Tehran

An espionage film generally thrives on a competent blend of action, emotion, and skillful storytelling that highlights both the plot and its characters.

Unfortunately, Tehran, while focused on presenting investigative procedures in great detail, misses the mark on the essential elements of an idealistic storytelling. Despite featuring numerous events, none resonate as they should, lacking both visual impact and emotional depth.

It's all dull and uninspiring, which is surprising considering how the brilliant trailer had me expecting the exact opposite.

Tehran starts promisingly with a gripping first 30 minutes that effectively builds tension around the 2012 Israeli diplomat bombing case. John Abraham delivers his usual restrained performance, and the initial setup feels authentic with solid production values and realistic atmosphere.

However, the film quickly derails after the strong opening act. The second half-hour becomes increasingly convoluted with poor pacing and questionable plot developments that strain credibility. What begins as a promising geopolitical thriller deteriorates into typical Bollywood formula filmmaking.

The final act is where Tehran completely falls apart, abandoning any pretense of logic or coherent storytelling. The film resorts to tired Bollywood tropes, over-the-top action sequences that feel disconnected from the serious subject matter, and plot twists that make little sense within the established narrative framework.

While the Iranian actors bring authenticity to their roles and the technical aspects remain decent throughout, the script's inability to maintain its initial promise becomes increasingly frustrating. The film wastes its compelling real-world foundation with lazy writing and formulaic execution that undermines the sensitive subject matter.

Rating: 4/10 - A wasted opportunity that squanders a strong start with poor storytelling choices.

The movie has wonderful making even comparable to an Hollywood action flick. The actors did justice to their roles as well. But having the movie named Tahran and shooting the action scenes in an blantantly visible English speaking country ruins the authenticity of the movie. Should have been at least shot in an Arabic or Persian speaking region.

Starts with based on a true story and then goes on its own fictional way.

John Abraham is the most consistent actor having the same expression in every seen for 20 years.

Guns are freely available everywhere and you can shoot in every international country - see if it's fiction it's ok - but when u say true story then be true.

I'm surprised it was even released on OTT - looks more like a b grade tv series than a movie.

One man's personal vendetta for some absolutely astoundingly weird reason by putting international relations on the brink and making tons of innocents lose their life to avenge one innocents life.

The director and John rewrote history how they felt - to put it in one word pathetic attempt at an espionage thriller.

I really don't understand how people can give 7 or 8 rating to this vogus and boring movie? Its a waste of 2 hours time watching this movie. The direction can be rated even below the poorest quality. The content may be true as The story is inspired by true story but it is not organized in a proper manner. So in many times you may lost the link that where from it actually comes.