There is something about espionage stories and Hindi cinema, they both never seem to gel Ek Tha Tiger is no different than the hyped trend of agents this year, with a fizzle with a whimper.
Salman is a RAW agent jumping from one mission to another world and trot in the process. He falls for Katrina, an ISI agent, both conclude their respective Äúfarz, AU ditch for their country and live happily ever after. Although the idea of the film is pregnant with possibilities for some great action, drama and tension even by Bollywood standards, Ek The Tiger disappoints completely.
Problems with Ek Tha Tiger starting in the first half hour, when the film opens with a harrowing series of operations and abrupt jumps in a comic love track derailment back to a Bourne-like plot. One would not necessarily have all complained when both were well executed. Unfortunately this is not the case.
For a spy movie, the movie is too easy and Salman too casual. He goes around breaking buildings cars and a tram in Dublin in broad day light with no country, AOS administration difficult to find out what happens. He is also exposed to a credible spy. The love sequences are forced to work and fall flat on their face. Even the famous Salman-Katrina chemistry not for the exposure of some very lazy writing.
Salman looks old and has instead act of ripping his shirt off and dance to silly songs. He is placed in a very stylish sleek setting, without his usual slapstick than intelligence for a link, and looks lost. Katrina on the other hand, a role that her lack of acting prowess and his accent intelligently placed. The biggest let down but the director Kabir Khan, who seems to be completely clueless about how Salman, AOS Mass Appeal with his intention of making a Bond-style action movie to get married.
Sans songs that the audience would get horns, dialogues cat calls and whistles to get a shirtless Salman and a missing storyline Ek Tha Tiger to make a terrible boring movie. Despite the fact that only about two hours in the strange length, the film seemed to be going for eternity. Even die hard fans of Salman would find this disappointing.
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