POSITIVES:
1) The performances are very good. Dev Patel really breaks from the typecasting he has had previously, whilst Sharlto Copley also gives a very entertaining supporting performance 2) The action is very hard hitting and doesn't pull any punches, which is always fun to watch and respectable that it didn't shy away from things to try and appeal to a wider audience 3) I respected the film for exploring Indian culture faithfully and not selling its soul to be more commercially friendly to a western audience
NEGATIVES:
1) I didn't like the structure of the film for two reasons. Firstly, because having the protagonist fail, go away and do a training montage, then come back and succeed is just so cliche. Secondly, because the first time our hero attacks the chief of police the film hasn't really told us why yet or given us anything to really care about. The flashbacks to his mother being attacked should have been at the start of the film so that we can connect to our protagonist much earlier on 2) I just found the film to be very bland and generic. It doesn't do anything that we haven't seen a thousand times before. None of the characters other than our protagonist get any sort of depth to them, the villains are incredibly forgettable, and the fact that the film had the nerve to mention John Wick when it's so clearly a rip off of that series felt really eye rolling 3) I enjoyed the action scenes at times, but on the whole I thought there was far too much shaky cam and I think the film could've benefitted at times from having a more experienced head behind the camera.
1) The performances are very good. Dev Patel really breaks from the typecasting he has had previously, whilst Sharlto Copley also gives a very entertaining supporting performance 2) The action is very hard hitting and doesn't pull any punches, which is always fun to watch and respectable that it didn't shy away from things to try and appeal to a wider audience 3) I respected the film for exploring Indian culture faithfully and not selling its soul to be more commercially friendly to a western audience
NEGATIVES:
1) I didn't like the structure of the film for two reasons. Firstly, because having the protagonist fail, go away and do a training montage, then come back and succeed is just so cliche. Secondly, because the first time our hero attacks the chief of police the film hasn't really told us why yet or given us anything to really care about. The flashbacks to his mother being attacked should have been at the start of the film so that we can connect to our protagonist much earlier on 2) I just found the film to be very bland and generic. It doesn't do anything that we haven't seen a thousand times before. None of the characters other than our protagonist get any sort of depth to them, the villains are incredibly forgettable, and the fact that the film had the nerve to mention John Wick when it's so clearly a rip off of that series felt really eye rolling 3) I enjoyed the action scenes at times, but on the whole I thought there was far too much shaky cam and I think the film could've benefitted at times from having a more experienced head behind the camera.