Reviews & Ratings for
वॉर (2019)

An Indian soldier is assigned to eliminate his former mentor and he must keep his wits about him if he is to be successful in his mission. When the two men collide, it results in a barrage of battles and bullets.

Siddharth Anand (Director): Forget Bang Bang! We are going for WAR!
Aditya Chopra (Producer): What do you want to go-to WAR with?
Director: EVERYTHING. Namely Brain Cells.
Producer: What action scenes will be there?
Director: YES…

War Film Review.

I saw a good film last week. Joker. I didn’t want to see another film for a while, that’s how profound that film was... But Will Smith is on this Friday, so I guess I had to see War now. Primarily I saw this film because I am a Hrithik Roshan fan. I see all of his films. Even the boring ones. (Guzaarish anyone?)
The good news is… if you are a Hrithik fan, then THIS is the film for you. He has 3 or 4 cool entry shots. The 2nd and main one is shot in such a way that you better believe that the Director, producer, the DOP and the Camera man are absolutely in love with Hrithik. The camera fawns over his muscles and the rough sunglasses look. I could hear the ladies squealing with joy at his entry. So… yeah. It’s that kind of film. Characters walk slowly, with cool music in the background. Wowie…
The plot is WAY too convoluted to even try and explain. All I can say is that… this is like a love child of Mission Impossible 2 to 6, James Bond (The world is not enough), Don (2006), Fast and Furious 8 and for good measure, Face Off.

Whew! That’s a LOT of inspiration to be taken. I am not saying they copied, they just added ALL the main action elements of those films into this one film. However, the question will be, is the film watchable, is it enjoyable?

Well again good news. It is a pretty decent blockbuster action film. The CGI is ok this time around and the unlike Dhoom 3 where they mistook random stuff happening on screen for action scenes, this film legit HAS actions scenes. LOTS of them. In fact they are never ending. I listed all the films they went on and drew inspiration from... The film is one crazy action scene after the other.

Sound Like I am dissing on the film too much. However, the fact is, I enjoyed the film despite its convoluted plot full of twists worth of M. Night Shyamalan. Hrithik is Solid in his role of a Traitor Ex Indian Agent gone Rogue and Tiger is also pretty good as the former student who wants to beat his master and prove himself. The characters of these two are built pretty well until the final twist comes and nothing makes sense anymore. However, who cares, it’s been an entertaining ride while it lasted.
This director previous film Bang Bang which was a direct remake of Knight and Day (another Tom Cruise film) was just about average. Almost non watchable. It seems he has taken those criticisms to heart and has genuinely tried to make a better film. Unlike that film, characters in this film are seen getting hurt and having bandages and scars etc. even though it’s over the top, they try to keep it somewhat believable. People limp away from fights and don’t break into a dance afterwards.
Speaking of which, there are only 2 songs and both of them feel extremely forced. But you CANNOT have a Hrithik film with Tiger and NOT have them dance together! That’s a crime. So they dance together. But the plot at the time doesn’t have them fighting, so it’s ok.

All in all, I enjoyed the film and it’s over the top action scenes and if you have the hankering for a spy flick with lots of spy stuff, insane action and love story between Hrithik and Tiger… This is the film for you.
(No seriously, Tiger’s character actually says he LOVES Hrithik’s character at one point of time.)

Rating: 6/10. Entertaining if you do-not use your logic. For a REAL spy flick, wait for Nolan’s Tenet.