Action Jackson – A movie
with zero sensibility. Ajay Devgan, who looks too disinterested to pull off
this film's idiotic requirements, is in a double role here, although the parts
are barely distinguishable. He plays Vishy, a Mumbai goonda who can vanquish
over a dozen rivals singlehandedly. He also plays AJ, a hitman-for-hire in
Bangkok, who can slice and dice an army of enemies without breaking into a
sweat. In the hands of a better filmmaker, this might have been an interesting
device, but Prabhudeva plays it mostly for laughs.
At one point, both men must
switch places, which expectedly leads to humorous scenarios.Sonakshi Sinha is cast
as a presumably educated woman with a corporate job, who becomes obsessed with
seeing Vishy naked because - believe it or not - she's convinced it brings her
good luck. Wait, it gets worse. Manasvi Mamgai is Marina, who, when we first
see her, is about to be raped by the villain. Drugged and bound, she's turned
on by the sight of a shirtless AJ when he storms in to rescue her! There's also
Yami Gautam as AJ's fiancée, who in one of the film's most disturbing scenes,
is repeatedly punched in the face by a hulking bad guy. All this in shocking
close-up.
This film is really an
orgy of bloody fight scenes punctuated by too many tuneless songs, and some
juvenile gags that might amuse a six-year-old. My heart went out to poor Kunal
Roy Kapoor, so good in Delhi Belly, but wasted here as Vishy's comic sidekick.
In one scene, he farts in the face of a man who's about to sip his tea, causing
a storm in his teacup...quite literally. It's the least offensive bit in a film
that assaults your senses and leaves you feeling battered and bruised.
Box Office
Not expecting any kind of boom in boxoffice.
Star
Cast
Ajay Devgn.... Vishy\AJ
Sonakshi Sinha.... Khushi
Yaami Gautam.... Anusha
Manasvi Mamgai.... Marina
Anandraj.... Xavier Fonseca
Kunaal Roy Kapur.... Moosa
Shawar Ali.... Nawab
Ketan Karande.... Pedro
Puru Raaj Kumar.... PInspector Shirkey
Razzak Khan.... Lala
Ganesh Yadav.... Police Officer Maykar
Feroz Abbasi.... Anant Raj
Shahid Kapoor.... Cameo
Rajesh Khattar.... Special Appearance
Rocky Verma
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