kick review

8/10/2019 Kick Review

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Hooda is watchable, as he almost always is, but he needed better scenes. The rest of the

cast just does its job—of bringing up the rear.

Because the front end is dominated by Salman the Khan. Devi or Devil, same difference.

There are two devils in Kick. Both have sinister smiles. One of them, as the trailer tells us, is a

thief named Devil (Salman Khan). The other one is in disguise. His name is Shiv (Nawazuddin

Sidddiqui), a loony, over-the-top villain whose presence adds a much-needed kick to the film's

proceedings. Siddiqui with his gaunt physique is the man least likely to take on Khan in a brawl

and emerge victorious. So it's a relief to know that here he is the baddie with a brawn and a

colourful personality who annoys the hero with his teasing talk and creepy laugh. If only Kick

like Siddiqui didn't take itself too seriously, then we would get a few kicks out of the 146-

minute long running time. Unfortunately, that's not the case.

Kick may as well be a sequel to Salman Khan's attempt to clean up his image which began

earlier this year with Jai Ho. Herein, he is Devi Lal Singh, a jobless forty-something genius who

can't stick to a job simply because it's too boring to hold on to one. Instead he prefers to get a

kick out of doing things such as make a smoke bomb and a hologram device, help a couple

elope, beat up eve teasers and woo Dr Shaina (Jacqueline Fernandez), who is a more gifted hip

hop dancer than a psychiatrist. When all of these tasks are accomplished, he turns into a one-

man Save the Sick Children Foundation. Since Devi Lal doesn't work and therefore has no

money to pay for their treatment, he is driven to grow a French beard and turn into an eye-

mask wearing thief who robs from the super-rich only on festivals. How divine!

Enter cop Himanshu (Randeep Hooda, with little to do), who after cracking a code chases the

robber to Poland, where our dearest doc Shaina after her break-up with Devi also happens to

be. How convenient. As the uninspiring chor-police game continues at a slow pace, the entry of

the twisted Shiv, about whom little background is given, gives a new lease of life to the film. But

it's too late and too little.

Four people are credited with the film's screenplay including producer and debutant director

Sajid Nadiadwala and popular author Chetan Bhagat. But they come up with little ingenious or

entertaining. Instead we get references to Inspector Pandey of Dabangg, moral science lectures

and half-baked caricatures including Sanjay Mishra as an inspector. The attempts to drawlaughs are forced and in vain. In fact there are some random, uncharacteristically funny

moments in Kick: Shaina wonders why is she called to an underground club (it's a good question

with an obvious answer: to dance Ahmed Khan's Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez-inspired

choreography) and when London's double-decker bus is driven on the streets of Poland. We are

also not sure what to make of Khan dancing comically to "Saat Samundar Paar", which was the

hit track of Divya Bharti, who incidentally was Nadiadwala's first wife.



There are resonances of Dhoom 3 with action sequences unfolding in a foreign setting and one

even culminating with a face-off between the cop and thief on a bridge. Kick drags on pulling

the famous emotional manipulation-card by showing a child suffering and our hero shedding

copious tears. You know it's all going wrong when one ends up rooting for the villain, in this

case Shiv, who at one point tired of the endless saga orders his bodyguards to kick the hell out

of Devi Lal. But it's obviously wishful thinking on Shiv's part for villains are always losers. Thatthe film concludes with signs of a sequel is not reassuring.

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If you are a die-hard Salman Khan fan, this film is a visual treat for you. Others will love to kick

themselves for having wasted three hours at the cinema trying to figure out what the makers of the

film themselves haven't. Seemingly a messy, hotch-potch of Krrish 2, Dhoom 3, Dabangg 2, et al,

Kick, to say the least, is one of the most silliest films of the decade!

Directed and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, under the 'Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment'

banner, the film features Salman Khan in the lead role and the rest of the cast, including Jacqueline

Fernandez who plays a psychiatrist (God knows why) and Randeep Hooda (her fiancée) are

discarded like dirt with roles that mean nothing at all. The only bright spot was Nawazuddin Siddiqui

who plays a deplorable villain, and whose uncouth demeanour added some pep to the film.

KICK Produced and directed by: Sajid Nadiadwala

Music: Himesh Reshammiya, Meet Bros, Yo Yo Honey Singh

Starring: Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui Rating: 1/5 Stars

Remake of a Telugu film of the same name, Kick is said to have grossed the highest collections on

its opening day and secured the highest first week collections of all time, beating the likes of Dhoom

3 and Chennai Express. But then, that's only because of its Eid release and Salman's huge screen

presence which is the only factor that draws audiences.

The story (there wasn't really one) unfurls as Shaina (Jacqueline), a psychiatrist in Poland, meets

her fiancée Himanshu (Randeep Hooda) in a train and they get talking about her ex-boyfriend, Devi

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Lal Singh (Salman) who is supposedly a dare devil because he is obsessed with seeking a kick out

of everything in life.

Having bumped into him while helping a friend elope with her lover, Shaina eventually falls in love

with his appetite for thrill and decides to get married to him. However, the 'kick' came in between andthey had to break up.

In the meanwhile, Himanshu, a police inspector, is out to catch a notorious thief in Poland called

'Devil', who has been targeting the rich and famous with the help of Shiv Gazra (Nawazuddin

Siddiqui), a corrupt businessman. And, the robber is none other than Devi (like we didn't know that)

who sports a third-rate Krrish mask, does daredevil stunts in the city, destroying property and

unleashing panic, with his two-penny Sallu-style dialogues thrown in between only for effect. Shaina

spots Devi in Poland where he has supposedly come for psychiatric treatment (the director himself

seems to need more of that). And, hey, that was only a bluff (aren't you shocked with this twist!) The

rest is... (no, I'm not going to reveal the blot-of-a-plot). And, by the way, there is a Mithun

Chakrabarty and an Archana Puran Singh thrown in for humour, which worked as good as curry

leaves in a plumcake.

The music is peppy but pathetic (you won't remember any song once you leave) and the dance

sequences with the 'thief' at centre stage are uncalled for, only to exhibit Salman's signature

movements. However, it was good to see some of the Polish background dancers enjoying doing a

Bollywood number for a change.

The movie seems to end on a note that makes room for a sequel (Salman turns into a police officer,

seconds before the lights come on), and going by current-day Bollywood trends, the audience will

lap that up, as well, and make the cash registers ring again.

So, if you could not see Kick during the Eid holidays, you did not really miss anything. And, if you still

have the urge, better drop your four bucks in the charity box at any supermarket.

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