Aditya N
Aditya N
Story:
Siddharth “Siddhu” Dixit (Jammwal) is a man from the slums of Mumbai who aspires to participate in a life-threatening athletic competition called Maidaan, which the showrunner Dev (Arjun Rampal) calls ‘the most-watched event in the world’. Upon arriving at Maidaan, Siddhu learns an unknown truth about the demise of his elder brother Nihaal (Ankit Mohan). The rest of the story is how Siddhu wins the competition and seeks revenge for his brother’s death with the help of Alia (Nora Fatehi), and police officer Patricia Novak (Amy Jackson).
Performances:
Vidyut Jammwal looked clueless as Siddhu. The dialogue delivery looked odd, and he appeared completely out of the touch. Even a talented actor like Arjun Rampal could not make any impact except for mouthing a few silly dialogues. Nora Fatehi, Amy Jackson and others did not have any scope to perform.
Analysis:
Anyone who has watched the trailer of the film, Crakk will not expect anything surreal or fresh. It is evident that the film is made to be a mad actioner with gravity defying stunts. Aditya Datt, the film’s writer and director, tried to live up to those expectations, but neither his script had a proper emotion nor his screenplay had grip at any point.
Positives:
The film’s director of photography, Mark Hamilton and action choreographer tried to bring in some excitement during the action sequences, which work in a few places. The interval episode also came a bit better.
Negatives:
Poor acting, mixed up editing, loud background score, everything make the film unappealing. Though the director put many grand action parts in the second half, none of them were effective because of the weak lead scenes, including the big climax episode between Arjun Rampal and Vidyut Jammwal.
Review: (1.5/5)
Last Line: Crakk, the film, is nonsensical to the core.
