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dialogues, stroppy sequencing and a topsy-turvy narrative lacking in script
sense kills off any enjoyment to be had. A stiff Devgan aiming for fluidity and
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across naturally. Mildly humorous, Ironical bitter-sweet bromantic engagement -
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#ThisIsWhereILeaveYou(English) Rating: * * Shawn ‘Night at the
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Hindi Film Review
Johnson Thomas
Confounding Nonsense!
Film: Action Jackson
Cast:Ajay Devgan, Yami Gautam, Sonakshi Sinha, Kunal
Roy Kapoor, Manasvi Mamgai, Anantharaj, Puru Rajkumar
Director: Prabhu Dheva
Rating: * ½
A remake of the
Telugu hit ‘Dookudu, ’ ‘Action Jackson’
is basically a mainstream Bollywood vehicle meant to keep afloat Ajay Devgan’s perceived
felicity with action comedies. The intent may have made sense but the expense
doesn’t. In fact it’s difficult to find anything likeable about this obscurantist’
exercise in futility. 
The titular star struts across all he surveys in two
different avatars- a small-time Mumbai hoodlum called Jay and the other-Vishy, a
loyal right hand man of a Bangkok mafia don. Tender sensibilities are sure to
be hurt what with the level of obnoxiousness this film proffers. Juvenile
antics, cheap gags, irritating background score, stupefying dance and action
choreography make for a whole that appears to be completely dead on the inside.
Superman motifs,
piecemeal ‘KillBill’ manga action and a tangential shift into Eva Green’s shoes
from ‘300 rise of an Empire’ makes this
action-comedy a mish-mash of styles and ideas without any clear cut direction
as to where it wants to go or what it wants to achieve. That’s what south-side
masala is all about- no doubt. But for the Hindi cinema Faithfull’s this could
well be viewed like a lesson in Greek and Latin minus the translation.
Ajay Devgan is
called upon to do stuff that he can barely manage- like dance, move fluidly and
fight with conviction. There are two heroines (Sonakshi and Yami Gautam), to
serenade and a villainess( Manasvi Mamgai), to reject. So he has his hands full
just dealing with that. In addition to that, he also has a slavish
sidekick(Kunal Roy Kapoor) to contend with and a good Samaritan credo that
allows him to be everywhere there’s a need for superhuman intervention. Add a
slew of villains who keep coming at him from all corners (Bangkok, New Zealand,Pune,
Mumbai) and his cup more than just
overflows. There’s a distinct lack of credibility in the characters and the plotting defies sense and logic. The action is
showy and unconvincing. Bouncing human
bodies, overturning cars, slashing agro add to the ridiculous effects of the
action set-pieces. Midway through the film you realize that there are two
heroes who seem to have acquired a diverse spectrum of fighting abilities
–enough to be at different places in the nick of time. And they don’t need a
cape to do it. The editor and director just have them waiting at the appointed
spot when they are most needed. Random bursts into song, dance, action and
tripe don’t add up to any kind of entertainment.
Devgan still has
what it takes to emote a fierce engagement but so far as action and comedy
goes, it’s high time he laid up his boots on those fronts. Neither the
slap-happy comedy, the silly dialogue-baazi nor the action measure up to even the lowest of standards.
Haphazard plotting in a narrative that goes completely haywire in it’s efforts
to establish audience connect, makes this over-ambitious exercise look like a
misfiring bazooka all the way along. Lets not even pick on performances – as
there are none to even be deemed worthy of a critical appraisal.
It’s certainly a big confounding mess. And
Sonakshi’s ‘Singham to Chewing Gum’ admission signifies the extent of the
degradation that a prototype actioner has to undergo in an effort to appease an
audience thirsting for something different. ..Because the difference here is
just not good enough.
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