Zoheb Khan

Was really looking forward to this one. Amateurishly made sadly and very average acting, idris elba was totally miscast and the child actors were, let’s just say not very good. Story could’ve been much better, but concept was good. Execution bad. Cinematography bad, editing childish, looked like they were just going from one man made set to another and cutting in the middle. Music bad. Dialogues bad. Random attempts at making you really care or emotionally connect to the characters. Exposition in the beginning basically gives away the end. End is a little too Disney. Action sequences were good, a little too set piecey. The one good note is it keeps you engaged, it’s not one of those “all the good bits are in the trailer” movies and with that 1.5 hr runtime it’s not too long. But a lot of negatives sadly. Too many incidences of - why the hell would you do that when a man eating lion is somewhere right around you - the motivation to do something was not setup well enough. Basic things like close the door, don’t sit by the open window. Don’t voluntarily leave the car. Could’ve been much better in any one else’s hands. In this directors hands sadly it looked like an expensive film school final year project.