Shootout At Wadala fails on all accounts
Cast: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Soonu Soodh, Rohit Roy, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kangana Rawat, Monoj Bajpai.
Sanjay Gupta's new film Shootout at Wadala documents the rise of crime in 1970s Mumbai and how, after local cops gunned down feared gansgter Manya Surve, the term 'encounter' entered the police lexicon.
However, instead of engaging the viewers with a well-written screenplay, the film's story runs all over the place with horrendous dialogues peppered with crass expletives that sound more inconsequential than sinister.
Story line:
John Abraham plays Manya Surve, a bright student with a promising future who turns against the system after being wrongly framed in a murder case.This dramatic transition in character and an overnight shift in ideologies, as a student he wouldn't even cheat during exams; is one of the many flaws of the movie.
After his stint in jail where he bulks up with the help of a trainer (who, by the way, looks more like a poor man's Hulk Hogan), Manya escapes prison not as a reformed man but as a maniac armed with Tusshar Kapoor for a sidekick.
More petty thieves are picked up along the way to paint the city a bloody red.
Anil Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar play the cops while Manoj Bajpayee and Sonu Sood (playing as "Dawood Abraham", International wanted, whose name later changed to 'Dilawar" in the movie could be due to fear) are rival mob-bosses who appear on screen as infrequently as ghosts in a Vikram Bhatt film.
Irrespective of what the scene demands, Kangna Ranaut plays one expression for the entire duration of the film.
In the middle of all the gory scenes where everyone kills everyone else because they are in a Sanjay Gupta movie, three women in bizarre clothing, Priyanka Chopra, Sunny and Sophie Choudry; gyrate to songs that sound similar.
Yet another standout element that fails to work in the film's favour is the dialogue. It's difficult to determine exactly what the writers were aiming for with dialogues like "Inkee tehzeeb mein bhi tezaab hai , "kutte bhi moot ke aapna ilaka batatein hai" and Maafi ke pehle do aksharon mein bhi MAA hai." The exaggerated action scenes and over-the-top violence makes it difficult to believe that the film is inspired from journalist S Hussain Zaidi's non-fiction book Dongri to Dubai.
To top it all, Gupta, quite audaciously, rips off one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history -- Sonny Corleone s assassination in The Godfather.
Performances:
As far as performances are concerned, John Abraham lives up to expectations by adding a realistic mustache. Rest of the cast is average, with only Sonu Sood standing out.
Ratings:
I would give 2 and a half stars for John's performance; though this would be the first time in his career where he plays an abusive punching dialogue.
Source: www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-shootout-at-wadala-is-a-mindless-gore-fest/20130503.htm
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Story line: John Abraham plays Manya Surve, a bright student with a promising future who turns against the system after being wrongly framed in a murder case.This dramatic transition in character and an overnight shift in ideologies, as a student he wouldn't even cheat during exams; is one of the many flaws of the movie. After his stint in jail where he bulks up with the help of a trainer (who, by the way, looks more like a poor man's Hulk Hogan), Manya escapes prison not as a reformed man but as a maniac armed with Tusshar Kapoor for a sidekick. More petty thieves are picked up along the way to paint the city a bloody red. Anil Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar play the cops while Manoj Bajpayee and Sonu Sood (playing as "Dawood Abraham", International wanted, whose name later changed to 'Dilawar" in the movie could be due to fear) are rival mob-bosses who appear on screen as infrequently as ghosts in a Vikram Bhatt film. Irrespective of what the scene demands, Kangna Ranaut plays one expression for the entire duration of the film. In the middle of all the gory scenes where everyone kills everyone else because they are in a Sanjay Gupta movie, three women in bizarre clothing, Priyanka Chopra, Sunny and Sophie Choudry; gyrate to songs that sound similar. Yet another standout element that fails to work in the film's favour is the dialogue. It's difficult to determine exactly what the writers were aiming for with dialogues like "Inkee tehzeeb mein bhi tezaab hai , "kutte bhi moot ke aapna ilaka batatein hai" and Maafi ke pehle do aksharon mein bhi MAA hai." The exaggerated action scenes and over-the-top violence makes it difficult to believe that the film is inspired from journalist S Hussain Zaidi's non-fiction book Dongri to Dubai. To top it all, Gupta, quite audaciously, rips off one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history -- Sonny Corleone s assassination in The Godfather. Performances: As far as performances are concerned, John Abraham lives up to expectations by adding a realistic mustache. Rest of the cast is average, with only Sonu Sood standing out. Ratings: I would give 2 and a half stars for John's performance; though this would be the first time in his career where he plays an abusive punching dialogue. Source: www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-shootout-at-wadala-is-a-mindless-gore-fest/20130503.htm Author: Me
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