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Suicide Squad 2 - Movie Review

Streaming: HBOMAX Suicide Squad 1 was one of the finest DC movies(Minus Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy) to come out from their camp. Do not go by the reviews. It was so well received that Harley Quinn had her own movie. Now cut to Suicide Squad 2 with the famous James Gunn from Marvel camp at the helm, it barely meets the expectations.  Marvel made it seem so easy to write a super hero movie in super entertaining fashion with movies like Winter Soldier, Thor Ragnorak, Guardians of the Galaxy etc. But DC thought all they needed was the guy who directed Guardians to sell Suicide Squad. Oh my oh my how they were wrong. In one phrase, Suicide Squad is a gross mess that shines few times and far in between. Suicide Squad is no Guardians, not even close. The screenplay is messy. The visuals are gross but it aint Kill Bill. Kill Bill romanticizes with violence but Suicide Squad tries to romanticize with gross elements. To say the least, it doesn't work in favor of the movie. Idris Elba is...
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Raazi - Review

Raazi is a movie based on the book Calling Sehmat, based on a real life spy. I am not sure about the book but Raazi completely misses the "it kind of really happened" feel in it. Movie looks more dramatized and hence diluted. In Raazi, after few episodes you start to feel that Alia's character, Sehmat has it very easy while in reality it could have been real testing times for her.

One thing the movie gets right is the casting. Alia is an easy pick for the role of a innocent looking yet strong girl who can stand for her country at any cost. But once cast she is wasted in the role where she is asked to sob relentlessly at the end of every major scene. After watching Sanju, I felt that Vicky Kaushal was wasted in this role which is not on par with his potential and the writing that demands nothing from him. Rest of the cast is good. The guy who played Alia's mentor did a commendable job even when uttering the most cheesiest lines on patriotism.

But Raazi has a good script and nice plot points that could still keep it afloat. The movie needed abler handling of the proceedings like in the espionage thrillers Sarfarosh, Madras Cafe, D-Day, etc. Overall it is an okay one time watch for thriller lovers.

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