{"id":2726,"date":"2016-04-07T18:57:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2016-04-07T18:57:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:27:01","slug":"race-3-movie-review-salman-khan-abbas-mastan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=2726","title":{"rendered":"Race 3: Iss Bewakoofi Ka Koi Ilaaj Nahin Hai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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n one of the multiple climaxes of <\/span>Race 2<\/span><\/i> \u2014 widely hailed as Abbas Mastan\u2019s trashiest creation yet \u2014 <\/span>Saif Ali Khan<\/span><\/a> and Deepika Padukone conspire to gift a royal middle finger to science. In the scene, they escape<\/span> a burning plane<\/span><\/a> that is mid-air in a flamboyant sports car. The plane explodes seconds after they zoom their way out, and crashes. Our gravity-defying leads on the other hand, sail mid-air for a while, before four parachutes pop out of their car\u2019s four sides to help them find their way to the ground. <\/span>\n\nThis scene\u2019s casual dismissal of aerodynamics neatly summarises the ironic cult appeal of the <\/span>Race <\/span><\/i>franchise. It\u2019s so illogical and trashy, but also so sleek, that you hate yourself for enjoying it. In fact, over the last 10 years, <\/span>Bollywood<\/span><\/a> has hardly come close to producing a guilty pleasure as consistently satisfying and incessantly dramatic as the <\/span>Race<\/span><\/i> franchise. Irrespective of how much torture it caused to the very concept of filmmaking, one thing was for sure: It guaranteed endless fun, and astounding twists and turns. The third installment of the franchise, Remo D\u2019Souza\u2019s <\/span>Race 3<\/span><\/i> (or as a wise person aptly put it, <\/span>\u201cSalman Rojgar Yojana\u201d<\/span><\/a>), mercilessly undoes this in one second. \u00a0<\/span>\n\nInstead of an airplane-sports car foreplay, we get Batman Bhai. One of the biggest draws of this unpardonable film is that the director of <\/span>A Flying Jatt<\/span><\/i> tries making <\/span>Salman Khan <\/span><\/a>fly. Khan distrusts public transport so much (for obvious reasons) that in one of the film\u2019s multiple climaxes, its leads, Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez, comfortably fly over the blue waters of Cambodia after leaping off a cliff, as if it’s their morning cardio. It\u2019s another thing that Khan looks like an overripe pumpkin while doing so. He also doesn\u2019t dance in <\/span>Race 3 <\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 \u00a0he writhes in pain. <\/span>\n\nNaturally, the makers of <\/span>Race 3<\/span><\/i> exploit some fascinating techniques to ensure they don\u2019t have to worry about the plot: They make Salman shoot people as if they\u2019re blackbucks. They make Saqib address everyone as \u201cBro\u201d (yes, even the air). They have Daisy slit her bodycon dress to ensure mobility amid a violent action scene. They make Jacqueline a government agent (This joke writes itself). They milk the film\u2019s autotuned <\/span>soundtrack <\/span><\/a>which is a surgical strike on sensible lyrics (Even though the music is composed by eight people and at least nine are credited for lyrics. A sample: \u201cIk baar baby selfish hoke apne liye jeeyo na\u201d) after every five minutes. They also get Bobby to take his shirt off (Though this kinda works). <\/span>\n\n

The Race<\/em> franchise is so illogical and trashy, but also so sleek, that you hate yourself for enjoying it. Except Salman Khan’s Race 3<\/em> undoes all of that.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nR<\/span>ace 3<\/span><\/i> swaps Nawab Khan for Blackbuck Khan and makes the grave mistake of thinking it is a film. \u00a0It\u2019s not. It\u2019s a collection of cringe-inducing and needlessly stretched music videos. As a result, the leads of the film don\u2019t act; they dutifully execute their duties as talking bots. Anil Kapoor exists in the film to prove that he can do an inappropriate Ravi Kishan better than Ravi Kishan. <\/span>Bobby Deol<\/span><\/a> is introduced as \u201cloyal and lovable but extremely lethal\u201d, which is how one should describe a mad cow, not a person. Jacqueline is the film\u2019s token misogyny baiter, which she promptly laughs off as emotional foreplay. Daisy Shah\u2019s introduction scene comes with an apt disclaimer, \u201cIska passion hai extreme sports\u201d, which evidently include acting in a film without knowing how to act. And, Saqib Saleem overacts like someone who has been disowned even by the <\/span>Lokhandwala Strugglers <\/span><\/a>Association.<\/span>\n\nSalman Khan (with the most inexpressive face even among this cast) is however the only one who uses <\/span>Race 3\u2019<\/span><\/i>s 160 minutes wisely. The movie proves one all-important point to the Indian courts: Bhai is indestructible. And to be fair,<\/span> Race 3<\/span><\/i> does succeed in emphasising on noble Bhai\u2019s immortality. Khan survives umpteen attempts at his life, that include a blast, a car crash, imprisonment, Daisy Shah\u2019s <\/span>accent<\/span><\/a>, and a shirtless wrestling match with Dhai kilo ka Deol. (Making you miss the other suave and amoral Saif Ali Khan). It\u2019s impossible to not see this as Salman trying to prove a point to the Indian judiciary: Just like in the film, no matter how many times they try to convict him, he will end up getting away scot-free. Infact, they\u2019re wasting their luck trying to hold him accountable for he is beyond plebeian judgement. His business is his business, none of our business.<\/span>\n\nIn the end, <\/span>Race 3<\/span><\/i> is so excruciatingly brainless that it makes <\/span>Baaghi 2<\/span><\/i> <\/a>look like a cinematic accomplishment. If you look closely, you can even see Khan\u2019s biceps and CGI-abs look away disinterested in the bore-fest. The only way one can describe <\/span>Race 3 <\/span><\/i>is with this line echoed by Salman in the film, \u201cBewakoofi ka koi ilaaj nahi\u201d.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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