I would have loved to see an edgy action flick but the only dishy thing about ‘Rocky Handsome’ is John flexing his muscles and methodically beating the bad guys into a pulp.

Watch it if you have an appetite for mindless blood and gore.

I could go on and on about the banality of the entire plot narrative but I will just suffice it to say that there really is no point investing into this family drama helmed by Salman Khan. Somewhere after ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ (1989) and ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ (1994), Sooraj Barjatya lost the plot. His saccharine sagas of unconditional familial love are unbelievably corny and tacky in equal measure.

To be fair to the director, while the film is very biased, the humour is never cringe worthy. There are some moments of genuine fun but those aren’t enough to make you overlook the many failings of this romantic comedy.

Post interval ‘Jazbaa’ becomes immensely watchable as the investigation proceeds and you try to wrap your mind around the various findings of the seemingly open-and-shut case.
Like I said – ‘Jazbaa’ is flawed, but the end justifies the means.

‘Katti Batti’ is an immensely boring film. And what is infinitely more disappointing is that director Nikhil Advani has managed to rope in Bollywood’s reigning queen for this job and yet fails to deliver on expectations.

Watch ‘Hero’ if you are a huge Salman Khan fan and want to catch his rendition of the title track with the end credits.

…is not completely insufferable and there is definitely some fun to be had. It helps that John Abraham looks like a million bucks and seems to have enjoyed playing this part. Anees Bazmee also keeps cringe-worthy humour to a bare minimum. If slapstick is your kind of thing, then you will enjoy this one.

Watching Karan Malhotra’s ‘Brothers’ is like déjà vu. It’s like re-watching the worst of the ‘70s – this film is as cliché-ridden as it can be. It has it all – a drunken father jailed for killing his wife, sparring stepbrothers, token Muslim characters (who readily mouth Insha Allah) and dialogues that make the ears bleed. You can give ‘Brothers’ a complete miss, and you wouldn’t have missed anything at all.

Yes, it is a dance film but unlike in a dance reality show or a dance DVD, in a film we need the semblance of a plot. We cannot move from one of piece of choreography to the other with an incongruous narrative. Except the dance sequences, every other element in this film seems like an afterthought.

‘Gabbar Is Back’ is not a complete waste of time, it is just a very problematic film.