I finished watching this movie just now, and I gotta say that it's overrated. It's good no doubt, but not so so good that every critic should go gaga over it. It is very shocking, builds up suspense till about half-point, and in the end turns into a gore fest. Hollywood is swarming with such slasher gory movies. It may be new to Bollywood, but in no way original.
Another criticism; some critics are calling it a feminist movie, while this movie shows all women to be under men's thumbs be it a brother, father, husband, a fiance, or even a kidnapper. This movie is a bad example of feminism.
Here is a list of some things I didn't like about this movie.
1. The protagonists (the girls) are so stupid that they resemble the characters in a Ramsay film. They had their phones with them for a long time, but never bother calling police, friends or family. One of them even calls her brother, but just makes up some stupid excuse for not returning home in time. It's like she'd rather die than have her brother angry on her . I could give many more examples, but I don't want to spoil.
2. The gore is all mindless. There is no originality to it.
3. The villains are all just villains for no reason at all. I understand that the villains we fear are the ones who are mysterious. But we learn absolutely nothing (almost) about the villains in this movie. Sometimes understanding the villains back-stories' or motivations helps make things more realistic.
4. No major twist. I was hoping some major twist in the end. I even had a couple thought up in my mind. I was hoping the movie would top them, but it disappointed us by just giving a minor twist, which was like meh at that point given that we had seen more shocking things by this point.
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