Hey folks, hi again.....this time I want to speak about a film I watched yesterday.... it was promoted as an intensifying thriller and it would bring back the 'Whodunit' genre back to Indian Cinema with a bang. I'm talking about Farhan Akhtar's home production 'Game'.
'Game' generated quite a lot of buzz initially but after watching the film I was left disappointed for many reasons. Before I go to the negative aspects of it, let me just give you a gist of it. A business tycoon Kabir Malhotra (Anupam Kher) invites four strangers to his island in Samos, Greece for a reason that is revealed at the very onset of the story. The four strangers are a Prime Ministerial candidate of Thailand (Boman Irani), a successful Hindi film actor in Mumbai (Jimmy Shergill), a crime reporter in London (Sahana Goswami) and a wanted drug lord from Istanbul (Abhishek Bachchan)...and Kabir Malhotra promises each one of them a business proposition which would turn out to be profitable for each one of them. They all go to the island in Greece and are shocked to discover that the motive of the billionaire to invite them there was that each one of them were connected to his long lost daughter Maya (Sarah Jane Dias) who was dead three years ago. That is where the suspense begins and the twisted story unfolds and shortly after this revelation there involves another twist and each one of the four invited guests are prime suspects of a murder that takes place in the island. So to investigate the entire matter comes an officer from 'IVS' (International Vigilance Squad...some name) (Kangana Ranaut). Revealing anything more would just spoil the fun that I went through (note the sarcasm).
The film boasts of some brilliant cinematography....the locales of Greece, Istanbul and Bangkok have been splendidly captured. But then that is all that can be said about this film. It lacks the intensity that is an integral essence of a thriller/murder mystery. The twists in the film does jolt you but its absolutely bizarre. The music/soundtrack and background score isn't top notch that was expected from the trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. From a pretty gritty first half, the film loses its plot totally post interval with some crazy twists in the tale and the climax is just not convincing enough behind the motive of the murderer.
What is disappointing is that this film is a product from the brand of Farhan Akhtar. The script is weak and screenplay has a lot of unanswered questions and there are quite a few loopholes and flaws too. To talk about the performances this film was a big project for Abhishek Bachchan especially, he is good in shades but the twist in his character post interval brings out a weaker side of him. Boman Irani has hammed with his over the top loud act. Jimmy Shergill is fine and so is Sahana Goswami. Anupam Kher as the troubled billionaire is wasted. The new find Sarah Jane Dias playing the role of a night club dancer is totally cast in a wrong role as she is a terrible dancer but is just about decent in the role of the lover. Kangana as the investigating officer still needs to work on her diction specially when it comes to deliver her dialogues in English.
The action sequences are slightly inspired from the 'Bourne' movies and the shots in multiple countries simultaneously, lets us know of the inspiration from where the makers have got from.
If you have huge expectations from this flick you will be terribly disappointed as it doesn't live up to the expectations of a 'Whodunit' genre of movies. The film is all stylized and has a lot of gloss and glamor but is weak in content.
Overall rating - 2/5
What is disappointing is that this film is a product from the brand of Farhan Akhtar. The script is weak and screenplay has a lot of unanswered questions and there are quite a few loopholes and flaws too. To talk about the performances this film was a big project for Abhishek Bachchan especially, he is good in shades but the twist in his character post interval brings out a weaker side of him. Boman Irani has hammed with his over the top loud act. Jimmy Shergill is fine and so is Sahana Goswami. Anupam Kher as the troubled billionaire is wasted. The new find Sarah Jane Dias playing the role of a night club dancer is totally cast in a wrong role as she is a terrible dancer but is just about decent in the role of the lover. Kangana as the investigating officer still needs to work on her diction specially when it comes to deliver her dialogues in English.
The action sequences are slightly inspired from the 'Bourne' movies and the shots in multiple countries simultaneously, lets us know of the inspiration from where the makers have got from.
If you have huge expectations from this flick you will be terribly disappointed as it doesn't live up to the expectations of a 'Whodunit' genre of movies. The film is all stylized and has a lot of gloss and glamor but is weak in content.
Overall rating - 2/5
