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Zanjeer
Critic reviews and ratings
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...this film should be judged as a stand-alone offering because attempts to compare the two versions will find the current one falling short, especially in the dialogue and music departments.
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...the film comes across as a regular masala fare that caters to the single screen spectator mainly and also for enthusiasts of typical Bollywood entertainers.
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...doesn’t hold a candle to the original, instead it feels like a modern day adaptation of a yet another cop drama.
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...I refuse to believe that the makers of this remake of Zanjeer didn't know they were taking away from an already not-so-great film.
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...makes vengeance look like a dull video game.
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...the new-age Zanjeer doesn't hold half as much promise as the cult classic did and literally falls flat on its face.
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This is an uninspired piece of filmmaking, where the makers aren’t even trying.
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...an extremely shoddy remake of a film that should’ve been left untouched.
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There really is nothing in this film that catches your eye except for a few set pieces, and a new male face which could make some space for himself if he gets something better.
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"It is better to fail at originality than to succeed in imitation." Zanjeer manages neither.
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The effect of the boring and unimaginative remake is that it made me long for the old film.
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...assembles the usual dose of slow-motion fight sequences, songs and flat comic sequences between the first frame and the last.
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Director Apoorva Lakhia uses his special talent to make this remake as crass as possible, turning it into a pedestrian, B-grade version of the original classic.
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Even among terrible remakes, Apoorva Lakhia’s film ranks rather low.
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This remake is wrong on so many levels that I don’t know where to begin. This isn’t a film. It’s sacrilege.
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An unwarranted remake, this time it is the turn of the audience to turn angry!
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In the end-credits song, Priyanka Chopra says, “Oooh, is that a gun? Can I hold it please?” I know what I would do with it.
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The most frustrating aspect of this Zanjeer is the cynicism on display, as if the audience would show up just because lines like “Yeh police station hai, tere baap ka ghar nahin” are reproduced.
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...a putrid, out-of-context copy that hangs on to the outsized collars of the original for its dear life.
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Ram Charan makes his Hindi film debut with this Bachchan remake, and my heart goes out to his fans who will have to sit through this tediously trashy film.
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What about the viewers? Why do they have to be subjected to such juvenile crap that makes an ass of a classic?
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...stinks of a blatant disregard for the audience's intelligence and entertainment. It's an obvious attempt to cash in on the brand 'Zanjeer' and offer nothing in return.
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