silvan-desouza Abbas Mustan after spate of bad films like 36 China Town and Naqaab came with another suspense thriller, this isn't as bad but here they try hard to get any twist possible in the film, not caring whether it makes sense or not. A remake of GOODBYE LOVER The film starts off with a boring voicover by Anil Kapoor explaining all characters, All looking straight out of a fashion ramp show, The comic scenes are too silly and corny but the twist does come well, The turn of events are well handled, till interval though it can be easily predicted Anil's entry is good but his character is too stupid. Its like a take off on Karamchand but too cheesy. The twists are too many and try too hard to be smart but end up confusing things.Saif's re-entry is done with pathetic SFX, even the car chase in the end seems digitally enhanced and tries too hardDirection by AM is good but overtwisting things do harm Music by Pritam is good, Pehli Nazar is superb, Allah Duhai is good but seems added at the wrong timeSaif Ali Khan looks stylish and lends his role great maturity Akshaye Khanna hams it up initially but does a superb villain role yet again after Humraaz Bipasha Basu is good, Katrina Kaif annoys thanks to her plastic expressions and her hideous dubbing by someone else Anil Kapoor is funny in his stupid role, Sameera Reddy irritates Johny Lever has one scene and hardly evokes laughter, Dalip Tahil has a small role and is okay rest are okay

elshikh4 Yes, the Indian cinema is in a silly stalemate whereas they produce now 1000 movies per year (try to believe it!). And in general they're commercial, largely plagiarist, fares where you'll find at best nothing but hot colors, good action, rampant dances, scent of sexuality and fast songs (mostly copied too!). But sometimes that manages to entertain highly; just like this time.First of all I'm amazed, because it's rare time (let's be honest; it's the only time yet) which I found an Indian remake that surpassed its original. Here (Race), if only you disentangled it from its unnecessary 123 songs and numbers, you'd have a better movie than the American source (Goodbye Lover) 10 years earlier, which was fine movie but not that fine to tell you the truth, in particular when you watch the remake first.(Race) deserves the status it achieved as super hit. However the truly wicked directing wasn't enough to make this movie what it is, because the main power is in the script which proved itself thoroughly this time to a dazzling extent even for the Americans. It was too creative while dealing with the material of (Goodbye Lover) ; doing - in noticeable talent - nothing any easy lazy remake would do, remaking its original in more original way! Starting with the title: (Race) isn't absolutely for granted. It's a complete race over money, sex, and your attention so your amusement as well. Moreover, the job of the 2 brothers in the first movie was at the field of propaganda and burnishing the public figures (namely the art of burying the truths as that movie's winners themselves would do lastly). But here they simply own a stud farm 'Stallions' local biggies at the turf club in Durban; which materialized cleverly the meaning of racing dramatically before visually.It's clear that the 2000s is the golden age of the "twists" on the screen (big or small). Watch (Basic) or "Alias" to catch on that plainly. And how this Indian movie understood that uniquely. It took the twists this time to the next level, making it from a Noir, cornering avidity and the death of love in the world of today, to a colorful comedy - not even that black by the way - about money as the only ruler and the master target, striking so smartly the right note of living mistrust as the ultimate fate.Regard also the coup de maitre of transforming the character of the melancholically cynical deeply materialistic investigator (my personal worst liked Ellen DeGeneres from the American movie) into more liberal, indifferent and appealing (Anil Kapoor) remaking him as vicious "Magnum". Not to mention of course the changing of the idiot partner/policeman into a sexy young girl too; to be both kind of dirty version of The Big Easy's couple!Actually that harmonized with the fact of the whole thing as an exposed varicolored show to ridicule and to entertain, with all mean, vile and excellently swindler characters, using obvious jesting ; the non-stop twists and the lovely musical finale which was close to a theatrical end to expose the game of acting, delivering eventually pure entertainment with never passing satire about the modern-day human and their endless crazy greed. Saving the best for the last, look how the Indian movie makers finish their movie with a car chase (memorably brilliant to say the least). It's a lesson was learned by Hollywood however Bollywood here is relearning its masters indeed.The Alas goes to : The Indians don't give the original makers (of movies AND songs they remake) any due credits. The many many strangely put songs, the hyped dances, and seeing the male leads suddenly shirtless in explicit MTV video clips ! Although (Saif Ali Khan) and (Akshaye Khanna) are supposedly the leads but they both looked clueless, stray and didn't stand comparison with (Anil Kapoor) with the great job he did. And the fact that (Mallika Sherawat) was first offered the role of (Mini) but she didn't do it (Just DAMN !).

Avinash Patalay I became a huge fan of Abbas-Mustaan after watching Khiladi. And the fan'ism ended there. With Race, they are back on my admiration list.Observations::• Bollywood is no short of talent and can make an stylish action/thriller with equal aplomb on par with Hollywood. • Twists and turns (serpentine, a new term) is fantastic. And nobody except A-M can do it better. • All the ingredients are in adequate proportions. • Action sequences deserve a special mention. So does the music and choreography • Breathtaking visuals. Cinematography should be applauded. • Performances are perfect to the "T". • Anil Kapoor shows his passion to don various hats. And plays the modern version of "Karamchand" well.• Katrina is getting better with each passing movie. Bipasha needs no special mention - she is good always.• Saif:: He reprises the "Eklavya" performance. Introvert and calm.• Akshaye:: Back in the "Humraaz" suit.• The slick editing ensures that the audience is kept captivated and leaves no room to find flaws. • The final race sequence is nothing short of MI-II in comparison. Bravo!!! ***Roll on "The Italian Job" Abbas-Mustaan..... only you can do it!!

Murli I won't add a synopsis of the movie as by now it should be obvious from reading the other reviews what this so called movie is all about.It seems that Abbas-Mustan have still not woken up from the 80s where over the top action sequences and inappropriately placed songs ruled the screen. Fast forward 20 years later and the audience is given the same formula which is glossed up using modern technology.If the votes went into negative numbers I'd give this a minus 5. As a story it didn't start off too badly and up until the first plot twist it was looking rather nice. But everything fell apart after that and things went downhill with each new plot twist. I didn't know whether to laugh or yell out numerous expletives- the movie was that maddening.There is only one saving grace of the movie- the humour offered by Anil Kapoor and Johny Lever (which is why I gave this a 2 out of 10). Saif was decent, Akshaye went over the top at times, Bipasha looked intoxicating, Katrina's voice was dubbed as usual so all she provided was eye candy and Sameera's presence was utterly pointless. The action was downright idiotic and no worth watching at all which meant that the movie could shortened by a good 25 mins. The timing of the songs was stupid and at least 2 could have been cut down. The plot twists are so dumb and run like a TV soap opera which means switch off your brains or have a gun ready to shoot yourself once you've figured everything out...All in all a pointless, useless movie.If anyone goes regularly to India FM to get their reviews please take the review of Race with a HUGE grain of salt. The reviewer (who also reviews all the movies) is the biggest idiot ever who can't tell the difference between his left and right hand. Somehow he manages to provide a gushing review of a movie that must have been different to what the rest of us watched. His reviews are downright biased towards the big so called actors and directors.