Fateh

“Sonu Sood delivers a no-frills lead performance that is perfectly in sync with the spirit and substance of the film.”

“Your tipping point in Sonu Sood's debut as a director depends upon how much sickening, relentless violence you can handle. After that, it all becomes an empty, exhausting blur.”

“At its core, Fateh highlights the vulnerabilities of our fast-paced digital lives.”

“...a big-screen entertainer and deserves an audience for its crisp storytelling and stylish action sequences”

“If you are a fan of Sonu Sood, Fateh could make for a decent watch. Otherwise, it suffers from unexciting treatment even when style and action are in abundance.”

“...the film highlights critical issues but struggles to leave a lasting impression.”

“Sonu Sood's directorial debut is predictable and formulaic. While Sood delivers an impressive performance in the film's action sequences and the supporting cast slips into their roles with ease, the rest of the cast is underutilised.”

“Fateh ultimately benefits from Sonu Sood's strong screen presence, and though the film trips over its own pacing and execution, there's something undeniably charming about watching him stride through the mess. While the film stumbles, it's a reminder that Sonu possesses quiet humour, sharp delivery, and sheer on-screen magnetism needed to carry a film. If not for the uneven direction, the film would have ended up as a cult actioner.”

“Dark, disturbing and full of gore, Fateh is gung-ho in its efforts to make this stylised action yarn as brutal as possible. But if you strip all that away, Sood's action romp is a pretty basic genre film.”

“It is a movie that aspires to be an actioner like the ones Keanu Reeves gives us but suddenly lowers its ambition to become”

“The sickening, ultra-gratuitous violence, and almost everything else makes Fateh a pathetic debut as writer-director. Sonu Sood's mission to take down cybercriminals becomes nothing but a non-stop shower of violence that is sickening beyond description.”

“Sonu Sood's directorial debut is dotted with inspired action sequences and clumsy writing”

“Sonu Sood's directorial debut is a blood and gore-fuelled fest, disguised as a film highlighting cyber crime. Which it does not do well. After a point, the slick action stops evoking shock as well. And the digital scam gets amateur treatment.”

“After promising to take forward the renewed interest in the classic action genre, on the lines of Animal and Kill, the adults-only film falls into a painful pattern where the plot refuses to thicken and emotions don't swell enough to turn the theatre into a slaughterhouse. The Korean rawness in action is impressive but when the storytelling and performances turn out to be undercooked, the blood on the floor becomes a liability.”