rocky handsome
Cast : John Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Nishikant Kamat, Sharad Kelkar
Rated : 5/10
That it would be violent was a foregone conclusion. The fact that it is based on a Korean movie, The Man From Nowhere, which has plenty of violence and gore meant that some of it would have found its way into the Indian version. Of course, it is another matter that it has been toned down to suit Indian sensibilities. But despite this, there are some scenes that make you cringe in your seat. So if you are the kind who can’t stand the sight of blood it is advisable to stay away from this one.
In India, people like their movies to have a mix of many things romance, drama,masala, plenty of song and dance, pretty faces and a catchy item song. Bollywood rarely makes films that are purely gore. At the most we are used to dhai kilo ka haath and some fisticuffs.
In that sense, Rocky Handsome is an assault on your senses. And not just in parts; it is something that refuses to let up from throats being slit to a woman’s skin being burnt by a hair dryer to blood spurting as the knife moves in and out with rapid precision.
One doesn’t understand what John Abraham was thinking when he chose to adapt this movie for the Indian audience even though it is definitely a genre that has remained unexplored thus far. As for JA himself, except for looking beefy, there is nothing much that he does in terms of acting. In some ways this is good. He remains expressionless all through. Even his so called ‘bond’ with the little girl fails to find a connect with the audience. Perhaps that is the reason why director Nishikant Kamat chose not to give our hero more than four dialogues to speak in the entire movie. Speaking of Kamat, who makes a Bollywood debut in this one, he steps into the villainous role quite comfortably.
It is a movie where violence is the mantra, so see it only if you like bloody and gory kind of movies.