Fighter

Can't remember the last time I watched a Bollywood movie that focused solely on Indian Air Force. This Siddharth Anand's film surely falls in that category.

India's best combat aviators join forces to form Air Dragons at Srinagar Airbase in attempt to deny their notorious neighbor Pakistan who along with a terrorist group are planning yet another attack on Indian military bases.

Visual effects in this movie are above Bollywood standards with scenes of Sukhoi and Dhruv flying are treat to watch.

Casting team too did their part as one cannot think of anyone better than Hrithik and Deepika leading a pack of Aviators.

Surely a must watch that too in theater.

Till interval it resonated as if it's a story based on pulwama attack. However, after interval movie went in different direction and lost the control. Few things I don't understand -

1. Why love story and all? Was it required? Unwanted bollywood masala.

2. When pakistan fully imposed no fly zone and you guys shown that india used passenger plane as proxy to enter enemy airspace, what about the chopper's? How did they enter no fly zone without proxy? Such a big blunder in script.

3. Even after air strike twice the terrorist doesn't die... Come on, be practical. Is that possible.. You have shown terrorists are more powerful and trained that Indian Army.

4. Anil Kapoor, who was best pilot whole movie was sitting back and screaming at last..

Such a bad script.. Waste direction.

Bollywood is waste... I had high hopes..

No complain on acting but storyline of movie is disappointing. It doesn't feel connected. Climax is average.

Emotion, comedy, actions are not great. In some placed movie tried to put emotions, but it doesn't stick. It just passes through without any realization. After some time, it feels bore. You will not feel sad if someone dies.

Deepika Padukone role has no major contribution, it doesn't have the vibes. Same old type script for her.

Hrithik has major role and total focus was on him. Still, dialogue, story let him down.

Acting of villain is just sufficient.

Songs are ok. Just fill the movie.

Movie is just one time watch without much expectations.

To start with some positives:

1. VFX from Bollywood's standards is top class

2. BGM goes well with the movie

3. HRX, Deepika & Anil acted well with the limited scope offered by their roles and writing

4. The fight sequence between the 2 fighter jets close to the end was really the time I actually was enjoying the movie. Well shot & choreographed

5. HRX body on full display as a service to his fans

6. Deepika looked amazing

Negatives:

Be hold, there are many.

1. The patriotism felt out of place and forced a number of times

2. Dialogues are ridiculous & cringeworthy.

3. Script & writing leaves the movie pretty shallow, lacks intensity and first half felt boring

4. Not sure why all villains have to be stereotyped and shown with scars, surma even the Pak pilot had similar characteristics.

5. The Director went over board with the slow mo stunts which felt over used and over done & forcefully placed at times.

6. The antagonist was the weakest link throughout the movie. Extremely underwhelming. Lacked screen presence and the director felt the only way to make him dreadful was by giving him conjunctivitis (one red eye) with scars. But the silky mulayam long hairs didn't help that cause and neither did the dialogues. Very shallow character.

7. A number of elements are of course taken right out of the Mavericks movie.

After watching the trailer, I went into the movie hall with low expectations but even after that the movie felt quite underwhelming.

I rated this movie 5 out of 10 because

Scenes copied from the movie Top Gun Maverick .

First half is good & intresting but second half is so boring & irritating .

Some scenes are good and interesting .

But

Unnecessary & irritating songs .

Unnecessary showing Hrithik Roshan's body .

Deepika Padukone role has no major contribution, it doesn't have the vibes. Same old type script for her.

Same Old Story .

Repeated stories in Bollywood movies .

Unnecessary Drama .

Boring movie .

Waste of Time .

Unnecessary and over emotional about nation .

Terrorist are more powerful than Army it's a joke 🤣

Bad story line .

Okay okay movie .