that would make it an enjoyable viewing experience. Again...great acting. | 6 |
Great story. Enough twists every few episodes to keep you coming back ... And I like the world/characters.... But the dialogue is a bit over written at times. Reads like a play not like real life. But good show...short episodes is good too . | 6 |
The movie was pretty bad. I don't agree with the critics ratings at 28% but I would give it 45%. The movie also has quite a bit of language for PG-13 and I also hate that Spiderman was not in it. Sony you tried but just give up. If Venom comes into the MCU then it would prob be better. A team up or even a fight between Venom and Spiderman would be great. | 4 |
If you don't like this genre, you probably won't like this. But, if you accept that you're gonna see action and violence, you'll find that this is very well directed and performed. | 7 |
"Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man." Martin C. Smith
Manoj Bajpai wants revenge on Tigmanshu Dhulia who had treacherously killed his father.
Sometimes there comes a story which has an epic kind of sweep. Spanning generations, introducing several characters, all caught up in empire building, love, lust and enimity. There isn't much point to them, the protagonists aren't clearly defined, the storyline meandering, their lives entwined in the events that befell the nation and the small town that the story inhabits.
Set in the backdrop of Wasseypur, a small part of Dhanbad, capital of India's coal belt, numerous characters come and go. India gains independence, Emergency is imposed, coal mining is first unionized and later nationalized. However, the story, at its core remains about Tigmanshu's star rising ever higher and Manoj building his own empire from humble origins, while seeking revenge.
There are times when you wish things would happen quicker. That there were less characters. Or that there was a point to some of them, who are introduced to either only die or shine bright for a few frames before being forgotten.
The environment is beautifully captured, including the lingo, the mannerisms whether it's the abject despair of the poor mine worker, condemned to live his life in the black shafts. The bestiality of the butcher, as he hacks away at his meat. The cowardice of the cops. The empty bravado of the minister's goons. Or the naked lust as hungry men eye their next catch, the woman to slake their base desires, even as the wife lies at home, pregnant.
However, there are several things which let the film down. For a film set in the coal belt, we see very little of it. Apart from one memorable scene where, caked in the black coaldust, a few men fight for their lives and another where coals water absorption properties are highlighted, there is too little was about the black mineral and much more made of ancillary businesses. National events of importance are also given short shrift or brushed over, their impact shown quickly, transitions happening smoothly rather than in real life where each change creates havoc in such a tiny eco-system.
Great camera work, flawless performances, several one-liners and very catchy music keep you engaged, though, as our two key protagonists slug it out and religion comes in, with different sects of Muslims engaging in war amongst each other. The story moves forward with a Godfather-esque gait, a kind of glacial majesty, in stops and starts, not always making sense. But then, isn't that how real life is ? | 6 |
Super hit story and acting.defenately Oscar nomination movie.very less characters strong storyline. No romance,dance south extra action simple and superb.must watch this shows south cinema can make this kind of masterpiece. | 10 |