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| PRINCE
MOVIE REVIEW |
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| Review
by : Harish |
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Starring:
Vivek Oberoi, Aruna Shields, Nandana Sen.
Direction:
Kookie V Gulati
Music:
Sachin Gupta
Production:
Tips Music Films |
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Prince
has been in the news for more than 4 months
now. Tips have left no stones unturned
for this action extravaganza and its exceptional
promotional plans have rightfully converted
into houseful boards in almost all the
theatres. But can ‘Prince’
do another ‘Dhoom’? Can this
film about the perfect thief be able to
garner enough mileage to propel a sequel?
First and foremost Prince is no ‘Bourne
Identity’, the concept of it might
have generated due to the Hollywood blockbuster
but the similarity ends there. Prince
is about a thief who wakes up with a bullet
shot in his hand and no past memory. Within
minutes into the movie we come to know
that two sets of people are behind Prince
who seems to have stolen an artifact which
is worth billions. Prince has to find
the artifact or else his life will be
at danger. ‘Will he or wont he’
is then told in blast-a-minute, adrenalin
pumping action fest. Forgot to mention,
three hot girls who are ready to shed
their cloths to woo Vivek Oberoi, |
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and make the task even more difficult for him to concentrate
(and vise-versa for the audience in regard to the
movie).
Kookie Gulati can surely make a movie with style but
does miss out on the substance part. Mr. Kookie making
Vivek look a little tired and sad wont make for emotional
moments in the movie. Another sequence to quote, would
be when the superhuman hero and his perfect sidekick
of a heroine finds the artifact and lets out an emotional
tear of joy only to be followed by a sexy hot song.
Just when we think that Prince has too much of a Batman
hangover, we see a big Batman poster in Prince’s
hidden bunker below his house - Nice touch Mr. Gulati.
The movie is filled with twists and turns which makes
it difficult to classify the acts. But Act 1 and Act
2 filled with bike chases, diamond heist, spectacular
jumps from buildings, helicopter chase, the booms
and the bams, do leave you with a small headache yet
a satisfaction of seeing a well crafted stunt extravaganza
but the act 3 just goes a little overboard and leaves
us with just the headache.
But technically the movie is rich, with brilliant
cinematography, decent visual effects (great for Indian
movie standards), exceptional lighting, brilliant
background score, thundering sound effects, and some
exceptional stunts. The editing is tacky with several
abrupt cuts. The music by Sachin Gupta is of chartbuster
quality but the songs do disrupt the flow of the movie
most of the times.
Vivek Oberoi has talent and no once can question it
after seeing his Company, Yuva and Saathiyaa, but
bad choices of films have crippled his journey to
stardom all these years. And with such a commercial
movie and a sensational performance in it, this movie
can become a well deserved ticket to stardom but he
does look a little clumsy in the stunts.
Aruna Shields look ravishing but finds it hard to
emote, and Neeru Singh has been wasted and used only
as glamour doll. Sanjay Kapoor is impressive.
Overall it’s a movie only for adrenalin action
buffs. If only the script and the story had more depth
the impact would have been much more
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Verdict:
More Boom but no Dhoom
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: Vivek
Oberoi, Prince,
Kookie
V Gulati |
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