How to start reviewing this mess of a movie? I really do not have any idea, folks! This is so appallingly bad, that even 'Creature 3D' looks like 'Jurassic Park' in comparison. Shoddy VFX, unintentionally funny scenes, lazily scripted movie, and many things are going bad for this movie.
If you all think that being derivative is a problem, then you all are wrong, as even though a movie like 'Kick', though a remake of the original Telugu movie, 'Kick', had provided better entertainment than this. Mr. Vikram Bhatt, we all know about your obsession for 3D technology and VFX nowadays, but they are like confetti, increases the visual appeal of the movie. But the backbone of the movie is the story/screenplay, which in this case, is just lazily written and disengages the audience. Better improve this time, Vikram.
Yes, I do agree that 'Mr. X' is derived from 'Mr. X'(1957 film), 'Mr. India' (1987 film) and 'Hollow Man'(2000 film), and its a bad amalgamation of these films too. So sad to even state that it had lots of potential.
Without further speech, let's dive into the synopsis. Hashmi's character, Raghu, an officer in the Mumbai anti-terrorism squad, survives a deadly attack on his life in a chemical factory by his corrupt boss (Arunoday Singh). Severely disfigured, Raghu is 'saved' by a helpful scientist who offers him an anti-radiation drug still in the testing stage that instantly results in complete cell regeneration, but also turns him invisible except in direct sunlight and in blue lighting. It's the kind of bunkum that's impossible to logically explain. Even Bhatt knows that; he gets the scientist to quickly declare it a miracle of god: "The more science knows, the more it realizes it knows nothing." Raghu, who now rechristens himself Mr X, decides to use these new 'powers' to seek revenge on his offenders. Meanwhile his fiancée (Amyra Dastur), a fellow officer in the ATS, literally "sniffs" out the fact that Raghu is Mr X, and convinced that he has gone rogue, becomes obsessed with stopping him in his blood-thirsty mission.
Off the crew, story (Vikram Bhatt) had potential, but is just screwed by its lazily written screenplay (Vikram Bhatt), as mentioned above. And, it even has continuity errors. For example, the story is set in Mumbai, but the chase scenes, and other action sequences are clearly shot somewhere in the foreign. Dialogues (Shagufta Rafique) are at times clap-worthy, at times unintentionally funny. Overall inconsistent. VFX (K. V. Sanjit) is at times outlandish and tacky. Music (Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly) is not memorable, too bad for an Emraan Hashmi/Vikram Bhatt/Mahesh Bhatt movie. The background score (Raju Singh) is captivating, though. Cinematography (Pravin Bhatt) is beautiful. Stunts (Dan Hirst) often look labored and fake. Moreover, audience gets disengaged further, due to badly conceived stunts.
Off the cast, Emraan Hashmi looked bored and restrained. Amyra Dastur has improved considerably, after her flop debut 'Issaq'. Arunoday Singh looked awkward, too bad for a villain. Nora Fatehi is just ignorable. Tanmay Bhatt hammed. Rest of the cast didn't act well.
Overall, 'Mr. X' is for those, who want to be sarcastically entertained. It will provide you unintentional laughs, guaranteed.
If you all think that being derivative is a problem, then you all are wrong, as even though a movie like 'Kick', though a remake of the original Telugu movie, 'Kick', had provided better entertainment than this. Mr. Vikram Bhatt, we all know about your obsession for 3D technology and VFX nowadays, but they are like confetti, increases the visual appeal of the movie. But the backbone of the movie is the story/screenplay, which in this case, is just lazily written and disengages the audience. Better improve this time, Vikram.
Yes, I do agree that 'Mr. X' is derived from 'Mr. X'(1957 film), 'Mr. India' (1987 film) and 'Hollow Man'(2000 film), and its a bad amalgamation of these films too. So sad to even state that it had lots of potential.
Without further speech, let's dive into the synopsis. Hashmi's character, Raghu, an officer in the Mumbai anti-terrorism squad, survives a deadly attack on his life in a chemical factory by his corrupt boss (Arunoday Singh). Severely disfigured, Raghu is 'saved' by a helpful scientist who offers him an anti-radiation drug still in the testing stage that instantly results in complete cell regeneration, but also turns him invisible except in direct sunlight and in blue lighting. It's the kind of bunkum that's impossible to logically explain. Even Bhatt knows that; he gets the scientist to quickly declare it a miracle of god: "The more science knows, the more it realizes it knows nothing." Raghu, who now rechristens himself Mr X, decides to use these new 'powers' to seek revenge on his offenders. Meanwhile his fiancée (Amyra Dastur), a fellow officer in the ATS, literally "sniffs" out the fact that Raghu is Mr X, and convinced that he has gone rogue, becomes obsessed with stopping him in his blood-thirsty mission.
Off the crew, story (Vikram Bhatt) had potential, but is just screwed by its lazily written screenplay (Vikram Bhatt), as mentioned above. And, it even has continuity errors. For example, the story is set in Mumbai, but the chase scenes, and other action sequences are clearly shot somewhere in the foreign. Dialogues (Shagufta Rafique) are at times clap-worthy, at times unintentionally funny. Overall inconsistent. VFX (K. V. Sanjit) is at times outlandish and tacky. Music (Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly) is not memorable, too bad for an Emraan Hashmi/Vikram Bhatt/Mahesh Bhatt movie. The background score (Raju Singh) is captivating, though. Cinematography (Pravin Bhatt) is beautiful. Stunts (Dan Hirst) often look labored and fake. Moreover, audience gets disengaged further, due to badly conceived stunts.
Off the cast, Emraan Hashmi looked bored and restrained. Amyra Dastur has improved considerably, after her flop debut 'Issaq'. Arunoday Singh looked awkward, too bad for a villain. Nora Fatehi is just ignorable. Tanmay Bhatt hammed. Rest of the cast didn't act well.
Overall, 'Mr. X' is for those, who want to be sarcastically entertained. It will provide you unintentional laughs, guaranteed.