Naam Shabana (2017)
3/10
Tremendous buildup to nothing
31 July 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Prequel or sequel matters not. What does matter is the tremendous build-up - the endless tracking of the heroine, the endless instructions, cameras, training, blah blah blah. One would naturally assume that this was an elite outfit of the government of India, where all the field agents were identified and trained in a similar way, so that they became ruthless killing machines. Unfortunately, no. It was clear that the other agents not that good, and were no match for the villain in question (who dominated without any training or tracking). In the very first scene, the villain dispatched several Indian agents to kingdom come. In a later scene, 3 agents (one of them distinctly out of shape, played by Zakir Husain) track the villain to his lair, but all are massacred. Not one could even put up a decent fight or fire a gun shot. WTF.

So it is left to our newly recruited female agent to kill the villain. That she does. Considering that the mission was so important that several countries were on the look-out for this dude, it is surprising that a rookie agent, undergoing training, is deputed for the job. In the meantime, we have Akshay Kumar who comes and goes. Why was a senior, more experienced agent not given the target? Simple. Because this movie was based on Shabana (the Muslim connection was pointless) and the villain had to be tackled by her, isn't it?

A load of local policemen storm the hospital at the end. Who called them and why? It seems that the Indian agent played by Kher called them. But why? No answers to this one.

Stay clear of this boring, pointless film.
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