John Abraham and Varun Dhawan’s movie is designed like a fast-paced caper but lacks impact. It shines in bits and pieces but the rest is a stretch.

The relatively short length of the movie (124 minute) helps Dishoom rise above the clichés. It’s a formula potboiler that serves the purpose of entertainment if you’re looking for some light moments.

Once the flaky fizz vaporises into nonsense and noise, a sense of tedium begins to steep in. Even so, at its 124 minutes running time, Dishoom doesn’t hobble for too long to hurt one’s butt or brain.

The audience sits through the cacophony hoping for a genuine knockout blow to be delivered somewhere down the line. It never materialises. Dishoom doesn’t land a single half-decent punch.

As far as buddy cop films go, Dishoom is partly enjoyable. Varun Dhawan is entertaining and the only highlight other than the action in the film.

I wish a film that looked so good, would have felt that good as well.

Despite all the swag, this is one is tepid show.

The filmmakers have splurged on the styling in ‘Dishoom’, but not on the storytelling. Agreed it is a leave-your-brains-at-home entertainer, but some method to the madness would have packed a punch…

Dishoom is everything you expect a typical Bollywood masala entertainer to be. A wafer-thin plot, flashy action sequences, crowed pleasing dialogues and a bevy of beauties gyrating to some foot tapping number. But for all its silliness it is still watchable thanks to John Abraham and Varun Dhawan being easy on the eyes.

Dishoom offers nothing that you have not seen before, yet entertains you. An ideal watch for John and Varun fans.

Dishoom jabs a hole into every action thriller ever made and packs in tested tropes – like two unlikely cops paired together for a mission to save someone of national significance. Harbouring much contempt for each other initially, their misadventures ensure that much bromance brews before the director calls it a wrap. Just like every other Will Smith or Bruce Willis or Chris Tucker movie.

While the first half is engaging, the second half is ridden with cliches and corny twists. A sight for the sore eyes was the bromance. As far as buddy-cops go, they are cute together. They have an impish charm about them, but it’s painfully predictable. What holds up Dishoom, filmed extensively in the UAE, are the two A’s: action and Abu Dhabi.

No Disappointment, Only Entertainment In This Varun-John’s Buddy Cop Film!

If you can suspend disbelief, surgically detach your brains, laugh at illogical buffoonery that rolls out in the name of humour, then my dear friend, you DON’T need to watch this film. You need help.

Dishoom has good production values. The helicopter chase scene is claimed to be the most expensive stunt performed by its makers. While the story is cliché, the screenplay is in focus since the high octane action sequences give it a high entertainment quotient.
Masala Entertainer it is this weekend then. Go for it.