The Delivery Man Movie Review

Delivery Man' fails to deliver perfect entertainer
By Troy Ribeiro (IANS)
Rating: 2/5

Delivery Man movie review; Cast: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Andrzej Blumenfeld and Adam Chanler-Berat; Director: Ken Scott; Rating: **

While the Indian audience has seen "Vicky Donor", which was inspired by Ken Scott's French-Canadian production called "Starbuck", Delivery Man is a blatantly brazen Hollywood version of the same film by the same director.

The premise of all the three films maybe alike. The film's story explores the life of David Wozniak (Vince Vaughn), over 20 years after he made his donations.

They say the past catches up with you. So, after losing over a hundred thousand dollars in a pyramid scheme business, David is now a harried and hassled truck driver working in his father's establishment, delivering meat. While the creditors are chasing him, he learns that his girlfriend Emma (Cobie Smulders) is pregnant. At the same time, he learns that he is the center of a confidential lawsuit.

Apparently, 20 years ago in order to make some extra money, David made 693 donations at a local fertility clinic under the pseudonym 'Starbuck' which in turn resulted in 533 children, of whom 142 were now seeking legal help to reveal Starbuck's true identity.

Bullet Raja: Movie Review

Rating: 3.0/5 

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Jimmy Shergill, Vidyut Jamwal, Gulshan Grover, Raj Babbar

Direction: Tigmanshu Dhulia

Genre: Action

Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes

For whatsover reasons, you cannot afford to ignore a Tigmanshu Dhulia movie. After winning acclodes with movies like Paan Singh Tomar, Saheb Biwi Gangster, Dhulia's new offering ADVERTISEMENT Bullet Raja merges power, politics, action and love, resulting in a heady cocktail that hits your mind.

 Featuring Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and Vidyut Jamwal, Bullet Raja is a hi-octane drama flick, set against the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh-based mafia while dealing with the political and industrial powers of the state. Like most of Dhulia's earlier films, Bullet Raja too is raw, unrefined, rustic and unique in it's own way. 

Bullet Raja: Movie Review Story: The story of Bullet Raja revolves around Raja Mishra, a commoner, who gets transformed into Bullett Raja - a notorious, care a damn attitude gangster. A faithful friend and a loyal lover, living life on his own terms, setting his own rules, commanding respect and fearing no one, Bullett Raja in his true inimitable style takes on the system that creates people like him in a compelling struggle for power and ambition. 

Mishra's character commands respect, but at the same time he makes sure he respects women. Although he is a gangster where he finds glory with guns, the movie also has for us some instances of romance between Saif and Sonakshi Sinha, who plays Mishra's love interest in the flick. This gangster has his lady love to whom he is very loyal.

What's Good?

Tigmanshu sets things up skillfully in the first hour. Like most of Dhulia's movie, Bullet Raja too boasts of some fiery and impactful dialogues, bringing a vital spark in the movie, that flows so effortlessly. Performances: As for Saif Ali Khan, you'll get to see a bit of Langda Tyagi in Bullet Raja. Saif's looks, his mannerisms, his body language, his overall behavioral pattern takes you by complete surprise in Bullet Raja. 

From a sophisticated charmer to a rustic gunda, Saif makes the audience believe him. Sonakshi Sinha looks beautiful, but she's again repetative. Sinha doesn't get to do much in the movie, while Vidyua Jamwal on the other hand, is just 'wow'. Verdict: Bullet Raja might not be Dhulia's finest work, but this one is worth one time watch. On the whole, apart from Dulia's midas touch, Bullet Raja works big time due to Saif's power-pack performance.

Review : Venkatadri Express – Decent Attempt

		Release date : 29 November 2013
		123telugu.com Rating : 3/5
		Director : Merlapaaka Gandhi
		Producer : Kiran
		Music Director : Ramana Gogula
		Starring : Sundeep Kishan, Rakul Preet Singh, M.S.Narayana, Jayaprakash Reddy

Director Merlapaka Gandhi is making his debut with the film ‘Venkatadri Express’. The movie has Sundeep Kishan and Rakul Preet Singh in lead roles. The movie has been produced by Gemini Kiran and it has released today across the state. Let us checkout the film now.

