Fighter

First half has superb dog fight sequences but whose effects are marred by unnecessary songs, irritating characters and a villain who evokes laughter with his Tere Naam look. Hrithik is part time fighter pilot and part time planner of Balakot strikes, who has RAW level info, which he just divulges in front of top officers, probably for great appraisals.

If you have seen Animal and felt that its second half was pointless, this second half is set to lower the bar even further. There is unnecessary drama and futile attempts at reviving nationalist sentiments.

We were among the 12 persons in the matinee show here, at Gurgaon. I remember watching Pathaan by the same director, in a matinee show 10 days after its release and the hall was buzzing.

This will stream on Netflix by Feb end. Should be seen in the safety of your room, where it can be fast-forwarded at will.

I rated this movie 5 out of 10 because

Scenes copied from the movie Top Gun Maverick .

First half is good & intresting but second half is so boring & irritating .

Some scenes are good and interesting .

But

Unnecessary & irritating songs .

Unnecessary showing Hrithik Roshan's body .

Deepika Padukone role has no major contribution, it doesn't have the vibes. Same old type script for her.

Same Old Story .

Repeated stories in Bollywood movies .

Unnecessary Drama .

Boring movie .

Waste of Time .

Unnecessary and over emotional about nation .

Terrorist are more powerful than Army it's a joke 🤣

Bad story line .

Okay okay movie .

I am surprised a crew as stellar as this would come together for something as average as this. It contains so, so many cliché plots, over dramatization that really does not fit the narration directions. I watch every Hrithik movie because he is a fantastic actor. This was pretty average barring some great action scenes in the better half of the movie.

*May contain mild spoilers below*

The plot's centric towards an over abused topic in the industry unfortunately and relies solely on action scenes and the fitting of multiple repeated storylines to fit into one narration. It is hopefully fairly easy for everyone to guess what happens next in pretty much every scene.

It's like you've heard these 20 songs for a long time and someone released a new song with rhythms borrowed from all of them together to fit into one song with a normal average length. Is the problem that it borrows ideas from multiple narrations or is it the fact that each one of those narrations itself is mainstream meaning it would be borrowed already?

To start with some positives:

1. VFX from Bollywood's standards is top class

2. BGM goes well with the movie

3. HRX, Deepika & Anil acted well with the limited scope offered by their roles and writing

4. The fight sequence between the 2 fighter jets close to the end was really the time I actually was enjoying the movie. Well shot & choreographed

5. HRX body on full display as a service to his fans

6. Deepika looked amazing

Negatives:

Be hold, there are many.

1. The patriotism felt out of place and forced a number of times

2. Dialogues are ridiculous & cringeworthy.

3. Script & writing leaves the movie pretty shallow, lacks intensity and first half felt boring

4. Not sure why all villains have to be stereotyped and shown with scars, surma even the Pak pilot had similar characteristics.

5. The Director went over board with the slow mo stunts which felt over used and over done & forcefully placed at times.

6. The antagonist was the weakest link throughout the movie. Extremely underwhelming. Lacked screen presence and the director felt the only way to make him dreadful was by giving him conjunctivitis (one red eye) with scars. But the silky mulayam long hairs didn't help that cause and neither did the dialogues. Very shallow character.

7. A number of elements are of course taken right out of the Mavericks movie.

After watching the trailer, I went into the movie hall with low expectations but even after that the movie felt quite underwhelming.

No complain on acting but storyline of movie is disappointing. It doesn't feel connected. Climax is average.

Emotion, comedy, actions are not great. In some placed movie tried to put emotions, but it doesn't stick. It just passes through without any realization. After some time, it feels bore. You will not feel sad if someone dies.

Deepika Padukone role has no major contribution, it doesn't have the vibes. Same old type script for her.

Hrithik has major role and total focus was on him. Still, dialogue, story let him down.

Acting of villain is just sufficient.

Songs are ok. Just fill the movie.

Movie is just one time watch without much expectations.