Film Review- Pathaan

 It's slick, and it has some good locations where it's shot. But it's at least 30 minutes too long- the last fifteen could easily have been eliminated without any loss to the narrative. And it seems like a hotch-potch of various action films I have seen, including a few Bond films. And the cheeky one-liners are missing. Bond heroes are suave, and well-dressed, except in bed. 

Not sure what to make of the action scenes. For one, they are too long. Even Amitabh, thirty years ago finished off his job pretty quickly. What takes Shah Rukh and Salman bhai so long?

The infamous song is ok, no big deal. In general, the dialogue sucks. Dimple and Ashutosh Rana are believable. The hi-jinks action is not. Some of it, like the bikes on a frozen lake, are almost comical. John Abraham does reasonably well as a villain.

5 out of 10 would be a fair rating, in my opinion. But then, it's my opinion.

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