Mechanic Resurrection (Movie Rating:5.5/10)

Mechanic Resurrection (Movie Rating:5.5/10)

Action Extreme... the stunts make James, Xmen et al look babies. Jason exudes his usual machismo,albeit his dialogues are muffled at times. Jessica Alba, in her sun-kissed coppertone skin avatar is the damsel-to-be-saved with the right amount of vulnerability that would fire up the Mechanic.... to resurrect him into action. 

Tommy Lee J is still as cute as in all his Hollywood vectors though a very short role here. Michelle Y is also there... 

Story is weak, dialogues are not required as the staccato machine guns do the speaking. Locales are lovely but not long enough to grow on you.... 

Something is missing.... Maybe if Ms Jessica Alba was given a meatier role.

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Yet, it's a pure Adrenaline 99 minutes where guys may feel the urge to save Dame Jessica, in distress...

Flying Jatt(movie Rating:3.5/10)

Flying Jatt(movie Rating:3.5/10)

Fall from Grace... 

Small town of Punjab comic book strip in a motion picture... By Ekta Kapoor standards, it's brilliant.. by all others it's Nadir... Virtually everything is culled, Krishh, Matrix, Superman and Batman.. Even the dance sequence takes you back to *I've-had-the-time-of-my-life* with Patrick Swazye... Remo, what's short circuited your Pizzazz... 

Amrita Singh carries herself, albeit too little, too late... And Jacueline Fernández, she's wasted in them salwars...

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Great social message, the intent is understood... the treatment is waste,pun intended... 

Tiger dances and fights so well... What a waste... a fall from grace... 

Benhur (Movie Rating:6.5/10)

Benhur (Movie Rating:6.5/10)

The Red Car is still in the Chariot race and this time Messala wins....jesting. 

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This remake is technically superior, better screenplay, more Jesus - sculpting furniture... and the Roman dresses are better still. Somewhere, unfairly though, you keep comparing... Is this as good as 12 Oscars.. Naaah...it's unfair. 

The Charioteers, their horses, the tension in the stables, stands and the Roman Quaestors & Prefects...the race is astounding with remarkable clarity... Morgan Freeman-ed... You've got to watch it to see how dissimilar and identical it is to the original with Charlton Heston and his white horses. 

Embedded everywhere, though very subtly, are the Star 🌟 of David, the preaching of Jesus, the scene at Calvary and Jews (oppressed by EVERYONE...). Slavery in the ships and the close shave worn death is shown well, with everything from Ramming, flooding galleys, pouring oil to ignition and succumbing to ocean drowning....well the protagonist has to win and so he survives... to return to Jerusalem and.... the ending is different. 

Fair attempt by all standards. 

Rustom (Movie Rating: 6.0 /10)

Rustom (Movie Rating: 6.0 /10)

Electric courtroom drama 🎩 with all the peeves and jeeves packed to capacity... The police inspector Pavan Malhotra, likened to Hercule Poirot does his sniff-hunch ferret role with aplomb.

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The villian of the piece, is devilishly handsome.. That's all to him. Ileana D'cruz is cute-petite-spiteful-maudlin all in one... She can actually act a bit. 

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Esha Gupta, the bombshell in the Houndstooth dress shows décolletage and smokes filaments... I guess that's what the director must've couched her for... (oops)

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Commanders Rustom... Akshay Kumar is the magnum. 44 literally... Looks every bit dashing in the Naval uniform with his medal ribbons and accoutrements.. And his demeanour is apt... Ramrod straight... His dialogues in the courtroom are simply put across with politeness.... Effective.... 

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The chemistry between the judge, prosecution lawyer, news editor and jury is marvellous... 

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Unpalatable part of the story is Rustom taking his adulterous wife back... 

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Entertainer of course.. 

Mohenjo Daro (Movie Rating: 4.75/10)

Mohenjo Daro (Movie Rating:4.75/10)

To watch or not to.. is the question? 

Mohenjo Daro, set out as a trade hub in the banks of River Sindhu... the trade systems taxation, gold, barter system and respect for women is the leitmotif of this movie 🎥 

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Hritik is intense as always. Pooja Hegde looks attractive in the many dresses... Only whence she is sans any headgear do you realize her plain Jane looks. Disappointed... Though her smile is cute.. 

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The denouement scene with the river in spate as it rips apart the boat bridge in staccato rhythm is amazing....it's worth the wait through an otherwise so so movie 🎥. 

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Knowledge of history is important to understand the setting of the movie... And it's a great education tool for junior history school... 

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The head gear apparitions are a wee bit weird... Be patient, they'll be taken off.....

Wish Hritik had chosen a better movie 🎥 

Jason Bourne (Movie Rating: 5.5/10)

Jason Bourne (Movie Rating:5.5/10)

Ludlum alive.... action packed to the brim. Strangely though, the story unfolding is erratic and leaves much unexplained. It's a standard taking potshots at the Director CIA who's gone personal. Matt is Bourne with Aplomb. It's the female lead, Alicia Vikander as the Stanford Geek-gorgeous who can do anything with Algorithms.... (remember Dad telling you to study in teenage)..., well it's mostly chases and facial recognition software integrated into a potent vector.  The car destruction scene is wowwwww.... How many cars does the villian of the piece mow down before the director says, Ok Matt, you can kill him now... Whew! 

She's so pretty.... Beware