When a magician-thief’s trick is exploited by a cop,
the latter uses it to break him apart and end the streak of bank robberies.
Vijay Krishna Aarchya’s Dhoom trilogy, the desi version
of Fast and Furious on two wheels instead of four, is one of the most
celebrated franchises in Indian Cinema. After months of marketing, I was
inevitably pulled in for the first-day-first-show.
But the close to three hour celluloid left a few
gaps which if filled could have made it more watchable. There is no question
that this flick will shatter Box Office records. But, at the end of the day,
just like many other 200+ crore movies, this is also filled with many obvious
flaws.
The team has gone to great lengths for the action
sequences, but any avid Hollywood fan would link it with several other flicks.
Though the twist is revealed at the intermission, my previous experience with “Prestige”,
made me see the twist coming a mile away.
Aamir, as usual, excels in his part but
unfortunately he is the only one as Abishekh and Uday just fill in the mould
and do nothing more. My and many others in my screening’s greatest disappointment
was Katrina’s role. Between the supercop (Abishekh) and the Master thief
(Aamir) there is very little chance for the Acrobat (Katrina) to pull down her
sleeve. In fact the BMW bike has more screen time than Katrina. And contrary to
popular expectation, Katrina doesn’t sport a Bikini.
In terms of unearthing the Emotional Coefficient of
the leading characters, D3 has tried what Skyfall did to the 007 franchise. Close
to three hours, the film really deserved attention in Editing. A few more clean
shaves could have smoothened the screenplay’s cheek.
But, like I said before, none of the above criticism
is going to stop the movie in the box-office and for the next few weeks, D3
will steam roll every single box-office record in record time.
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