Sky Force

Sky Force - A Film That Surprised Me

I'm the kind of person who watches every trailer and forms an idea about how the film might perform, both commercially and critically. Most of the time, my predictions are spot on. However, Sky Force is one of the rare films that proved me wrong, especially from a critical perspective.

While I may still be correct about its commercial success, my critical view turned out to be completely different. The film is superb. The screenplay is highly engaging and keeps you hooked throughout.

After watching the trailer, I thought it would be a cheap knockoff of Fighter (a film I found very ordinary). I assumed it would be another mediocre addition to Akshay Kumar's filmography. But to my surprise, Sky Force turned out to be one of his finest films. It's not just another India-Pakistan war movie; it brings a unique perspective and is executed with finesse.

What didn't work: The songs in the first half felt unnecessary and broke the flow of the narrative. Additionally, the overuse of slow-motion sequences, especially in the first half, felt repetitive and diluted their impact. Slow motion should be used sparingly to create a stronger emotional or dramatic effect.

Verdict: Sky Force is a must-watch and stands tall as a remarkable film in its genre. Don't let the trailer mislead you-it's an experience worth having.

Sky Force is based on an incident that happened during India's first airstrike on Pakistan in 1965 that a very few people know, atleast I didn't.

Without a doubt, everyone should watch this film. Also, it's a sincere, to the point, no nonsense film. The story is about Veer Pahariya's character while Akshay Kumar is the group captain who investigates what happened with him.

The actors are all good, Akshay as the lead is superb, Sharad Kelkar also has an important part, Veer is decent, Nimrat is crisp, Sara is a little off.

The scenes of the airstrike and the drills have been shot really well. The songs are decent, nothing dramatic.

The only part that doesn't work for me are the emotional scenes. I didn't feel much connected, especially with Sara in them.

Overall, this is a real story that is worth knowing about. In a chaos of mass entertainers that solely depend on stars and spice, this film stands on its story and is a must watch!!

Acting was too bland. Too much melodrama for an action movie. I do understand that it's a patriotic movie but they didn't need to underline it every two minutes with a patriotic dialogue. The commentary in the background made it sound like a documentary and that too not a very good one. I generally feel that Indian filmmakers add too much drama when making a patriotic movie. I personally am more of a fan of movies like Baby or Lakshya where the emphasis is more on the action part of patriotism rather than the speaking part. CGI was good at places though. I also liked the part where they showed real people pictures on whom the movie is based.

Sky Force, as a movie, is well-made. However, it is devoid of new ideas and thoughts. Akshay Kumar did a couple of movies like Sky Force before. It is a super patriotic and nationalist movie by making the lead actors saviours following nationalist rhetoric, which sometimes seems too much. Almost like chewing gum.

There was a story, but a very common one that everyone can assume even before watching this film. Akshay Kumar and Veer Pahariya's chemistry was enjoyable. Sara Ali Khan has nothing to do in a pregnant woman's role. Same goes for Nimrat. Though I did not expect anything from the female characters, as Sky Force is a Bollywood male-hero military film. If it were a female-led film, it would promote that. The art direction, set design, costume, colour grading, and cinematography were good. Recommended only if you want to watch a rhetorical nationalist movie.

I used the above headline because this movie is good but could have been great with a better plot. Not saying that this plot is not good its just kinda weak because by the end it kinda makes is predictable and obvious. Maybe because it is based on real life incident, maybe because of plot idk..the point is this movie has everything from a soldiers love for his country, a love for his family (loved ones), it properly shows what problems our soldiers faced during those era also some face until today. In 2025 it's kinda difficult to find a movie in Bollywood which keeps you attracted almost entire times without any nudity, item song or adult scenes. They completely respected a soldiers personal life and kept it away from screen in public which is a pretty good thing to do...Mad respect to all the soldiers who sacrificed for us in past and also who are standing tall today between us and our enemies. I'll recomend to give this movie a chance, maybe a one time watch for many of you but still this effort should not go in vain...Just if plot could have been stronger we could have gotten a masterpeice today.