Everything
is
over
the
top
—
the
style,
the
violence,
the
action.
So
nothing
else
matters,
not
gravity,
bullets,
or
the
presence
of
stalwarts
like
Naseeruddin
Shah,
observes
Mayur
Sanap.
For
his
directorial
debut
Fateh,
Sonu
Sood
picks
the
action
genre
which
seems
to
be
a
flavour
of
the
season.
The
latest
trailer
shows
the
actor
in
a
rampage
mode
packaged
in
an
action
romp
that
is
as
old
as
the
hills.
He
is
playing
your
typical
action
hero,
who
is
on
the
move,
kicking,
jumping,
breaking
bones,
mouthing
punchy
dialogues,
wielding
knives
and
an
axe
while
he
remains
indestructible.
To
make
things
more
exasperating,
Jacqueline
Fernandez
appears
as
the
film’s
vapid
heroine
whose
presence
looks
vacuous
just
like
her
panic-stricken
expressions.
The
trailer
doesn’t
let
out
its
premise,
but
it
seems
to
be
loyal
to
the
Bollywood
action
film
template.
Sood
is
a
killer
on
hire
who
takes
on
a
powerful
cybercrime
syndicate
that
sets
a
chain
of
more
bloodshed.
The
body
count
starts
to
pile
up
as
a
result
of
his
violent
kills.
The
action
sequences
are
really
flashy
and
edited
in
a
frenetic
style
with
the
erratic
camera
motions,
whip
pans,
and
Sood’s
blood-splattered
face
trying
to
make
it
all
look
very
edgy.
There’s
an
over-engineered
quality
to
this
romp
that
has
obvious
shades
of
John
Wick,
Machine
Gun
Preacher,
and
Animal,
leaving
it
with
very
little
personality
of
its
own.
Everything
is
over
the
top
—
the
style,
the
violence,
the
action.
So
nothing
else
matters,
not
gravity,
bullets,
or
the
presence
of
stalwarts
like
Naseeruddin
Shah
and
Vijay
Raaz
who
look
completely
off
the
course.
Will
Fateh
surprise
with
a
solid
plot
and
good
story-telling?
Or
it
is
going
to
be
a
ridiculous
ride
high
on
style
and
no
substance?
We
will
find
it
out
when
it
releases
on
January
10.
