An Action Hero

The movie is meta and treats a serious element in a humorous way. The villain is hell bent to kill our action hero for revenge. The screenplay is meta and it starts with the hero unable to get angry. He even says the audience want -"an angry young man". And, the ending was just spot on.

The reasons for the screenplay sequence look filmsy and unbelievable. It gets boring at places and you have no idea where this movie is heading to. Though we have a great ending, it did not save the day for this picture.

The music score is too good and rap portions keep you engaged. But it could have been better!!

Kind of unique in approach even if it had many cliche moments, An Action Hero is that seldomly seen movie in Bollywood that blends action with satirical humour which fits right into the premise of the movie.

While the narrative was quick paced, it was the act of Ayushmaan and Jaideep that kept the movie interesting along with a 'somewhat predictable' yet surprising twist towards the end. The direction by debutant Anirudh Iyer was very good and using a mix of rap, remixed retro Hindi movie songs with non-stop prattle of television news anchors as a key narrative device, An Action Hero provides a trenchant commentary that lays bare the ills of a TRP-driven electronic news media. The two principal performers lend the movie some of the power and energy that it requires to keep firing on all cylinders. The rest is provided by the strong screenplay and direction.

My Rating : 7/10.

I saw - An action hero, in the theatre. The movie was definitely engaging, but it is not a visual spectacle or stunning by any means to warrant a theatre watch. It would be a good OTT movie. So, for people thinking about watching it, I would suggest to wait for an OTT release.

I felt the movie had a Guy Ritchie feel to it, with all the gangesters and the black comedy. And it was pretty well executed as well. I am fully willing to let go of logic etc. In an action movie, IF, the characters and the plot is engaging enough. The problem with this movie is that both are very loosely written and shot. So, a lot of the idiosyncrasies, black comedy, lack of logic etc. Don't work at all since other than Ayushmann's character, you don't have a connection, feel or bond towards another character. This is a major drawback of the movie. Ayushmann has done well, the rest of the cast is pretty so so. Not a lot of laugh out moments, but it is an engaging movie and a timepass watch.

Ayushman Khurrana delivers what he promises! Dont know why this movie not worked on the Box Office. Had the film came from South Industry, people would have made it a huge Block Buster

+ves : The plot of the film is really unique and fresh. Acting performances is really good. Ayushman really looked like an action hero. Jaideep Ahlawat really steals the show with his performance as usual. Music is average. BGM was good. Dialogues were brilliantly written especially that comic punches between serious scenes. Dark Humour was used brilliantly.

-ves : Screenplay was a bit off. It could have been much better & crisp especially in the first half. Action scenes could have been much better.

To conclude, its a good movie with some unique storyline. You should definitely give it a try. It wont disappoint you.

Anirudh Iyer takes a scenic route with simple satirical comedy and sensible action sequences along with well balanced screenplay keeping audience glued until climax... An interesting part is that he doesn't fear to expose media's puppetry show or Bollywood's underworld connection or dominant local political goons ,what else one need in mainstream movies .... When it comes to Zara hatke entertainment Anand L Rai plays an ample role be it direction or production,needs a Big round of applause... Breaking all the stereotypes of bollywood theory Ayushman doesn't fear to explore inspite "Anek" disaster this "Doctor G" manages to surprise audience in every aspects of film that falls flat to nepotism...Kudos to the true actor... Scripted by neeraj yadav the sudden twists and turns along with chaotic journey gives a new journey for ur weekend thirst for entertainment...