Movie Review Mr X Lacks Thrills And Novelty

Film released today and should release across 1800 screens. Film has very good chances at box office as there is not much competition. Film will depend on great opening today as such films do not grow much after day one.

Friday, 10th April 01:15 PM IST

Mr X Lacks Thrills And Novelty

Pluses:

Emraan Hashmi delivers an honest act, Amrya Dastur does show significant improvement from 1st outing, couple of good VFX shots, Arunodaya Singh is decent

Minuses:

slow and boring screenplay, regressive borrowed story idea, pathetic dialogues, poor acts by supporting cast, songs sound repetitive

Critic Rating:

2/5

Business Rating:

2.5/5

Verdict:

Watch it for only and only Emraan Hashmi

Detailed Analysis:

Emraan Hashmi was mass entertianer but then he hit roadblock with flops like 'Ghanchakkar', 'Ek Thi Daayan', 'Shanghai' and 'Raja Natwarlal'. Now he is hoping for turnaround with his mentors' film 'Mr X'.

Raghuram Rathore (Emraan Hashmi) is cop and his lady love Milli Arora (Amrya Dastur) is also serving the nation as cop. Both are living a happy life until one day betrayal by one of their own officer throw life upside down. Raghuram faces severe burns and following the treatment, he gets into a condition where his body reflects everything and he becomes invisible Mr. X. How he takes his revenge against the system and people who were responsible for the mess forms the rest of the plot.

Performance wise Emraan Hashmi is superb with honest act and there is kind of sincerity in his efforts. Amrya Dastur looks glamrous and acts well which is improvement over her debut act in disaster 'Issaq'. Arunoday Singh is good but looks like a man without emotion at places. Tanmay Bhatt is in surprise role does not impress much.

Film has old school premise of story and screenplay never takes off. Director, writer and producer should be questioned - why the hell you want to remake films like 'Hollow Man' and 'Mr India'. Film becomes predictable and finds very cliche boring situations. Film has couple of good songs but even those look boring in film. . Camerawork is superb, editing is non existent as film could had been 15 minutes shorter and artwork is good. Dialogues are patchy. VFX is inconsistent.

Director Vikram Bhatt fails to make an interesting film and he is handicapped by bad story and writing. Though to be fair, he needs to ask himself - how can he make films like 'Creature 3D ' and 'Mr X'?

Go for this one if you are Emraan Hashmi fan!