Quadruple Review: Kites, Raajneeti, Robinhood and Karate Kid

Kites:

All said and done, the most awaited movie of the year, Kites is not one for the conservative Indian audiences, who expect a masala flick at the cinema halls.

The Hritik Roshan starrer Kites, has a good 1st half with stylish camera work and a predictable story performed well. It has J(Hritik) whose job is making money by marrying people who are in need of the green card. Hence, unknowingly he lands up marrying the girl of his dreams Natasha(Barbara). But his life takes a turn when he goes chasing his dreams of becoming rich by deciding to marry Gina(Kangana) because Natasha also turns out to be a con marrying Gina’s brother for the money. But as it turns out Gina’s family owns a Casino and her bro and dad kill people whom they don’t trust. Will J stick onto to making money or will he chase the girl of his dreams..

Rating: 2/5

Watch it to catch Hritik after a long time..

Raajneeti:

Prakash Jha’s Raajneeti made waves in theaters all  over India when it released this June, mainly because of the rumours that Katrina Kaif portrays the role of Sonia Gandhi. Well, to be frank, it’s all false, except for the looks one can say.

Coming to the movie, the first half is exceptional as it gives a great build-up with some fantastic acting by Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar and Ajay Devgan. It’s about 2 rival brothers in the same political party and their heir having arguments as to who should succeed to lead the party which lead to a lot of killings between the rival gangs. Rightly called the modern Mahabharata, the low point of the movie is where the politicians themselves use guns to clean up the enemies(:P) and the Dialogues lose their value and end up to be funny one-liners. A mom who goes to her son whom she had abandoned when he was a child, but who ends up killing her son, asks him to come home with her and forget all that happened..ROFL.. can u believe she said that.. Jokes apart the movie is one of the best ones that have surfaced this year..

Rating:3.5/5

Watch it coz u ain’t gonna get many better movies this year..

RobinHood:

Well guys don’t expect a Gladiator kinda effect when you go  to watch Robin Hood, money and valuable time go to waste.

The film starring Russel Crowe and Cate Blanchett is not a Fairy tale style Robinhood story. It’s the story about the origin of RobinHood or how he came to be known as RH. The film has breath-taking cinematography and eye-catching fight-scenes. But those are only some of the few High points of the movie. The film falters in catching the attention of the audience whatsoever and at one moment i had dozed off in the theatre..zzzzz.. The performances by Russel Crowe and Cate Blanchett are indeed good, but the story lacks the required punch as in you always expect when is the film gonna go a level higher.

Rating:2/5

Go for it if you are a lover of the cinematography and you don’t care spending money on films..

Karate Kid:

A remake of the 1984 movie with the same name, Karate Kid enthralls you all the while when you are in the cinema hall.

The Story is about a kid Dre Parker(Jaden Smith) who moves into Beijing from Detroit because his mom gets transferred there. The first thing about getting adjusted to Chinese atmosphere is the language which clearly Dre doesn’t have any idea about. He falls in love with a chinese girl but  then Cheng( her bro), a bully at his school and his  gang warn him to stay away from her. Clearly, Dre is too weak to fight those guys coz they know Kung-Fu and he doesn’t. However, help comes in many forms, and when Dre is rescued from his tormentors by his apartment building’s maintenance man, Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), he may have found a way of defending himself, as Han agrees to teach him the ways of kung fu. The story takes off from there. Great performances from the lead cast Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.

Rating: 4/5

A great entertainer. You’ll get your money’s worth..

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