FORCE does matter!

Sometimes there may not be anything great in a story and end is predictable. But it is because of the sheer magic touch that director gives to the narration, packages the sequences and takes audience along with him, that movies do make an impact.
You would have seen what happened in Dabaang! It was just the refreshing touch given to a good old story of two brothers.

This is one such movie where the director comes up with an innovative narration, gets the right set of people on board, keeps the narration pacy and delivers on end product. Force is one of the recent best bollywood action thriller films by John Abraham, directed by Nishikanth Kamat.

It is the story of a top cop Yashovardhan (John Abraham) and his team fighting against the drug mafia spread across the country. How the drug mafia runs, how NCB handles them, what are the limitations of system and how honest officers and their personal lives suffer in the hands of anti social elements. This forms the core of the story.

But this simple story is been narrated well with a backdrop of fresh romance between hero and heroine in the first half. Some of the sequences between John and Genelia are brilliant for their sheer simplicity and realism. You will never get to see a single scene between the two which is 'extra'.

The characterization of heroine Maya (Genelia) by director is really good. After a long time I saw a heroine's character not being dumb in an action movie dominated by hero and his actions. Genelia is quite lovely and lively! Don't miss that !

First half goes very fast with encounters between cops and criminals, good action sequences and a romantic track. The entry given to both the hero and villain are simply superb!

John is very comfortable in his role and has truly delivered a power packed performance as macho top cop. But it is the villain whom you simply can't ignore! The negative character Vishnu played by new comer Vidyut Jamwal is very strong and very well groomed. Vidyut comes up with an equally powerful performance against John. Some of his action sequences are so real and believable! I heard he is a model turned martial fighter turned actor who won the audition for this role among the stiff competition from 500+ people. Vidyut is quite promising in his role. Hats off to director for giving equal weightage to both these two characters!

But the icing on the cake is equally impressive star cast and their performances. Everyone has given their best. Coming to other technical aspects, the picturesque locales captured by Cinematographer Ayananka Bose, melodious music by Harris Jayaraj (Don’t know whether he has copied them from his own Tamil movie Khaka Khaka), the crisp and pacy editing by Aarif Shaikh, great Sound Design by Sanjay Mourya & Allwin Rego and last not the least the paisa vasool action by Allan Amin form the core and support the director in his narration in a big way. Overall it is a great team work under a great director who never loses control.

Having said that, there are few grey areas which could have been handled in a little better way. The drug mafia details, how the criminals exactly operate and what different channels they use, would have been narrated in some more depth (like how Manirathnam handles a particular domain.). In this movie it is handled at a peripheral level with more focus given to John and his crew. Also, there is a mention of limitation of the system in handling the whole mafia. This is also treated as a secondary topic.

There is a concept in Hollywood called 'frenemy' where enemy sometimes appreciates his enemy for his intelligence and skills. Many Hollywood movies are based on this concept and come up with more intelligent and innovative action sequences. May be director could have adopted that kind of concept here.

Here hero and villain are always after each other. Had it been the Hollywood way, the director would have got some more head space to introduce even more adrenaline pumping action and a different ending for the movie.(On the lines of Fast & Furious-five where you would see edge of the seat action till the last minute.)
Remember this is not a plain vanilla NRI love story. You many not watch it with your family. This is a truly for action lovers.

But that does not disappoint you at all. Do watch it purely for John's beef cake physique and actions, an impressive debut of Vidyut, bubbly Gelenia and a complete 10/10 performance by all the supporting cast and technical crew.
I have a suggestion for this director, make it a franchise and come up with a sequel soon! :)