Story :

Ram Murthy (Nagineedu) is a retired headmaster who does not tolerate mistakes. He enforces a strict code of conduct in his family and anyone making more than a 100 mistakes is banished from the household. Sundeep (Sundeep Kishan) is his youngest son and Ram Murthy is quite irritated with the young lad’s behaviour.

Sundeep has racked up a score of 99/100 in the mistakes department and he is one mistake away from being banished from the family. Meanwhile, a marriage alliance is fixed for Sundeep’s elder brother Brahmaji (Brahmaji) and the entire family boards the Venkatadri Express to travel to Tirupati for the wedding.

As usual, Sundeep gets into trouble and misses the train. Afraid of being banished from the family, Sundeep tries his best to catch up with the train. He must beg, borrow and even steal in order to get onto the train before Tirupati.

How Sundeep manages to do that and what happens during his journey is what this movie is all about.

Plus Points :

Sundeep Kishan is just about ok as a bumbling young fellow. He has given a decent performance in the first half. Raku Preeth Singh looks pretty and she makes a good impression, even though she does not have much to do in the film.

Nagineedu is effective as Ram Murthy. Thagubothu Ramesh and Sapthagiri take care of the comedy department and they have done a superb job. Sapthagiri will earn good recognition for his performance as the naive Dasthagiri. Brahmaji entertains briefly.

Screenplay is good and effective in the first half. It is quite tough to engage viewers with a plot that is so simple and linear but the director manages to do this by cleverly mixing comedy and entertainment into the proceedings.

Minus Points :

There are some fight sequences in the second half which are a little too powerful for a film like this. After setting up the first half quite interestingly, the director could not do much in the second half with the wafer thin plot.

M.S.Narayana’s comedy track is a big bore and it is not very effective. In fact, the film starts going downhill after his entry. Jayaprakash Reddy has been given a very cliched characterisation.

‘Venkatadri Express’ becomes very predictable in the final stages. The emotional scenes, where a suppressed son decides to voice out his feelings against a strict dad, are very similar to the ones found in films like ‘Bommarillu’ and ‘Parugu’.

Technical Aspects :

Cinematography is a big asset for the film. The frame looks very rich and colourful. Ramana Gogula’s music and background score help the movie. Editing is good in the first half, but it should have been sharper in the second half.

Director Merlapaka Gandhi’s efforts are commendable. His handling of the film is good in the first half but he has tried to play a safe game in the second half. Production values are good.

Verdict :

‘Venkatadri Express’ has a good and entertaining first half. This part is backed up by good pace and nice comedy. However, what looks like a promising ride starts going downhill in the second half. The film loses pace and it starts becoming very predictable. In the end, ‘Venkatadri Express’ becomes an okay watch. If you go in without any expectations, you may enjoy the ride

Singh Saab The Great Review

Rating: 3/5 Stars (Three Stars)

Star cast: Sunny Deol, Prakash Raj, Amrita Rao, Johnny Lever, Urvashi Rautela.

Director: Anil Sharma

What’s Good: Sunny Deol and Prakash Raj give exceptionally interesting performances.

What’s Bad: Tacky camera work, a drabby second half and an uninteresting romance angle are spoilers.

Loo break: Few.

Watch or Not?: Singh Saab The Great is perhaps one of recent times’ most novel masala films. Despite a multitude of grave hitches, the film is surprisingly original and intense. Being fed on a host of extremely trashy and mediocre masala films which have become Bollywood’s staple these days, Anil Sharma gives us a welcome change. Sunny Deol and Prakash Raj make the film worth a watch for their earnestness and ardour at portraying their respective roles. I won’t call this fantastic or thrilling but for its sheer unconventionality, the film had me impressed.

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Collector Karanjit Talwar (Sunny Deol) is known for his honesty in the political circles. His life comes to a standstill following a posting to Bhadori where the corrupt Bhudev Singh’s (Prakaj Raj) words is the law of the land. As Talwar tries to stop the area’s malpractices with his strict norms, the man faces the brunt of his good deeds as the villain victimized his family.
It is not long before Talwar loses his dear ones and lands up in jail framed under charges of crimes he hasn’t even committed. But the determined man maintains his will power and mental strength emerging as a social worker under the name of Singh Saab and fights Bhudev’s intricate web of evil doings. The film retells how Singh Saab reforms Bhudev and takes a unique revenge on the guy.

Sunny Deol in a still from Singh Saab The Great

Singh Saab The Great Review: Script Analysis