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The 123-minute thriller gets its momentum from a plot that takes place over 24 hours and its kicks from watching Manoj Bajpayee in action. Bajpayee's Ajay is so marvellously weaselly that he almost manages to sell the film's weak finale. Having revealed all kinds of strange goings-on over the course of several hours, Gajab Raat settles for a disappointingly ordinary, and implausible, solution.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6
The 110-minute film breathes fresh life into Blyton's pucca prose through state-of-the-art visual effects and racially diverse casting. Colourful visuals and agreeably kooky characters supply humour, warmth and a subtle message about keeping an open mind. The film keeps what's best about Blyton while judiciously excising the egregious bits.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4
Neeraj Vora's story and screenplay is a non-stop hodgepodge with some clever in-jokes about Bollywood and more generalised digs at human stupidity. The severely overstretched 164-minute movie isn't that self-aware to carry it off.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5
The action set pieces are the raison d'etre of this film, and they are fabulously done, even if a couple of them are somewhat derivative. Rohit Shetty's films were not supposed to strain so much to entertain. If it were not for Ranveer Singh, Singham Again would be borderline boring.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5
Farhad Samji's remake of the Ajith-led Tamil film Veeram (2014) has the feel of an unruly picnic where everyone is invited. The spread includes all the elements typical of a Salman Khan movie, but in more judicious quantities than in his previous few outings. This helps, since there are almost no new discoveries.
Full review ↗TRM 4.0
The bikes defy gravity and the plot, logic. From cops who wait for signals to open during a high-stakes chase to an escort vehicle carrying important criminals that sets off without armed back-up or communication devices, Valimai underestimates its audience ever so often. The enervating soap operatics involving Arjun's family drive the runtime up to 178 minutes – unforgivably long and completely unearned.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8−0.8
