Narrated as a tale of crime and redemption, it is an absorbing watch
31 May 2019This is a reasonably watchable film that, unfortunately, goes off the radar every now and then
24 May 2019In short, this is a film that would be disappointing to the faithful, and by recent count that could well be half the nation
24 May 2019In truth it is a movie without a modicum of the intelligence and sensitivity required to treat the subject seriously
17 May 2019Director Deon Taylor’s film is excessively violent, but only in the last half hour. Till then the movie is absorbing
10 May 2019What is truly amazing about this movie, and its appeal, is the emotional connect it receives outside of the United States
27 April 2019It is a multi-star movie, with actors trapped into delivering theatrical lines that make their personas unrecognisable
20 April 2019The movie promises much, but lives up to its covenant feebly
12 April 2019Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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