#Commando3 #BollywoodFilmMovieReview #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas Rating: * *
Johnson Thomas
Not even steam left in this disappointing franchise instalment
Film: Commando 3
Cast: Vidyut Jamval, Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar, Gulshan Devaiah, Feryna Wazeir, Rajesh Tailang, Vicky Kadian, Abhilash Chaudhary, Sumeet Thakur, Mark Bennington, Atharva Vishwakarma
Director: Aditya Datt
Rating: * *
Runtime: 133 mins
Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Reliance Entertainment and Motion Picture Capital’s attempt to resurrect the success of Commando with this new franchise instalment, is rather uninspired and tame. Even with lead player Vidyut Jamwal’s phenomenal athleticism on show, this film fails to lift off –leave alone fly. The narrative has ace intelligence officer Karanveer Singh Dogra (Vidyut Jamwal) put to right some sexist, school-girl molesting akhada wrestlers before being called out to London to chase a mysterious terrorist head honcho (Gulshan Devaiah in studied scene stealing form) who has designs on Indian lives during the densely peopled Dussehra/Navratri festivities. Karan is first tasked with unveiling the face behind the cover-up and then has to prevent the multiple attacks from happening with help and support from a fellow agent Bhavna (Adah Sharma sporting a dumb look and an unbecoming hyderabadi accent) and British Intelligence Officers Mallika and Armaan( represented by Angira Dhar and Sumeet Thakur).
The script tries to incorporate too many elements of terrorism and misleading indoctrination, has a silly unviable romantic track and makes the entire run of action, chases and fights seem laboured and unwieldy. Some scenes are terrifyingly brutal but the inconsistency in the telling loosens their impact. The jingoistic nationalism on display here doesn't lift-up the dull, lifeless narrative either. This immediate sequel to Commando 2: The Black Money Trail, is rather insipid. Shot largely in England, the film has some well executed stunts but the tempo and pacing required for an adrenaline rush is sorely missing. The dialogues sound silly and performances are also quite inadequate, made more so by intimate close-ups of vacuous expressions.And Vidyut's penchant to adjust his head-bun before every fight looks ridiculous. A faster, sharper edit and a subtle, more elevating background score might have saved this film from being the dead bore that it is!
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