Wazir Movie Reviews
Feature Film | 2016 | Action, Drama, Suspense, Thriller
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Review by: Shishir Gautam - NOWRUNNING
Review by: Manisha Lakhe - NOWRUNNING
Wazir surprises us with a brilliant beginning and Amitabh Bachchan emoting with just his face and Farhan's seething passions are near short of a miracle, you think. And then with the second half of tiresome explanations and almost laughable action sequences, the film simply freefalls into tediousness.
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Review by: Saibal Chatterjee - NDTV.com
Despite classy cinematography (DOP: Sanu John Varughese), a few moments of pure inspiration crafted by the lead actors and some effective punchlines (dialogue: Abhijit Deshpande and Gazal Dhaliwal), Wazir comes nowhere near checkmating the audience. It has its share of twists and turns, but barring the final gambit that spins the tale on its head, none of it is particularly startling.
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Review by: Shweta Kaushal - Hindustan Times
Apart from the smart storyline, powerful performances are the backbone of Wazir. The film’s most interesting part lies in the fact that it is a revenge drama but the protagonists are not angry. Despite the smaller flaws and the slightly botched up ending, the film is definitely worth a watch.
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Review by: Raja Sen - rediff.com
Bejoy Nambiar's Wazir based on a script by producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, stacks the pieces interestingly enough to begin with. It has competent moments, but is too generic to be memorable, and that's a shame for it could so easily have been a winner. As it stands, Wazir is the one thing a chess player can never afford to be: Obvious.
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Review by: Shubra Gupta - The Indian Express
There’s enough to watch in ‘Wazir’ despite its flaws. It reaffirms something we’ve always known: that there’s nothing to beat a plot-driven film. That the supreme importance in a thriller is to keep it going. And that strong performances are the pivot of any film: watching Akhtar and Bachchan joust and manoeuver around each other is this film’s high point.
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Review by: Suprateek Chatterjee - The Huffington Post
Review by: Rajeev Masand - IBN Live
Review by: Tanul Thakur - Firstpost
The main problem with Wazir is not that it’s silly but that it tries too hard to be profound. However, it can’t be denied that there was a promising story buried deep within this mess: two men, deeply scared by the loss of their children, trying to find solace in a friendship where one tries to find closure for the other.But Wazir’s so unreal, so dumbed down, so predictable that there’s nothing redeemable about it.
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