John Abraham has always had limitations more than virtues but at least a few scenes where he makes an impact would have sufficed. While it has good supporting actors, the main actors can't hold a single scene together.
After watching that I knew my brain isn't in for any kind of treat.
There is a ludicrous montage of him getting his gym training inside the prison. After going to jail, he turns over a new leaf of being a full-on badass. He wants to be a good boy but gets tangled up in dirty business because of his brother. John Abraham plays Manya Surve, the college student turned body-builder turned gangster. It proudly says, "Be Indian, abuse Indian". After a point the dialogue-baazi takes refuge in abusing for no reason. There is brazen dialogue-baazi and when it is delivered by seasoned actors like Anil Kapoor and Manoj Bajpayee, it is genuinely funny. Surprisingly, Shootout at Wadala is engaging in parts. Inject high amounts of testosterone and add 3 item songs and you have a hit. On paper, this is a formula that should succeed commercially. A perfunctory mix of the punches from Dabangg (2010) with the verve of Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai (2010). Shootout At Wadala is a gangster film that borrows from many gangster films and adds Bollywood masala to it. Review Shootout at Wadala & earn 20 DM Points.* Review Submit