Greetings
valued Dan's Movie Report and www.action-flix.com readers. As you know I
enjoy films from all over the world and I knew thanks to my friend
and action supporter Ron Smoorenburg he told me about this amazing
Bollywood Epic! War is only playing at about 300 theaters in the
United States, I know it will hit Amazon Prime in a few months but
this is a theater film all the way. A word of caution, the film is
also showing at those D-Box screens, initially I payed the extra for
the seat until I tested out a sample, it basically is a ride and the
seat moves around, I cannot justify the double price, nor siting
being jostled badly for 3 hours!
War is
an amalgamation of a variety of diverse styles. It had elements of
Bollywood, but actually this is more like a Hollywood action film.
Shot all over the world including Australia, Portugal, Finland, the
film reminded me of a James Bond flick, yet had the science fiction
aspect and military aspect. Film wise, a mixture of Face-Off,
GoldenEye, and Fast and Furious! Yep it is that crazy! The 2 hour and
34 minute flick has only two dance numbers! Yep, and one comes in
after a huge action sequence and has some really cool moves in it.
The second one is after intermission, and it is slower, yet has many
sexy girls minus Saris, all western clothing! I will have to say WAR
is made for a global, not just Indian audience.
What
you have are two main characters the experienced soldier played
adeptly and gritty by Hrithik Roshan (Kabir) he has to deal and
accept a new recruit whose father was a traitor and turned in by his
mother. Amazing young talent Tiger Shroff plays the upstart (Kalid)
wanting to get out from under his fathers traitor ways.
The
cool thing about War is the audience is allowed to go back in time to
tell what leads up to the events that happen in the beginning and
learn so much about the two main protagonists and or antagonists ha!
The twists and turns of WAR are as dynamic as the action! We see the
very young Kalid at school being bullied as his father is a traitor.
His mom comes on the scene and meets him at the military base, a
heartwarming scene yet a cautionary tale.
Nothing
is what it seems in WAR. Trust me, with each exotic location, you
never know where or where a team of bad or good guys will come from.
The true highlights are the extended scenes, I mean the action
sequences are long and well planned out. From the opening drug den
bad guy take down to the epic and I mean EPIC car chase that leads
into a massive fight. Some sequences are like double or triple the
length of Hollywood films!
The
supporting cast on WAR is extensive, yet this adds to the scope of
the film. Plus by assembling an international cast of action and
stunt performers each one adds their own flair to WAR. Brahim Chab is
involved as well as Ron Smoorenburg and what is really cool is
basically in each location they have stunt coordinator for that
location. The adept Kristina Basket a SAG USA stunt performer is also
in the fray.
Getting
back to the dialogue, dancing and story of WAR, there is a decent
amount of dialogue, but when the action ramps up the dialogue ramps
down. No overly loquacious diatribes in WAR. People speak clearly
even if I do not understand the language, the vocal mix is strong.
The two dance numbers I mentioned earlier are actually very good, I
hope that Bollywood adapt this two to three max numbers of dance
numbers in their action properties. That was my issue with Sultan as
amazing s it was damn frustrating to have the worse timing and so
many dance interludes. The story is at times hard to follow, as the
timeline shifts back a couple of years then back six months, there is
a warning but unless you see the very beginning of the film, where
you see the person getting shot, you wont know who or what they are
talking about, same goes with the middle right before the
intermission, no I am not going to spoil it. The final 1 hour, is
just balls to the wall action as the second musical number is right
after intermission. Think ICBM, ice breaker, transport plane, a
secret intelligence code breaking and hard drive expert hacking
woman, who on the day prior to her wedding she does the work and then
haha offers to elope without her husband!I do wish some of the ladies got into the action instead of just the tech and the dancing, that said this is a guys movie, doing guy war things!
Yes
this moving picture is all about the moving, in the context of the
action, and metallic suction magnets to grip onto a speeding plane.
Can any of this happen, or is it a fantasy? Well agents do go rogue
and military men often sadly shoot other military men, this is a real
possibility. The other thing is no way would he survive the landing
from one plane to another hah, but check in and check your brain at
the door, leave your action cortex in the lobby and get to a theater.
I saw it will be on Amazon prime in 4k soon as well so if you have to
wait, make sure to stream it in the highest resolution, with the
loudest speakers, on your 105 inch TV! Enough of my crazy ramblings
haha this ends now with WAR a damn near perfect 9 out of 10! The film
has already broken box office records in India, check the trailer
below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ0mzXRk-oM
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