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In order to escape crime and clutches of a ruthless mafia, a Bangkok based hit man seeks the help of his lookalike, a Mumbai based goon.In order to escape crime and clutches of a ruthless mafia, a Bangkok based hit man seeks the help of his lookalike, a Mumbai based goon.In order to escape crime and clutches of a ruthless mafia, a Bangkok based hit man seeks the help of his lookalike, a Mumbai based goon.
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- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
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There are many things that fly in this movie, including Sonakshi.
The movie has pathetic script... unnecessary dialogs. What i could not understand is that "there was nothing to understand" in this movie. Ajay can not dance but is made to dance. The first half is OK but beware of second half. Action sequences defy Physics.
Only saving grace is Yamy Gautam and Kunal Roy Kapur. They both have justified their roles. Yami looks fresh and energetic. Movie songs and background score is pathetic and not appealing. Composed with a feeling of loose character.
Please stay away... watch only on TV release, where u can fast-forward it and waste less time! :)
Cheers!
There are many things that fly in this movie, including Sonakshi.
The movie has pathetic script... unnecessary dialogs. What i could not understand is that "there was nothing to understand" in this movie. Ajay can not dance but is made to dance. The first half is OK but beware of second half. Action sequences defy Physics.
Only saving grace is Yamy Gautam and Kunal Roy Kapur. They both have justified their roles. Yami looks fresh and energetic. Movie songs and background score is pathetic and not appealing. Composed with a feeling of loose character.
Please stay away... watch only on TV release, where u can fast-forward it and waste less time! :)
Cheers!
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.
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.
As I begin writing my views on Parbhudeva's Action Jackson, the thought that do come to mind is that how silly and crap a movie can be made with massive budget , high cost production and popular star cast ? There are movies like Queen and Gangs Of Wasseypur with high quality content and shoe string budget and yet managed to impress the audience. Why do spend money on useless script and horrible stories and yet actors like Ajay Devgan are working with him ?
Action Jackson is a masala entertainment telling the story of 2 look-alike. Life changes when they cross each other's part.
From the critical acclaimed Wanted and entertainers like Rowdy Rathore and R..Rajkumar to disaster movie like Ramaiya Vastavaiya in which the definition of Story, Script and direction does not fit it. In Action Jackson, you will wonder how amateurish can Prabhudeva get. Imagine a scene where Sonakshi Sinha wants her luck to change only if she can see Ajay Devagan's g-part again. Editing is horrible. The torture goes on for almost 3 hours. Art direction is good. Cinematography is nice. Songs are pathetic. Ajay Devgan disappoints and disappoints big time. An actor of his calibre should be doing better films.
Overall, a pathetic film in every sense. Poor- 1/5
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Action Jackson is a masala entertainment telling the story of 2 look-alike. Life changes when they cross each other's part.
From the critical acclaimed Wanted and entertainers like Rowdy Rathore and R..Rajkumar to disaster movie like Ramaiya Vastavaiya in which the definition of Story, Script and direction does not fit it. In Action Jackson, you will wonder how amateurish can Prabhudeva get. Imagine a scene where Sonakshi Sinha wants her luck to change only if she can see Ajay Devagan's g-part again. Editing is horrible. The torture goes on for almost 3 hours. Art direction is good. Cinematography is nice. Songs are pathetic. Ajay Devgan disappoints and disappoints big time. An actor of his calibre should be doing better films.
Overall, a pathetic film in every sense. Poor- 1/5
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Half way through Action Jackson..the following questions popped up in my mind
1) What on earth is Prabhudeva smoking ? To be frank, Devgn is a double role on paper is a good idea but everything is lost after that.
2) Why does Prabhudeva want to torture us with such films? Last yr..it was R Rajkumar and now Action Jackson?
3) Why does Sonakshi Sinha and Yami Gautam act is such non sense films? Frankly both are decent actress but Action Jackson is a blot on their careers.
4) What is Kunal Roy Kapoor doing in this film ?
5) And, finally...why Ajay ? Why r u acting in such crap films ? You once did some fabulous films. But now Rascals, Son of Sardaar, Himmatwala and now Action Jackson are just undoing the gr8 work u did till date.
This movie may not be injurious to your health but definitely to your mind !! Stay away.
1) What on earth is Prabhudeva smoking ? To be frank, Devgn is a double role on paper is a good idea but everything is lost after that.
2) Why does Prabhudeva want to torture us with such films? Last yr..it was R Rajkumar and now Action Jackson?
3) Why does Sonakshi Sinha and Yami Gautam act is such non sense films? Frankly both are decent actress but Action Jackson is a blot on their careers.
4) What is Kunal Roy Kapoor doing in this film ?
5) And, finally...why Ajay ? Why r u acting in such crap films ? You once did some fabulous films. But now Rascals, Son of Sardaar, Himmatwala and now Action Jackson are just undoing the gr8 work u did till date.
This movie may not be injurious to your health but definitely to your mind !! Stay away.
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!!!
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!!!
Did you know
- TriviaAjay Devgn reportedly lost 17 kilos for this film.
- GoofsThe scene where Vishi runs from police force following which the AJ turns up. We can see AJ and Vishi wore different attires whereas no signs of confusion shown.
- ConnectionsEdited from Le transporteur II (2005)
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- Countries of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Бойовик Джексон
- Filming locations
- Ratenberg, Tylor, Austria(street scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- ₹930,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $256,872
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $171,795
- Dec 7, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $11,060,963
- Runtime
- 2h 24m(144 min)
- Color
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