Dhaka Attack

Story is the heart of movie. A good movie must have a good story. Otherwise nothing will work. And in this context 'Dhaka Attack' passed easily with good marks. I'm not telling the story is unique or brilliant. But it is good and interesting.

'Serial Killer' kinda thing is very common in the movies nowadays. We've seen a lot from Hollywood, Bollywood, Korean and even from south Indian movie industry. But this is totally new genre for a Bangladeshi movie.

Almost everything in this movie worked perfectly except the VFX (!?) and lead actress Mahiya Mahi! VFX should have been better. Considering the low budget, we may forgive the VFX, but what about Mahiya Mahi? In every sense of the word, she was horrible! She couldn't portrait her character. Her over- acting, way of talking, expression everything was disappointing.

Arefin Shuvo and ABM Sumon did their best and acted very well. Shatabdi Wadud was phenomenal as always. Special thanks to Taskin Rahman for his outstanding performance and screen appearance as the villain. Music was good with appropriate BGM. Action sequences and cinematography were also very good (again the VFX is the only week point here).

Overall, it's a good movie. Considering Bangladeshi industry it's a very good movie. Probably the best thriller movie ever made in Bangladesh.

Definitely worth to watch!

Definitely on of the best Bangla movies. Those who like to watch a thriller movie with unique story can go for watching this. You will enjoy every minute with excitement. Arefin Shuvo, ABM Sumon's looks are really great! And lastly, the role of the Taskeen Rahman(Jisan)was really very well.

Really a superb- action-thriller film- specially on the context of Bangladesh. Intelligent plot, the overall execution and cinematography is also brilliant, music is heart-touching and catchy to ear.

In the acting section- protagonist Arefin Shuvoo and ABM Sumon- both heroes looked cool and charismatic as as detective officer and special force commander respectively. Other male characters- including Shatabdi Wadud, Shipon etc also did their best in their roles. But for the female characters- their character formation and acting was somehow just lame- specially Mahiya Mahi as crime journalist- she looked gorgeous (sometimes with excessive make-up!) but both her character and acting seemed a bit disappointing! If female heroines even in such male-dominated crime- thriller film can be presented as side-kicks or helping hands, it would be a lot more exciting I think! Ad placement also seemed tasteless. If such few inconsistencies here and there could be excluded, it would have become an almost-perfect film actually!

Yet- it's a marvelous film- in the second half you have to feel the real thrill- because the final adventuresome exploration begins and the new villain Taskeen Rahman comes to spotlight! In his debut film, he's done really awesome job as a cold-blooded, brutal serial killer. His background is also explored quite thoroughly in this film. So breaking the stereotype of typical Bengali cinema and bringing up a stylish anti-protagonist- it's just awesome and brilliant!And Taskeen Rahman deserves to get a best villain award!

My overall rating- 8/10

So this film is just ground-breaking by introducing stylish police- crime-action in Bangladeshi film industry. It's also getting super- duper hit in box office breaking some records- that also sounds cool and very promising. Conscious audience're rushing to movie theaters and wholeheartedly appreciating films, doing some constructive criticism- that's all we want! Kudos to debuted director Dipankar Dipan, story writer Sunny Sanwar and the whole team for their strenuous effort to bring up such a hi-fi movie and to value the high expectation of awaiting audience- hoping better for the future!And more and more promising directors are coming with their conceptual films, sounds like a golden era..so all the best, go ahead Bangla movie! :)

My review in Bengali for this film-"Dhaka Attack (2017)-Watch all together,enjoy the thrill!" http://bioscopeblog.net/rifat- kabir-sharna/61002

Story: Good story. Not extraordinary but good enough. At some point it was very predictable but for most of the time it was thrilling. 22/30 for the story.

BGM: Although some background sound was collected(For 10 to 15 minutes I assume ) from 'Inception', it was good overall. I do have to mention one thing, I didn't find the collected sounds well executed. Adding to this, I also must say that I was pleased with their own original soundtracks. They were really good in creating the tension that you usually get while watching thrillers. The song 'Tikatolir More' was good as it added some plot but other songs were completely unnecessary. 'Tup Tap' song depicted that the lead male character and female character is building up some romantic interest for each other while he was driving her home. This whole thing could have been shown in some other way and the song was not needed there. The timing of 'Poth je dake' was good when it was played but it could have been better in its materials. I personally felt that it failed to create the intended emotion in the audience for which it was there. Moreover, enough emotion was already created by the story itself. So it could have been skipped altogether. 15/20 for BGM and songs.

Acting: Taskeen bhai was just awesome. Some villain Bengali movie industry hasn't seen before. His appearance,acting, dialogue-delivery everything was just perfect... He has an influence of the 'Greatest Hollywood villain' The Joker... and I liked it. 9/10 for him.

Arefin Shuvo and ABM Sumon was really good at their roles of AC Abid and SWAT leader Ashfaq respectively. 8/10 for both...

Nawshaba 7/10 Mahi 6.5/10 Wadud shaheb 7.5/10

Other supporting characters were good. That fatty cameraman of Chaity and 'Double' officer with Abid was funny. The gangsters were good too, I liked that 'Chatgaiya(from Chittagang)' stolen-car dealer. The police officer(can't recall the character name) at training in Malaysia was good too along with other Malay officers. He seemed like a real officer, was he? Anyway, my overall rating for the acting performances here is 15/20

Filming: I really liked the way camera shifted from one scene to another... its something new in Bengali film which is well executed in 'Dhaka Attack'. The way they shot inside a bomb, liked it. Camera angles were also good. 9/10

Editing: VFX was not up to the mark.. but okay(chole) considering the industry's budget constraint. 7/10

Direction: 8/10 for overall Direction. Best wishes for Dipankar Dipon sir and his upcoming projects.

Total: 76/100

(This is a slightly biased review. More accurate rating of this film can be somewhere around 65/100. The reason I'm being a bit generous is because this film has brought some good stuffs into the action & thriller genre of Bangladeshi films that was not there before. And if I have to compare it with other action entries from Bangladesh, this one's a gem!)

Whatever it is, you should watch it to feel the change in Bangladeshi films. Its changing...

I don't want to talk about the cinematography, making, sound, script, dialogue, casting, screen playing post-production activities because it should come from another directors or film maker.

But as a general audience:

There r some messages for different kind of audience.

1. For school boys: They can dream for being a SWAT member.

2. To Aristocratic Gurdian: Why and how a growing boy can be derailed in spite of having all the facilities but only family crisis. (Taskin)

3. To BCS dreamer: In BCS viva, its a very common question that why BCS police is ur first choice?

How can a chemist play his role in police department?

How a genetic engineer can contribute to Police?

What r the importance of ICT specialist in this sector?

Why we solve analogy?

4. To the traditional directors and Producers:

Film should be based on our history, independence, mythology, sports, army, peace mission, science fiction, Navy, air force and so on.

Film should be based on Bengali nationalism where we can find the reflection of patriotism and victory of humanity.