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| ACID
FACTORY MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Harish V |
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Starring:
Fardeen Khan, Dia Mirza, Irrfan
Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Danny Denzongpa.
Direction:
Suparn Verma
Music:
Shamir Tandon, Manasi Scott, Gourov
Dasgupta, Bappa Lahiri, Ranjit
Barot.
Production:
White Feather Films. |
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Take
an average Canadian thriller
to remake, what all can you
possibly add to it to ruin the
experience completely? Add a
director (Supern Verma) whose
first movie was a damp squib,
and garnish it with actors who
only in an imaginary world can
call what they do as acting.
What do you get? Acid Factory
of course!
Another stylish White Feather
production remake has hit the
theatre this week. Except for
Kaante and Zinda which were
bearable, others proved to be
a torture. This desi version
of an unknown Canadian movie
rightly titled 'Unknown' is
a semi-bearable movie which
is ruined by fantastically horrendous
casting coup. The casting in-charge
will soon be the most sought
after person by the minority
who end up in theatres watching
this movie.
The story is about five people
who get up in an acid factory
with severe wounds and temporary
memory-loss trying to figure
out why they are in that factory.
A call which comes from Irfan
clears the air a little bit
and they figure out that its
a kidnap plan and two of them
are the ones kidnapped |
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and the rest are the kidnappers but they
have no idea to differentiate the good people
from the bad. On a similar track, Fardeen's
past is shown which shows him to be an undercover
police officer. Will everyone figure out
which side of justice does each belong to?
Will Fardeen save the day? If you so desperately
want to know the answer for these obvious
questions go to the theatre.
Supern Verma is a talented screenplay writer
and has the capacity to make the difference
too as some of the scenes demonstrate. Examples
are the car chase sequence involving Irrfan
or the first action scene when Fardeen takes
over a truck.. But his amateurishness comes
to fore in many scenes thereafter, like
the introduction of Dia Mirza, the way Manoj
Bajpai and Fardeen evade the police when
the truck goes in flames which incidentally
make us believe that the whole truck was
made of TNT.
But like in any White Feather production,
Cinematography by Sahil Kapoor is of high
order and so is the music and background
music, but the visual effects were tacky
at places. Action by Tinu Verma is grand.
Bunty Nagi's editing is crisp Costumes look
very stylish.
Fardeen Khan who is the protagonist of the
movie looks very stylish but he needs to
work more on his histrionics. Irrfan Khan
is a mis-cast but still carries of his job
with aplomb. Manoj Bajpai does the usual
mad character with sincerity, Danny Denzongpa
looks uninterested, Aftab Shivdasani, Dino
Morea and Dia Mirza look like a joke in
a role which doesn't suit them at all. Gulshan
Grover and Neha just show their head occasionally.
Overall, a remake of a decent movie gone
bad due to the actors. If you are planning
to spend your hard earned money in the multiplexes
please keep this as your last option.
Verdict:
Not for the Weak and normal Hearted
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