Rustom Movie Review

Rating:

(3/5)
Director:

Tinu Suresh Desai
Cast:

Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Arjan Bajwa, Esha Gupta
Banner:

Zee Studio, KriArj Entertainment, Cape Of Good Films
Producer:

Neeraj Pandey, Aruna Bhatia, Nittin Keni, Akash Chawla
Music:

Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly, Raghav Sachar
Release Dt :

Aug, 12 2016

Story

Commander Rustom Pavri's (Akshay Kumar) trial is underway in court. Akshay is a vision in white. A decorated Naval officer, Rustom has the charge of killing Vikram Makhija (Arjan Bajwa), his wife's Cynthia (Ileana D'Cruz) lover on him. Prosecution lawyer Lakshman Khangani (Sachin Khedekar) pulls up Rustom for being in his pristine white uniform all the time. He goes ahead to remind the jury to not be swayed by the uniform, "Uniform ke peechhe chhupa ek criminal hai." Watch the movie to know the rest of the story.

Analysis

Rustom Movie Review

While the first half of the movie is gripping, certain portions of the second half of "Rustom" might shift your eyes to your watch. The narration gets somewhat sloppy at certain points but the director manages to accelerate the pace soon again.

After films like "Baby" and "Airlift," the audience had expected similar, if not more, action and thrill from Akshay in "Rustom." But the latest release does not have many enthralling moments to remember the film by. Also, there are some flaws in the movie that defy logic. One of the scenes shows an antagonist having strong evidence in his hand to put the protagonist behind bars but he merely waits for the police to reach him and collect the proof.

Performance

Akshay has played his part very convincingly. The actor is known for leading a disciplined life and that perhaps makes it easier for him to carry out such roles without much effort. Ileana does not have much to show as an actress in the film except shed tears, and look good. She has managed to do both well. Like the other members of the cast, Esha Gupta too seems to have lived in the skin of her character as the mean and arrogant sister of the murdered friend.