Tuesday, 24 September 2013
John Day (2013) Movie Review
Rating: 2.5/5 Stars
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda, Vipin Sharma
Direction: Ahishor Solomon
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes
Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Taran Adarsh Site:Bollywood Hungama
JOHN DAY is dark, sinister and edgy. You need to have a strong stomach to absorb the aggression and ghastly sequences that unfurl on screen. Also, the usage of expletives is another characteristic that might make you slightly uncomfortable, although it gels well with Randeep’s character and the temper of the motion picture. JOHN DAY is a forceful and intense film and the director gets it right by casting two intense actors, who add a lot of weight to the goings-on. On the whole, JOHN DAY is a razor-sharp thriller with an engaging screenplay, high-voltage drama and sterling performances as its aces. A film like JOHN DAY is a leap in the right direction. It reinforces your faith and trust in qualitative films and deserves to be supported. Strongly recommended!
Ratings:3/5 Review By: Subhash K Jha (IANS) Site:Deccan Herald
Not for a while have we seen a film so steeped in despair, so swathed in anxiety, so audaciously draped in despair and yet it engages our senses without miring the plot in morbidity. “John Day” brings the indomitable Naseeruddin and the intriguing Randeep for a taut cat-and-mouse chase that stays a step ahead of the audience right till the shattering end-game. For a film about losers “John Day” proves to be a paradoxically profitable movie-viewing experience for the audience.
Ratings:1/5 Review By: Mohar Basu Site:Koimoi
What’s Good: A unique narrative style, thrilling locales and Naseeruddin Shah. What’s Bad: Everything everything else. Watch or Not?: Ahishor Solomon’s John Day is an absolute disaster zone despite a promising style of storytelling. Roughly lifted from the 2002 Spanish flick, La Caja 507, the film is tediously monotonous and so insipid that it will seem like a never ending torture that’s inflicted on you. The thrilling story goes haywire as the screenplay fails to cement its fiber. A few dialogues are aplomb but the frustrating show is so exhausting that you might spare yourself this horror film.
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