Movie Review: Fighter

 

Michael's Movie Grade: B

A well-made action flick from India. 

This movie is a very straight forward military action flick in the vein of Top Gun. Throughout the film it is obvious that the filmmakers understand exactly what makes these movies so popular. The action scenes here are excellent and not even some poor CGI, can take away from the excitement. These action scenes are well staged, paced and simply very exciting. The main character goes through the type of arc you might expect but it is handled very well here. This is because while he may not be a complex character, he is always a likable one that is very easy to root for. The same can be said for his teammates, who are all very likable. Because we care about these characters the emotional moments here are surprisingly quite effective. I did not expect the emotional moments in this film to work anywhere near as well as they do. The romance here is also very well handled as we actually care about the relationship between these two characters and there is a real chemistry between them. Like a lot of Bollywood films, there are some musical numbers here and they are a lot of fun.

This film (like too many Bollywood movies) does suffer from overlength and there are too many times it can drag a little. There is also some very clumsily dialogue in this movie at times. The movie also has a villain that is so over the top that it is hard to take any scene with him in it seriously.

Despite its flaws this is a well-made film with a lot for Bollywood fans to enjoy.