Movie Review: Brothers

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jackie Shroff, Shefali Shah, Ashutosh Rana, Kiran Kumar and Kareena Kapoor; Director: Karan Malhotra; Rating: **

Published: Friday,Aug 14, 2015 03:15 AM GMT-06:00

Varsha

An official remake of Hollywood film Warriors, the makers could not resist themselves from giving it a Bollywood touch. The film is an emotional family drama with very slow first half and action packed second half.

Just like the Hollywood film Warriors, Brothers is also a story of two brothers David (Akshay Kumar) and Monty (Sidharth Malhotra). However, the twist here is that they are step brothers. Always-there-for-each-other brothers start living separately after their farther Gary Fernandes (Jackie Shroff) kills their mother (Shefali Shah) in a drunkard state. Gary is then sent to jail for his crime, David starts living with his wife Jenny (Jacqueline Fernandez) and her daughter and Monty starts training himself to become a fighter like his father. Later, both happen to take part in the same MMA (Mixed Martial Art) fight tournament. As expected, after defeating all the other fighters, brothers fight against each other in the final round to win the trophy.

The first half takes its own sweet time for the build up and anticipation to the fight, which was all hyped in the promos. While second half is all about David and Monty training for the big fight followed by one by one both the brothers knocking out other extremely trained and experience fighters from the world. The film is packed with emotional and action scenes, leaving no space for any light moments.

The cast is amazing. Watching Jackie, Shefali and Ashutosh Rana on-screen is a treat and one can surely see the experienced actors that they are. Sidharth is really made for serious roles; he was well suited for the character. Though Jacqueline didn't get too much of screen space, she played her part well.

Talking about the loop holes, there were hardly any. The only thing that I noticed was unconvincing fighting scenes. Not a single punch is shown touching anyone; one can easily make out its just sound effect and not a fight at all.

The film will either make you empty your tissue box in the first half or put you to sleep. Talking about the second half, you can skip that watch Raj Kundra's Super Fight League (SFL) for some real action. All-in-all, if you can watch slow, emotional and action drama, you might enjoy the film. The only good part of the film is the entire casts' performance.

P.S.: The movie is also somewhat like another Bollywood film, Apne.

Varsha B.

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Comments (9)

jasmeet92 @jasmeet92

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The story of the movie is nice and i am a die hard fan of Sidharth Malhotra.

7 years ago

maimoona2009200 @maimoona2009200

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i think lord God Gesis these words can give more christian look to the movie

9 years ago

Fatima dureshahwar @Ohmyjerryworld

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I will watch this movie for siddharth malhotra
U r awsome luv ur acting soomuch

9 years ago

waheeda786 @waheeda786

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There is one scene during a song that shows Akshay and Jacqueline making love. That scene is not so long cause it's during a song. It only lasts for like 1 min or so. Other than that there are no other uncomfortable scenes. Trust me I know what you're talking about cause I hate it too when I watch uncomfortable scenes with family. Hope that helps :)

9 years ago

ArHiLover-x @ArHiLover-x

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Hey everyone, I am hopefully gonna see this amazing-looking film tomorrow, but may you please answer my one question?This sounds so stupid, but I get uncomfortable watching certain scenes (I hope u understand lol) with my whole family (esp dad) so if you could tell me if some scenes exist then I can make an excuse and watch it with my mum or other female family member... I know I sound childish but I am desperate to watch this film n enjoy it rather than sinking down in embarrassment lol ;)
Then again, I cannot WAIT to watch this!!! It looks brilliant!

9 years ago

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