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Mile 22 (2018)
Just a conventional military action movie.
This is a regular movie depicting the happenings of the American defence system and the politics manipulating them. But I doubt if this is a movie on covert ops, because barring the mission in the opening scene, no incident was significant enough to be regarded as covert op. Most of the job done by Silva's team could've been executed by a military unit. There's no need for an exclusive covert team for that. Trying to assassinate Noor right in an American establishment is utterly unacceptable. No one would dare to do that. Mass explosions in public places were passable, but a cat & mouse chase with vehicles and random shootouts in broad daylight centring around a covert op is absurd. However, I liked the characters of Alice and Sam. Despite of part of a high intensity operation team, they try to take time to associate themselves with their families. They shed blood & sweat exceptionally, and sacrifice themselves for the greater good. Regardless of being women, they are equally on par with men. As part of a defence team, Mark Wahlberg was better in
Lone Survivor. The only enthralling part was that of Noor himself and the Russian angle behind him. Noor's imposing stoicism and how the Russians played on him nailed the whole thing. The Americans, being manipulative every time and everywhere as they think they are the best, didn't see it coming this time. I must say, I liked the Russians more than the Americans. Overall, you'll definitely enjoy the movie if you watch it as a conventional military action film and not as a covert op one. However, the ending left with a scope for a good sequel, which the makers have already declared of planning too. But the sequel must come up based on a strong, intense and rational plot. Otherwise, the steam will die down soon like most other franchise.
Vishwaroopam 2 (2018)
A sequel maintaining its legacy well!
While most sequels fail to impress, this one is significant enough. Though it may not be as intense as its prequel, yet it could maintain the legacy well. The plot could have been more enthralling. Shekhar Kapur doesn't fit well as an active field agent. He's better off doing the desk job from Delhi. Rahul Bose and Jaideep Ahlawat appear to be too much urbane Indian, especially in their dialect. They should work on their tone & speech should they plan to make another sequel. Pooja Kumar had nothing innovative to show. Her underwater stint was pointless. It's Andrea Jeremiah who really impressed us. Though she's cute & bubbly, when time comes, she could be equally electrifying & deadly. After Tapsee Pannu in Baby and Naam Shabana, Jeremiah is the only girl who could pull off the character of a warrior woman convincingly. Kudos to her! Waheeda Rahman's character could be relatable well by those who have elderlies at home suffering from neurological or brain disorders. We know how sorrowful their conditions are. Yet, she should've been given more time to play around her character. Surprisingly, Anant Mahadevan played a small but interesting character. He truly portrayed how ignorant our politicians and bureaucrats are about our soldiers and operatives, who sacrifice everything for the country. Kamal Haasan was at his best as usual. However, he should've kept himself in proper shape. His paunch was quite visible. Viswaroop can prove to be a good franchise if they can come up with gripping plots and storylines. Despite of its flaws, it's films like these that can gradually put the Indian film industry on par with the likes of the Bourne Series, 13 Hours and Strike Back. And given the current scenario, only Kamal Haasan, Neeraj Pandey and John Abraham can bring out that change. Looking forward to them...
Vishwaroopam (2013)
With Vishwaroopam, Indian film industry crossed the milestone that has been yearned long from Hollywood.
Finally Indian film industry has broken the barrier. With Vishwaroopam, India has crossed the milestone that has been yearned long from Hollywood. The kind of movies they are making nowadays, the likes of A Wednesday, Kahaani, Talaash and now Vishwaroopam, with excellent storyline, brilliant direction and outstanding performance by the actors, Indian films may outshine Hollywood with their own distinctive ways in the upcoming years. I intensely dislike those who created controversies revolving the film to gain petty publicity and power. Vishwaroopam is not at all anti Islam. All hail to Kamal Haasan, The Legend and the entire team of Vishwaroopam!