Kick, 2014 — ★★★
After seeing the trailer of Kick, I thought this movie is a confused mess of comedy, action, romance and everything else that Bollywood can fit in. Even wiki page describes the movie as action thriller comedy film, which means its all and neither. Watching the film, confirmed my opinion. That does not mean that it is not enjoyable though. It has its moments, are they enough? Let’s see.
It is a Salman Khan movie, which means the logic and rationale are kept at down low, and so were my expectations. These movies are good with trash talk and crowd entertaining action. The movie delivers both. It goes a little overboard with action though. With every film, Salman Khan movies are opening new frontiers of action, this marks another such venture, a direct copy from south Indian flicks, the x-ray bone destruction, which is cheap and irritating, apart from which action is good and it entertains. Logical fallacies are many, romance is weak. Hero used to be poster boy for ethics in early days, now rowdiness is accepted and rewarded in films, this is no exception.
The production values of this movie are very high. That results in great action sequences, detailed camera work, good chase sequences, the cinematography moves between vivid colours, professional camera angles. It shows that Bollywood has enough budget to produce good action content.
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Since It is a Salman Khan movie, he is at the centre stage. Initially Jacqueline Fernandez gets significant screen time, which she foils in every way possible. She does not know acting, and since it is not supposed to be a good drama it shouldn’t matter. Yet even in such movies heroines are kept at a distant background, out of central focus. Here she is given a little more than than which should have been avoided. If we have to cherry pick the performances, then Nawazuddin Siddiqui comes clearly at the the helm, yet with than manic laughter and mannerisms, even he has derided himself. Others are about the same. Salman can be picked from any of his movies, his character is a one size, shape, tone, pitch fits all.
Songs are annoyance. Most of them have little or no connection with the story. I remember pulling out my phone to just pass time when I was hammered with music which is not worth remembering. Songs like ‘Yaar Na Miley’, which is pure unadulterated irritation. One can not stand Nargis Fakhri-who makes a cameo only for one song-or the twisted, processed and artificial voice of Jasmine Sandlas. Jumme ki Raat has a catchy beat, if we are searching for proverbial needle in haystack.
It is a Salman movie, whatever that means. If you like his trash talky, muscle popping charms and go head over heels calling him Bhaiii, then this movie is just for you. For action lovers, there are few moments which you’d like considering the average of Bollywood action. Even if a general cinema lover, misses this one, no big harm done. For a more relative scale, I’d keep this above Dabangg 2, but Wanted and the first Dabangg are still way better than Kick.
As my rating scale goes, I rate it 3 as average (In this case, consider average in this specific sub-genre), and manipulate based on some outstanding good or bad things. For this one I give half bonus star for camera work, half bonus star for chases and action, and take away one full star for length, songs and bad performances, bring the final points to 3.
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