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Undescribable Perfection

Truly Dreadful Film

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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

At the start, it was a little slow to pick up but once all five main characters have been established, then the true action begins. A prominent business man in Mumbai is murdered, and his son puts together a team of heroes to help bring his father's killer to justice. That would be the best way to summarise it. But I will go further in the next paragraphs because I loved this film so much. Basically, the story is about NRI Karan Shah who returns home to India when he is summoned that his father has been receiving death threats due to an extortion that he (the father) refuses to cave in to. When KS reaches India, instead of adhering to his sister's pleas to send the money to the underworld lord who has been bothering them, he advices his father to stick to his guns and not cave in to the madness. In the process, the father is killed and the sister alienates herself from the brother. The brother then takes the task upon himself to seek revenge for his father's death, in the process he meets a plucky reporter played by Amisha Patel, who instantly is smitten with him but to whom he does not return her affections. He reluctantly allows her to tang along on the journey to Switzerland which along the way he also recruits Arjun Rampal's character, a former police officer who is also a widower with a little daughter at home. Rampal's characters leads the assembling team to John Abraham's character, who is a career criminal and former henchman for Baba Sikander (the underworld lord). Currently doing time behind bars, they help him escape from prison and he leads them to Lara Dutta's character, whom he tells them is Baba's the underworld lord girlfriend. The team of five unlikely heroes is then assembled and the plot thickens as Baba leads them on a wild goose chase through Europe. The truth about Lara Dutta's character is soon revealed and the team wonder if they can ever trust Abraham again. This film reminded me very much about Khakee but with a different spin on the idea of extraditing a criminal from point A to point B. The grail here is not so holy, in fact, the grail here is not holy at all. The character introductions were excellent, I really enjoyed the way they slowly panned that out and the way one character always led to another. One scene that really stuck out to me was the one in which the director capture's Arjun's powerful rage when he attacks Baba Sikander's underworld henchmen following the death of his wife. The action scenes in the rain (at the French border) were also awesome! especially John Abraham's umbrella stunts. Amisha Patel plays her reporter babe with decent fervour. She is feisty, this woman! :) And Lara Dutta captures sexy like you've never seen before! But as much as I loved this film, there were a few problems that I had with it, and they are as follows: 1.] What kind of tight security allows for an assassin hiding in an elevator shaft to go undetected? 2.] The character Arjun is a former police inspector who lost both his job and wife yet he can still afford to live in a swanky hill top retreat-like home? 3.] Nurses in the ICU bring Arjun's newborn baby out into the hospital's reception where Arjun is waiting. A newborn baby? weren't they worried about the baby catching anything or being exposed and stuff? I dunno, but it didn't look right to me. 4.] If Baba Sikander was so powerful, then why didn't he order a hit on Karan Shah when he was threatened? 5.] The blatant disregard for the dead. {see John Abraham's jail breakout scene} 6.] Abhimanu (John Abraham) is given a fake name which he never bothers to use during the course of the film. That said, how many films can you find so many problems with and yet still love it? Elaan totally rocked. Maybe it was the double-dose of eye-candy they gave use by casting John Abraham and Arjun Rampal, I dunno but whatever they did, I liked it. :) I also liked and picked up on the love triangle that many people may miss or may have missed watching the film. Amisha Patel's character is in love with Karan Shah, but every time she made a move, KS would rebuff her. Arjun picked up on this and started showing her affection. If you missed this the first time, go back and watch it and you will see. I feel the the love triangle is the reason for the Arjun shocker twist! One angle of the triangle always has to yield to the most dominant and in the end only two can be equal.

