Two estranged, street-fighting brothers square off against each other in a mixed martial arts tournament.
Director:
Karan Malhotra
Writers:
Gavin O'Connor (original story),
Cliff Dorfman (original story)
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Stars:
Akshay Kumar,
Jackie Shroff,
Sidharth Malhotra
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Storyline
The story of two estranged brothers comes to play in the rink. David
Fernandes quits his job as a Physics teacher to become a full-time
fighter. He is willing to do whatever it takes to save his ill daughter.
Monty Fernandes creates a storm on the internet with just one video.
Finally getting the chance to prove himself to the world, he trains
vigorously. Two brothers, two fighters, and one ultimate fight.
Movie Reviews
Karan
Malhotra , the director of new Agneepath had impressed me with his
intense and focus in direction in his first film. It was to the point
and he has a knack of extracting great performances from his cast. But
there is a self-indulgence in him which he is unable to control in some
of the films important junctures. He had plenty of them in Agneepath
climax and it is there in plenty all throughout brothers especially in
first half. I don't have a problem with slow pace . It helps invest
ourselves into the characters. I loved pace of Drishyam , gone girl,
Shawshank redemption and so on. But I am not a fan of overstretched
scenes which is the case in a lot of scenes of brothers. Jackie Shroff
is a drunkard who has doting wife/son and a step son. we get it in the
first instance. WE get the lives and turbulence of each of them in first
instance. There is no need to slow down and stretch them so much. Karan
has tweaked the character of tom hardy who had a rather coolness about
himself that he dint care about any of his family members. here Sid is
shown as a "dutiful" son which is filmy and reduces the complexity of
the character. No fault of Sid Malhotra who has done very well in is
role. The heart of the film lies in R2F ( meant to be UFC of real world)
championship. The training montage of Akshay and Sid is awe- inspiring .
The action choreography is not just brilliant but 1000000 MILES AHEAD
of anything BW has given so far. But every time the adrenaline rush is
poised to reach the next level, Karan squanders it by slowing the pace
with irrelevant scenes. The fight scenes are so well choreographed but
camera-work is not as good. What is the need to show expressions of
Jacqueline and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in between, every single time? who
cares how they are reacting! we want to see the fights uncut and in
flow. The real coolness and brain of brothers is thanks to Eric Brown
and Micheal Leher, the action choreographers. Thanks to these two
talented people that at least each of the fight scenes has a unique
personality and attitude in them. Siddharths fight scenes are about not
just about brute force . They reflect a personality of one kind of
fighting style. He views his opponents like his brother and thinks of
ways to knock him out as fast as possible. While its the reverse for
Akshay Kumar. His style is a different personality by itself. His
signature moves are about exposing weaknesses of the fighter and then
dominating them with technique. In this process, he allows himself to
take a few blows if needed. I wish the film was directed by these two
instead. Akshay Kumar takes his acting notch above baby and comes up
with a subtle yet intense performance. His acting in climax is superb
and he is at the peak of his career as an actor. Sidharth Malhotra is
avg in first half but comes into his own in the second half. His scene
with Jackie Shroff asking him to about the dilemma of his sons is
brilliant. Jacqueline is very good as Akshays wife and gives realistic
performance though her scenes were just not needed in second half.
Jackie Shroff shouts , whispers and irritates in a role which needed
someone more mature like Paresh Rawal may be Brothers is a very good
effort to remake warrior but it is not entirely satisfying . it could
have been a real masterpiece after baby. But its not a film to be missed
because of strong performances from Akshay and Sidharth Malhotra. and
of course the eye pleasing action scenes for the action junkies
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