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L2 Empuraan – movie review

For all you certified Mohanlal fans/ lovers this is his latest blockbuster offering of March 2025, part two of the Lucifer trilogy. L2 Empuraan courted a fair share of controversy even before it's release, the makers agreed to some cuts, however the audience flocked to see the uncut version before it was replaced in cinema halls. Apart from the controversies there are many other aspects of the film which make it the first superhit of Malayali cinema in 2025 which grossed over Rs 300 crores worldwide, for starters the thing that strikes you about the movie is that unlike any other south original non-dubbed movie this movie is generously interspersed with English and Hindi dialogues according to the requirement of the story. It starts with two independent storylines which then get entwined with the third, thus starting with the first story which involves the CIA and the internationa ....
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Jaat – movie review

Bollywood action hero, Sunny Deol succeeds in effortlessly executing action sequences in this film which are on par with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Steven Seagal and matches them - most suited and comparable to what is suited for their ages. Therefore, the first credit should go to team of action directors Anal Arasu, Peter Hein, Naga Venkat and Ram-Lakshman for designing action, refraining from usual unnecessary acrobatics - that is apt for Sunny, which he effortlessly adapts to. Randeep Hooda has now established himself in Bollywood as a new alternative for filmmakers seeking nasty and a dangerous antagonist. Vineet Kumar Singh as Randeep's brother is as impressive as in his earlier films. The out-and-out action film opens with raw action sequence in some forest area of Sri Lanka where some militants manage to escape to coastal Andhra Pradesh ....
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Sikandar – movie review

Sikandar lacks a strong story line and is merely infused with unnecessary action. It is a redemptive relief for Salman Khan fans that he finally displays some improvement in his acting skills and emotions on screen (though this comes at such a late juncture in his long career) however a lot still needs to be done with the dialogues department. What really appears confusing as to whether the filmmaker intends to pass on the message of humanity, cautioning on ecological disasters or whether it is about a the King of Rajkot and his army on a mission of cleansing ills of the society. All hopes are shattered. Neither the story nor the super-man like action scenes featuring Salman Khan fighting 200 goons with his five man army sink in one’s mind. One is confused if he is watching an emotional film or rather a super hero flick. In fact the story doesn’t have anything in it worth menti ....
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Return of the Dragon – Hindi movie review

Return of the Dragon is the dubbed version of the Tamil film Dragon. The film is out and out designed for youth, with a fresh take on complications in life and career in the modern age. Without getting preachy, the team tries to deliver an interesting film with comedy, emotion and thrills. Ragavan, infamous for his reckless ways and academic struggles, turns to fraud after a heartbreaking breakup, chasing wealth and power. However, his deceit leads him into perilous territory. Director Ashwath Marimuthu attempts to tell a story of a guy who descends into the depths of depravity only to find the shortest of ropes to hold on and miraculously crawl back to redemption. The movie revolves around a young man who struggles in college with 48 arrears but ends up making a good life for himself. However, life takes an interesting turn after he is forced to return to college and clear the arr ....
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BLINDSIDED – Hindi movie review

After losing his eyesight during a botched operation in Pak-occupied Kashmir, a soldier preparing to start a new life with his fiancée finds his world getting torn apart when two dreaded criminals enter their home looking for stolen diamonds. Blindsided is written and directed by KD Sandhu (also featuring him as the antagonist Rolex), opens with a covert operation in Kashmir. When his mysterious fiancée’s history resurfaces, it leads to tragic consequences, forcing Jaideep to confront his enemies despite his blindness. Jaideep (Udhay Bir Sandhu), who has been gravely rendered blind as the mission turns out to be a trap, finds solace in a happy life with his fiancée, Jennifer (Farha Khan), who harbors a secret from her past. Blindsided The film’s central idea—a blind soldier trapped in his home with ruthless criminals, each trying to outwit the other—is by no means an ori ....
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DEVA – movie review

