Action Jackson

Action Jackson review:

The hero of this film (Devgn) seems to be some sort of "Adonis". Ladies go weak in knees just seeing him cat walk in slo mo. One of them (Sonakshi) inadvertently catches him without pants on and wants to glimpse his private organ again and again for good luck. Next, we have a psychopathic cocaine snorting sister of a Thai gangster who lusts for him even as he is saving her from getting gang raped. Clearly, sense, logic, clean humor are conspicuous by their absence in this Prabhu Dheva directed action mumbo jumbo. The attempt is to cater to the lowest common denominator of the audience (namely the front benchers, masses....whatever u call them).

The film's plot is merely a filler between the numerous fight sequences and item numbers. Influences can be traced to diverse materials from Prabhu Dheva's own "Rowdy Rathore" to Mahesh Bhatt's Srk starrer "Chhahat" to even Quentin Tarantinos "Kill Bill". Admittedly, the action scenes are superbly executed. Also, the choreography proves once again that Prabhu sir is still the boss as far as dance is concerned.

Coming to performances, Ajay Devgn seems to be having fun excelling in the fight sequences and gamely fitting into Prabhu Dheva's dance steps. He plays to the gallery cleverly understanding the OTT nature of the project he's nodded to lead. Sonakshi Sinha and Yami Gautam have precious little to do. In fact, debutante Manasvi Mamgai leaves an impression playing the vamp cum item girl with astounding boldness and conviction. The main villain (Tamil actor Anantharaj) acts as if he time travelled from the 80s era; possibly was a sidekick of Shaakaals and Mogambos of yore.

Final word of advice: Go for it if you like nothing more than action and skin!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Director Mr.Prabhu Deva work is good. Story has lots of things, which go overboard. Dialogues by Shiraz Ahmed, are OK. Screenplay by Prabhudeva, Shiraz Ahemed and A.C Mughil, offers something new. First half entertains only due to innovative approach of most of the scenes. The main track of luck factor is logical and comical both. Even they try to convey few messages through it. Messages are subtle but good. In the scene, when a kid got refused admission from school on the basis of illiterate father, then the way hero convinces the Principal is appealing. Fighting style with music beats is also new and entertaining. Interval point indicates that now movie is ready to land in the illogical and unnecessary violence area. The main conflict in second half is unreliable. A person never became ready to take risk of his life only for humanity ground and even with his friend. Yeah, we got some comical relief in second half due to this duo but there was no logic at all and it downgraded the villain character too. Climax fight is just like cake walk rather than some brain game in action sequences or in screenplay. Performance wise Ajay Devgan will surprise you with his unique and entertaining style of dancing. He is candidly endearing. Sonakshi Sinha looks beautiful and fits completely in her bubbly character. Yami Gautem looks pretty and acts good. Kunal Roy Kapoor is very good. Manasvi Mamgai as Marina, wears perfect attitude and expression. Music by Himesh Reshmmiya is good and choreography makes it very good.

If it were only a fraction of its length, "Action Jackson" would be of the sort of perfectly-bad movies ideal for riotously ripping into with a group of snarky-sarcastic friends. However, its 3 hour run time turns it into a psychologically torturous endurance test as it drags its dead carcass through enough plot clichés and randomly thrown-in twists for four films.

Viewers lured in with the promise of a meet-cute Bollywood rom-com, will be confused and horrified when the body count reaches in the high hundreds. "Action Jackson" is actually a bizarre amalgamation of two Bollywood rom-coms, a stereotypical assassin- turned-good-guy out for revenge flick, and the Parent Trap. But with 007 Bond villains (I will admit, I enjoyed the super-campy villains). However, instead of a cohesive blending of these elements, it feels as if the random limbs from at least four different films were amateurishly hacked-off and thrown into a pile to rot together and produce this...thing.

Watch an old guy with obviously CGIed abs (they move up and down on their own!) play not one, but two, action heroes badly, as he poses like a teen model every chance he gets and speaks only in garbled, bizarre, one-liners ("It's my way, or the Skyway." "Me, criminally bad." are some of the gems) and flirts with two much younger, extremely similar women the plot keeps forgetting about.

The dancing is bad and makes no sense with the plot half the time, the lines are dubbed as poorly as an old kung-foo film and sometimes not translated at all, and most parts are so laughably wretched that you will openly mock the movie in order to stay sane.

I nearly cried when I discovered there was still over an hour left.

People walked out of the theater.

"Action Jackson" could have been "the Room" of the Indian film industry, but is so long and crappy, it really isn't worth bothering with.

Action Jackson is an action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam, Manasvi Mamgain, Kunaal Roy Kapur and Anandaraj.

A small-time goon falls in love with a clumsy girl. Before the two lovers can embark on a romantic journey, he comes face-to-face with his lookalike.

Prabhu Deva made a block buster film Rowdy Rathore and it seems that he is not coming out of the hangover of that film as the plot and execution of this film is very similar of that film but this film is less entertaining, more irritating and jokes are just flat. There are some positives with the film such as beautiful cinematography, choreographed action scenes and acting of Ajay Devgn but all this is overshadowed by a weak storyline, pathetic direction, loud BGM, terrible execution and above all Sonakshi Sinha who just irritates whenever she is on screen.

The plot of the film is similar to Rowdy Rathore and execution is almost similar but as mentioned earlier this film is less funny, less entertaining and more irritating.

Screenplay of the film is average. Acting is superb by Ajay Devgn and apart from Ajay Devgn, Yami Gautam was to much extent impressive, Kunal Roy Kapur was average, Manasvi tries hard but fails to impress, Anandaraj was badly underused and Sonakshi Sinha irritates to the core. It's high time that she should understand that acting is not her cup of tea and try her hands in anything apart from acting.

The climax of the film is very violent and brutal, typical action lovers and hardcore fans of Ajay devgn will like this film for others a terrible film to watch.

I said disappointing for a reason and that is, when you see a film starred by Ajay Devgan, Directed By Prabhu Deva, You naturally start to think that the film should be 'Interesting, A Must Watch' Should Be Good' that kind of thoughts easily comes to our mind because we expect something different something spectacular to be delivered, But if we can't get that then disappointment comes naturally and that is obvious.

I'm not saying that the film was Bakwaas, Total Crap, Utterly Disgusting like the other reviewers here. But I'm sorry to say that it was truly not enough to be memorable one. Let me come to the details first..

There are several Pros and Cons, I'll try to enlist as much as possible...So?

Let's come to the points quickly...

Cons....

1. Music was Average {Could've been better}.

2. First half was something fresh but looks dull with silly dialogs and witty expressions.

3. I personally think Kunaal Roy Kapur's character was unnecessary and was totally wasted.

4. Sonakshi Sinha was good in her part of role but seems to be repetitive.

5. The Main Antagonist does not look like a villain at all. He misses the charm of Bad Character. {Prakash Raj Would've been a better choice}.

6. Editing was fuzzy.

7. The film has 2 Hour and 26 Mins of Run Time and that is something that feels dragged a little bit.

Now the {+} points...

Pros....

1. New type of actions were great to watch. Action Sequences were executed properly.

2. Ajay Devgan truly justified his role, I doubt if any other actor can carry the role to that level.

3. Yami Gautam acted very well in her small but effective role.

4. Even the leading bad lady, I mean Manasvi {She's damn hot really :D} did her job well.

5. I did not like the first half, actually it was slow and dull but the second half was good and catches up the pace it needs.

After all if you are either a Ajay Devgan or Prabhu Deva Fan then You should watch it, you will enjoy the film, but don't keep so much expectations as I did :{ you will be disappointed as much as I am now!!!