Singham Again movie review: Too many cops, too little plot! Rohit Shetty's action thriller fails to live up to the hype

Film Singham AgainDirector Rohit ShettyActors Ajay Devgn Kareena Kapoor KhanRating 155Simmba truly works in Singham Again And thatrsquos because his are the only scenes when this film doesnrsquot take itself too seriouslyBesides Simmba there are of course far too many bona fide Bollywood lead characters in the picture to ever fit into a 144minute running time let alone a vertical posterI consciously avoided its fiveminute trailer being told that itrsquos complete enough to aim for a lsquoshort filmrsquo nomination on its ownYou could also see Singham Again the movie itself as a series of trailersConsider the number of times Bajirao Singham ie Ajay Devgn walks towards the audience in slowmotion upfront sideways or away from the screen suitably announcing his coolness again and againThat apart therersquos Cop Simmba Ranveer Singh Cop Shakti lsquoMarsquoamrsquo for Female Shaktimaan Deepika Padukone Cop Satya Tiger Shroff Cop Sooryavanshi Akshay Kumar indeed the main villain Danger Lanka Arjun Kapoor sidevillain Jackie ShroffhellipAll of whom belong to director Rohit Shettyrsquos copuniverse as it were Each deserve their own trailerteaserlike entry no What funStars have evidently aligned for audiences to line up for Diwali The corporates havenrsquot been left behind either given this film is presented by Jio Mukesh Ambani coproduced by Reliance Entertainment still owned by Anil Ambanimdashmust say even if unplanned a unique collaboration of sortsFilm is a collaborative medium after all But to what end though Thatrsquos the 100crore question Which sadly nine writers put together as per IMDb are unable to answerWe know one thing for suremdashSingham will save the dayBut thatrsquos not the film that takes itself too seriously I referred to above Itrsquos that Singham is Lord Ram And that Singham Again is Ramayanmdashmerging imagesscenes from the epic with the wilfully silly madactionerSuch that the supercop Singham raids a dockyard and that sequence cuts to the lsquoswayamvarrsquo episode from Ramayan ah whatThe precise pravachan that carries on is essentially to preach to audiences through a proper powerpoint presentationmdashalong with geographical proofs Janakpur Unawatuna etc carbondating the worksmdashthat the Ramayan is 100 per cent verifiable history Rather than mythologyIs that effectively the point of this entire picturemdashnot that anybody was looking for any HmmmhellipWhether or not historians must weigh in on such matters of pop culture is of course furthest still from the point Kareena Kapoor as Singhamrsquos wife belongs to Indiarsquos culture ministry Shersquos taken it upon herself to educate especially the young on the archival truths behind RamayanDid I see any of this coming Well sort ofmdashin the usual lsquothis is fiction no offence meantrsquo disclaimer slate that all movies begin withThe one here oddly specifies that this film is inspired by Lord Ram As if hundreds if not thousands of Indian movies havenrsquot been whether or not they say so Irsquom among few whorsquos seen Adipurush 2023 Which wasnrsquot half as bad as the worldrsquos worst trash it was made out to beBut whatrsquos all that gotta do with SinghamWhich starts off perfectly fine set in Kashmir with full access to Lal Chowk and other rich locations What could be dull about a jeepchase around Dal Lake Singham as the topcop is entrusted to lead similar lsquoSinghamsrsquo across IndiaAs a metaphor this is true Brave policemen regularly get referred to as lsquoSinghamsrsquo in news headlines Or Lady Singham if female Such as Deepikarsquos characterReal or well filmy Singham the quietly deadly Devgn is apparently tasked to curb the global drugtrade routed from Kanniyakumari to Kashmir Itrsquos a tough task alrightFrom this vantage point of valour to followmdashthe film somehow slips into Kashmiri youths sloganeering ldquoNaya Bharat ka naya Kashmirrdquo an altogether Hindispeaking Tamil Nadu ldquoJai Shri Ramrdquo getting belted all through for background scorehellipAs if this was some kind of a culturalideological project instead of an entertaining lsquoproposalrsquo picture Do I see any of that coming NoThis isnrsquot to suggest there arenrsquot moneyshots or paisa vasool moments in this multicrore movie that I took the frontrow firstday secondshow forPerhaps many of you will too Beyond the customary blasts and chases I suspect bigger crowds in the hall could totally enlivened the kalaripayattu action sequences for instanceOr the scene where Arjun Kapoor lifts Kareena Kapoor in a red saree I guess thatrsquos a nod to RAOne 2011 Arjun plays lsquoRavanrsquomdashkeeping it real rather than going full BollywoodbombastObserve this coalition of superstars for a copuniverse as the seemingly lopsided Avengers if you may You really need a Thanos to take on or balance that many superheroes all at oncemdashhardly a piddly terrorist avenging his daddyrsquos death in this dud plotYou simply admire the villainrsquos mighty confidence in this movie then Matched only by the filmmakersrsquo themselvesmdashas a disinterested bearded Salman Khan apparently from Dabangg appears after the endcredits rollOnscreen announcement Mission Chulbul Singham coming soon Oh Singham Again Okay

Singham Again movie review: Too many cops, too little plot! Rohit Shetty's action thriller fails to live up to the hype

Film: Singham Again
Director: Rohit Shetty
Actors: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan
Rating: 1.5/5

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Singham Again movie review: Too many cops, too little plot! Rohit Shetty's action thriller fails to live up to the hype

Film: Singham AgainDirector: Rohit ShettyActors: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor KhanRating: 1.5/5

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Film: Singham Again
Director: Rohit Shetty
Actors: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan
Rating: 1.5/5