The film Deva, a remake of the Malayalam flick Mumbai Police released way back in 2013, features the tale of Kochi City ACP Antony Moses, who is infamously known as Rascal Moses due to his chauvinistic character. Basically, the film is about a rebellious and abrasive cop who sets out to investigate a murder case but suffers memory loss after a major accident. As he retraces his past, he discovers some unsettling truths about his department and himself. Sadly, the film drains you of whatever energy you have when you start watching the film over the course of 156 minutes, as the screenplay team—Bobby–Sanjay, Abbas Dalal, Hussain Dalal, Arshad Syed, and Sumit Arora—takes you through the various layers and shades of Dev, and the unravelling the mystery on and on. The mystery does thicken in the second half, when the whole tonality shifts from action to dark and intense emotions a ....
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BHOLAA 3D – movie review

At the outset, let me warn you that this film is man adaptation of the Karthi starrer Kaithi. Right from the first frame till the last, the film abounds with excessive violence and gory scenes. Bholaa (Ajay Devgn), an absentee father waiting to unite with his daughter, is the protagonist, a man of very few words, who shows all his angst and pain through his eyes, in the film.Bholaa channels his inner rudra avatar to fight like a fearless warrior and battles a horde of gangs, right from bike-driving baddies to well-greased, kachcha-sporting villains, to remove all the obstacles that come in the way of him meeting his daughter. Bholaa, who is released from then prison after 10 years, is desperately waiting to meet his daughter for the first time, but IPS officer Diana Joseph (Tabu) leaves him with no choice but to help her in a high-pressure situation that involves the drug mafia, the c ....
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Toofaan – movie review

The much awaited or shall we say much anticipated movie this time of the year after a dud called Radhe. The trailer of Toofaan seemed fabulous and hard-hitting but the actual movie was a disappointment. This movie now streaming on Amazon is about national integration. Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Parsi only a Sikh and a Buddhist missing from the main religious diversity that India is. Jokes apart, one would have expected it to be a sports film ala Bhaag Milkha Bhaag what with the same team of director, producer and actor teaming up again. Namely Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra with the directorial baton (who even regales us with his two bit August presence as some national boxing official), Excel Studios as the producer and Farhan Akhtar as the hard working actor. There is no doubt that Farhan has but in his sweat and blood to look every inch a boxer at his age. Though Toofaan is a feel good ....
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The Tomorrow War – movie review

So every now and again Hollywood brings about a new concept about future of mankind how it would finally turn out to be. Will The Tomorrow War be like in Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey 2001, or a beautiful and progressive one as in Startrek, or total annihilation due to a meteor as in Deep Impact, or some strange disease turning people into zombies as in I Legend, or a future as shown in the Terminator series and so on and so forth. We actually lapped it all up as we somewhere accepted such possibilities and because of the innate romanticism of doomsday which is ingrained in every individual. This may actually be attributed to the fact that many religions who prophesied this, like the Kayamat ka din in Islam and Apocalypse mentioned in the Bible. However what they have come up with now boggles the mind. It is about fighting a war for the future generation. Well the various activis ....
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Torbaaz – movie review

Torbaaz is the latest offering streaming on the Netflix platform that is written and directed by Girish Malik. It is a story of orphaned refugee children staying in camps on the borders of Afghanistan adjacent to Pakistan, whose parents have either died in Fidayeen attacks (suicide bombings) or whose parents have been Fidayeen themselves. Fidayeens are the self sacrificing human bombs who for their own religious cause perpetrate suicide bombings. What could have been a story of victory over the evil forces of self-proclaimed groups who in the garb of changing the system or ethnic cleansing are but perpetrating terrorism, and thus Torbaaz turns out a damp squib. The Talibani terrorists target the refugee children of fidayeen attacks and shamelessly train them to be suicide bombers. Here was an excellent story premise but was ruined due to directorial weakness. Good star cast, gre ....
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