Fortunately, I haven't seen any of the other movies that many reviewers state have had bits copied from them in Elaan. So, I didn't think this was a bad film. The multiple location approach made for great scenery (although I had to laugh when they gave the impression that Venice and the Swiss Alps are around the corner from each other) and gave a bit of a 007 air to the story.What drew me to the movie was the cast. I hadn't seen much of their earlier work, so this was a good chance to see what they could do. Rahul Khanna holds his own as does Arjun Rampal, so hopefully this will lead to more films for both of them. Amisha Patel and Lara Dutta are good enough. It's not their faults if some of their dialog is lame. John Abraham is good at being angry, fighting, and looking sexy in songs, but other than that, he's not believable. Even his voice seemed monotone at times as if he was just reading the lines in the playback. It's really Mithun Chakraborthy who is the star of this film. He nailed his role as the bad guy by showing that fear can be generated without shouting at people all the time. I really believed his character's evil mind. Thank goodness they didn't make him sing and dance...

Can't understand why the film makers chose this movie for Mithun's comeback and then give him nothing to do. Not one worthy scene or dialog for him. The action sequences are good. John Abraham as the 'Tapori' should know that he is not Amir Khan in Rangeela - please stick to what you are capable of doing - showing off your torso and bashing people. Not much can be said about Arjun Rampal's performance and Rahul Khanna should stick to cross-over films - he has no commercial cinema presence at all. Girls (Amisha and Lara) does anyone tell you'll the story before you accept the film or do you just go for the shoot??

I have to say that no doubt Elaan has to be one of India's No.1 all-time action movie. The casting is absolutely spot-on. Mithun makes a superb villain, it was great to see him back after such a long time. The five heroes were brilliant. I can't even make up my mind to choose who is the star of the movie.I loved all of the phone conversations between, Rahul Khanna and Mithun, especially when Rahul Khanna made his Elaan to Mithun. In some scenes John Abraham is absolutely hilarious and in other scenes he is the main action stunt-man. The stunts that he does in the end battle are mind-blowing. What can you say about Arjun Rampal, you could just say that, without him, the mission wouldn't have even got off to a start. The scene, where all 5 of the heroes are trapped in Mithun's house, would have to be one of the best scenes, in the movie. It's all because of Arjun, that they manage to escape. The way he just dives out of the window, with guns blazing, was fascinating. Although me, personally, I thought that he was insane to jump out like that and take on Mithun's men, while the others were in the house. I started cheering when he jumped out, because I thought it was all over, when they were all surrounded in the house. Critics also have said that it was ridiculous, the way Mithun lets them go away, when he had an easy chance to kill the heroes. The fact is that they didn't just walk away, Arjun Rampal did all of the hard work and fought off most of Mithun's men. You can ask the same question, with just about every other movie. Like for example – In Sholay, why didn't Gabar Singh just kill Thakur, when he had the easiest chance to kill him (Sanjeev Kumar a.k.a Thakur was tied up) There have been so many movies where similar situations have occurred and the critics haven't said anything then, so what's the point of criticising a superb movie like Elaan, now.I don't know what the critics, are talking about. They absolutely ruined the movie, with their comments. They even said that the girls, were forced into the movie and had nothing to do with the movie. Lara Dutta was glamorous in the movie. You can understand why she joins the battle against Mithun. She loves John Abraham and wants to stand by him, no matter what. How many other movies are there where women do the same for the person that they love and the movies have been hits.I admit that Amisha Patel might have been forced into the movie, but there are certain major scenes, which couldn't have been done without her. E.g. when they try to track Mithun's location via mobile phone and satellite and at the end when the french police turn up, it's all because of Amisha Patel.Overall I would have to say that I have seen Elaan for the fifth time inside a week. I don't know what the critics problems are. Sometimes I think that they are watching one movie and writing reviews about another. It's because of these critics that Elaan, has been reviewed as average. This isn't the first time that this has happened. There are other great movies that have been publicly ruined, because of negative reviews. To me Elaan is a blockbuster smash hit. I can't wait for the DVD release of the movie.I hope that this review will help other people, who are interested in watching this movie. My advice is "IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ELAAN, WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE DOING? ARE YOU INSANE? GET ON TO THE ROLLERCOSTER, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED"