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Agneepath
Critic reviews and ratings
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...a fitting tribute to the masterwork.
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Every component of Malhotra's jagged drama falls into place, with a resounding thump. Agneepath is brilliant in its brutality. It's a riveting and hectic homage to the spirit of the cinema in the 1970s when revenge reigned supreme. And content was King.
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Melodramatic, choir-inducing sentiment, ecstatic. Agneepath is that rare mainstream movie that is written well.
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...this Agneepath is more than a remake or a homage to the original. It’s about a son righting a wrong and this emotion makes us connect with the film immediately.
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How much you enjoy it, though, will be directly proportionate to how much melodrama you can withstand. Old school Hindi film lovers, however, are in for a treat.
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Watch this film because this one is unadulterated Bollywood entertainment.
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And this is how you make a remake!
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Would this movie have the same impact on the young as did Anand's incredible Hum (1991) for the generation before? No. Would this Agneepath suffice still? Yes.
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Much against some flaws, Agneepath deserves to be lauded for performances and should be encouraged for a very convincing remake to a cult classic.
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...stands out for stellar performances and the courageous rework of a cult classic. A definite watch.
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...an old-fashioned revenge drama treated in that melodramatic, over-the-top style. You're not likely to be bored by the intense action and the solid performances, but prepare to be exhausted by just how long this film plays on.
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If you're a loyalist of the Late Mukul Anand’s Agneepath, you’re likely to have reservations with this one. But if you leave the comparisons aside and are willing to forgive the faults, Agneepath is worth a watch essentially to savor Hrithik’s performance.
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...less of a remake, more of a tribute.
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Never mind the nostalgia. This one's more than a remake. And it has enough masala to last for a while.
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Agneepath is a tribute to a time when Hindi movies were escapist epic fantasies. And a time when they were also not very good. Depends on how you look at it.
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Try to wipe out the movie's earlier version from your mind. You might find it more enjoyable.
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...old style revenge drama which does well on the whole, despite its plot holes and a slackened second half...
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Karan Malhotra's "reimagining" of the old film, is a technically sound, but otherwise uneasy mix between old and new Bollywood.
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...is thunderously staged (quite literally; the background score is a force of nature) and it's never boring, but the film never amounts to anything.
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This movie marks a return to the worst genre of Hindi cinema, vengeance drama.
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...cinema of excess.
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...richly detailed and grandly mounted sequences that just about manage to conceal the fact that this is a redundant remake.
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