Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Action Jackson
Only Punishment
There’s a line Ajay Devgn utters in this atrocity of a movie. “No
appointment, no commitment, only punishment.” He couldn’t have realized
when he signed up Prabhudheva’s Action Jackson how prophetic it would turn out to be.
The film is like punishment for all those who made Prabhudheva’s earlier
ghastly films successful; they get hit on the head with a movie that should
never have gotten past scene one. It’s shocking that Ajay Devgn agreed to do Action Jackson—unless he simply signed blindly in the hope that the director of masala potboilers would give him a hit like Wanted or Rowdy Rathore… not that the star
was running short of hits. And did Sonakshi Sinha pick her bimbo role
with her eyes open—playing a character who believes that the sight of a man’s dick
brings her luck! Were the censors napping? Then, both of the stars, their
director and the newbie Manasvi Mamgai went about merrily promoting the film,
when they should have been cringing with embarrassment.
There are two Ajay Devgn’s in the film, Vishy and AJ, both with sculpted
bodies and matching scowls. Vishy is a good hearted petty hood with Moosa
(Kunaal Roy Kapoor) as a sidekick and the aforementioned stalker Khushi (Sinha)
trying to catch him with his pants down for good luck; the other is AJ, the
sword-wielding lieutenant of Bangkok don Xavier (Anandaraj). He has two women
vying for him, the homely Anusha (Yami Gautam) and the don’s wild sister Marina
(Mamgai), who will go to any lengths to get the man she lusts after.
As it always happens in double-role films, the lookalikes end up swapping
places and causing confusion. Then they join forces and go after the
villain. Prabhudheva is obviously inspired by Kill Bill for the action
sequences—too many and too tedious—but there has to be more to a film than
fights and crass comedy. There’s not even a good song and dance number to
alleviate the pain of watching Action Jackson. Easily the worst
film of the year.
Labels: Cinemaah
