The elements were all in place for a much better film than this turned out to be. Kaalia was a man grievously wronged by crooked authorities and the rich bastards who buy and sell them like goods at a shop. When he's too principled to accept their bribes, and too strident in his refusal, they kidnap his beloved niece and frame him for murdering another official. He escapes to rescue the girl, avenge the wrongs, nail the bad guys and clear his name.
Standard sort of setup for these action flicks. On the plus side, Deepti Bhatnagar provides a light romantic note along the way, and shines in several energetic musical interludes. A handful of action sequences are excitingly staged, with less of the slo-mo of punched and hurled minions as many others deploy. The grittiness that provides is somewhat diminished by too many things crashing through brick walls.
The choice of starting with his breakout and filling in the backstory much later kept viewer empathy at bay too long. But the worst element is a comic subplot about conning a delusional thug into financing movie with him as the star. I kept waiting for the two plotlines to merge, making the film more cohesive. It's over. Still waiting.
Standard sort of setup for these action flicks. On the plus side, Deepti Bhatnagar provides a light romantic note along the way, and shines in several energetic musical interludes. A handful of action sequences are excitingly staged, with less of the slo-mo of punched and hurled minions as many others deploy. The grittiness that provides is somewhat diminished by too many things crashing through brick walls.
The choice of starting with his breakout and filling in the backstory much later kept viewer empathy at bay too long. But the worst element is a comic subplot about conning a delusional thug into financing movie with him as the star. I kept waiting for the two plotlines to merge, making the film more cohesive. It's over. Still waiting.