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By Prema K. Š2006 Bollyvista.com |
'Zinda' comes across very strongly as a wannabe Hollywood film. There's too much violence in it making a few scenes look gory and are a major put off. Like for instance when a smouldering Dutt extracts Raj Zutshi's teeth with a hammer or Dutt using a drilling machine on a guy to extract information from him.
Also chopping of limbs seems very commonplace in the film. One would never want to go to Bangkok after this. So women, kids and families are out as far as this film goes.
But to give the film its due, the scenes are well-executed and stylish. The only problem is the film lacks soul. The songs playing in the background sound good. Performance wise, Celina is okay in the few scenes she has. Lara hams initially but settles down later. Despite an awesome body, her archaic face takes away from the steamy song that she and Dutt go through in a hotel room. It looks like such a Hollywood rip-off!
Manjrekar is his usual monotonous self. Dutt and John are good but it's definitely a film one can skip! You'd be better off watching the original, 'Oldboy'.
** (Two stars)
*poor; **average; ***good; ****very good; *****excellent |
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