The problem with this film is not the choice of actors but the fact that it’s overwhelmingly flashy slickness renders everything else almost inanimate.

There’s no suspense, the comedy is painful to watch and the action is downright embarrassing – violence and gore that becomes unattractive when there’s an overdose. The plot is generic and has too much irritating banter shepherding it through a minefield of unattractive miasmas. This one is pathetic no doubt about that!

Genre thrills are all very well only if they come in a sound package. This one’s merely pretty, brief, aesthetically designed and maybe just a trifle enjoyable!

‘Beauty and the Best’ looks all set to enchant both young and old!

The desperation to find hooks for all age groups is visible in the entreaty that involves an old school look, action sequences themed on ‘S.W.A.T’ and other ’70s TV shows and a weird nod to Tolkein’s Gandalf. The visual style is fun but it’s not enough to spell entertainment. Baldwin gives it his all through his badass voicing but its benefits are lost in the unexciting extended outlay of rivalry and vengeance. So, cute is not always what you make of it!

‘Skull Island’ is no doubt impressive in terms of FX and CGI and has pop-culture references that could tickle the funny bone of those brought up on American culture but there’s hardly any tension or adrenaline rush to be had. I just wish Roberts’ had taken more pains to make this one more gainful and invigorating.

While the thematic content and the philosophies may not be consistent throughout, the intent and execution to provide a richer deeper experience is obvious. This is a wonderfully rendered goodbye to an awe-inspiring generation of mutant superheroes who kept our cravings for justice and righteousness alive and well. My guess is we won’t have to wait long before the young lot (featured here) move to centre stage and prove themselves cinematically worthy. It’s a given!

The narrative is cuts away one too many times, the tension is not pervasive and there’s no ending as such. Split hopes to parcel out into a franchise and that’s obvious from the unfinished ending sequence.

‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ is a bad habit already and it could get worse because this film ends with a possibility of more mayhem to come.

This is a feel-good drama that is intended to reveal the untold story about how race played an important role in the U.S.-Soviet space race.