J Sikha

This movie’s story line has a lot of potential, for example the dad’s involvement in tampering with the evidence could have revealed more sinister elements to his involvement with the girl, exploring who the mystery ex boyfriend could have been an interesting twist, the son’s non expressive personality could have led to a deeper darker side of their family, the mother’s inability to have a voice in this situation could have led to revealing more painful details about her relationship with her husband, and the younger sister who is getting fed up with everyone in the family could have revealed more details about their home. The director could have slowed revealed a picture that the “before” was actually worse. This would have made a very interesting and thought provoking movie… But the plot holes and the characters reacting to a crisis in the most unexpected and unnatural ways for no apparent reason makes this a mediocre mess of a movie. It’s still a good watch :)

I finally got to watch the movie that everyone is talking about. It was shocking to see how far Indian movies have come, and not in a good way. I didn't care much about the soundtrack that everyone is raving about, it was fitting but not as spectacular as how people were describing it. The kissing and sex scenes seemed uncomfortable, it seems like bollywood tries it's best to go as far as they can without showing nudity, and it looses it's beauty of being true to it's setting. As far as the action and fight scenes go, it looks like the producer was trying to create a Tarantino movie, and I think he did a decent job with it. I know this is only a movie and the actors are playing their respective characters in it, but the way women are treated in this movie is something that shocked me. I think this movie will be very difficult to watch if there are women in the audience who have experienced spousal, physical or psychological abuse. Bobby Deol was my favorite actor growing up, and this movie was not a good choice for him. Dont get me wrong, I think he can play a very good villian, but this was a mockery of his talent. In any good antihero movie, the goal is to move or sway the audience to love and sympathize with the main character. However, in this case, our antihero begins as a spoiled disrespectful brat and grows into a spoiled disrespectful man. I give this movie 2 stars, one for the psychological dynamics between the son and the father, it was somewhat convincing. And the other for the over the top fight sequences.

This movie is more for non- Indians to see a glimpse of this big issue of illegal immigration through the eyes of those who are trying to have a better life and then realize that the future they wanted isn’t not what they had in mind. As an immigrant, I enjoyed watching this movie.

Bunch of plot holes, poor acting and bad scripting, but that’s where I think Nicholas Cage shines. I was hoping to see Nick’s do some acting, besides a few grunts, and some cool shots to showcase his hairstyle, he doesn’t say much or do much in the movie. This movie is full of precious moments….besides the dude who gets shot in the leg and dramatically starts dying and goes on and on about it, the Interpol agent who is trying really hard to play Sherlock Holmes, and the bank manager who was supposed to be a winsome and lovable character turned into a joke. The one thing that fascinated me the most was how idiotic these “professional” killer/bank robbers were. From the guy in the Escalade who panics and starts shooting at the cops to their exit strategy, it was shockingly bad. It was comical to see them… one by one, run out of the bank with a huge bag of money on the backs while the entire city’s police force and swat team do some target practice. Nonetheless, it was a fun movie.