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Creed is back with Michael B. Jordan and a new antagonist in town, Jonathan Majors. The buildup of the story is amazing, the back story of Adonis (Jordan) and Damian (Majors) goes back to their teenage time. But as the story progresses, it leaves a trail of spaces which could have been filled with greater emotions, larger commitments and better ending. The cinematography is great with the choice of music. Jordan and Tessa is as good as the previous ones, no doubt. Majors really impresses with his acts. Also, this film marks the directorial debut of Jordan. Some parts, the characters are a bit cocooned, where they could have fully expressed themselves. Overall the movie is good, but had the elements where it could had been a great movie. 🙂

Kuttey, started good but with every scene the story detoriated. Except for the background music and song, nothing is flamboyant. Being a multistarrer, in some scenes Tabu and Kumud Mishra impresses but the rest of the main cast fails miserably. Even the cameos of Mr. Shah and Sen Sharma could not save the plot. The plot tends to confuse you and the justification of the title still remains a mystery till the end. Vijayant Kohli tickles your funny bone in some part but abrupt killing of the characters mindlessly just pushes the plot further into darkness. Arjun kapoor still remains the expressionless actor while radhika madan's over expressions puts the film in distress. Truth to be told, she deserves better character and has the ability to deliver powerful performances. Overall the story could have been more interesting but it falls short a long way. One time watch if you want to kill time.

Kaleidoscope is a movie that falls under the category of those movies whose first half is good and the second half is as much straining and worse. The directors have used a unique way of designing the episodes that it can be watched in any manner. The story involves a heist, revolving around the protagonist's past, present and future. The story is cooked up well till the heist and then everything falls apart. Generally, most of the heist films involves the buildup, the execution and its short aftermath. Here, they got the chance to present an interesting story which revolved "after" the heist, but they blew that part as bad as possible. As per the acting, Giancarlo Esposito with the supporting cast tried their best to make the film float but if the story isn't solid, nobody can make a film work. Same was the case for this film. The parts where the creators could have made it work, they totally gave up in the intricate scenes and literally splashed the story in the worst possible manner. So, its a half-time watch at your own risk.