Finding myself in the vicinity, I decided to walk in and see the movie 'Force'. Not bad, was my reaction at the end. But it could have been very good. Actually, there are elements that are really good. Genelia, for one. She brings in a much-needed breath of fresh air in a chor-police serious drama. She is good at this bubbly stuff, as we found out in her Hindi debut, Jaane Tu...John Abraham can't act, but the director smartly uses that to his advantage, joking about his serous (wooden?)expression through Genelia's character.
There is also some good action. But some loose ends are jarring. For instance, the hero who correctly gauges the maniacal nature of his adversary fails to take precautions, knowing the dangers fully well (having been warned on the phone), to protect himself, and his colleagues. The heroine dying was unnecessary, and it makes the force look stupid. In the scene where the villain escapes from 4-5 cops surrounding him, it makes no sense that the cop does not shoot him in the foot at least.
Anyway, for a Hindi film, it is ok. The music is forgettable, but then, one doesn't expect much in that department these days.
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3 comments:
I was struck by the heroine's name - rather on the border there with something Freud would write.
Drinking and reading don't mix for sure.
Raja,
This movie was a massive hit in Tamil called 'Kakha Kakha' with Suriya as the hero and was remade in Telugu with Venkatesh in the lead called 'Gharshana' (Asin as heroine). Suriya and the Tamil crew took the movie to another level, Venkatesh was competent as always so John would have found it tough anyways to handle himself against them.
Diamond Head, May the force (of Freud et al) be with you.
Hari, I think Salman and Amir started the remake wave with Ghajini and whatever the remake of Pokiri was called. John would have difficulties competing with most, and certainly with the best in the business. But then, Manoj Kumar had a lot of hits, and so did Rajendra Kumar, both wooden as hell.
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