lethal_smile I love films and I love films from everywhere Korean, Japanese, f French, Iranian as long it's a good film with good story. I am not limited to any genre either. I haven't been a big fan of Bollywood as mainly they are all musical with bad dance choreography, non sense songs and stories are not original. When I went to watch this film I was bit skeptical but after I watched Shoman's Khuda ke liye and wanted to watch Bol in the cinema but shame both were never released anywhere close to where I lived that time. On top, I think cinema tickets are just pricey now, going to cinema paying £10-£11 if you get popcorn and drink it adds up on top of that and if you have some annoying crowd there, some ill mannered teenagers or some bad parents who can't control their kids then your money is wasted and cinema cannot give you comforts of home so I only go to cinema once I am sure it is a great film, not good - Great. This film delivers. I dragged my partner who's non Pakistani with me to watch the film, I would have given this film solid 7-8 for overall - 5/10 for 1st half as it was bit dull and 5-10 minute scene where Ali Azmet is taking a shower was bit ridiculous and I would give 9 /10 for other half. I think major let down was CGI effects, some of them were brilliant some of them weren't at all and funny enough bad ones were small scenes like the scene where people from special forces doing checks on people profile's on their computer, looked bit fake or when Shaan has a nightmare where his wife and kid catches fire, fire looks fake completely. I know we don't have the resources same as Hollywood/Bollywood but if I make a film I know I can't give the quality I wouldn't use it. Other let down was no subtitles, they did not release the film anywhere in subtitles though the most of film was in English but many scenes were in Urdu. I think if you are releasing a film abroad you should release it in subtitles and especially if most of film is in English, did not make much sense to me but despite of all these, it was a brilliant film, making action film is not a walk in the park it's brave taking on a project like that, this also proves you can make a great film without any stupid songs and because it was his Bilal's first film. I have given 9/10.

J B Datta This is the first Paki Movie I have seen, and choose it in view of the controversy for being Anti-Indian and one of the most high budget movies of pak.But in a nutshell, truly disappointed. Have expected a far better movie. Only thing that impressed me was the the fluent and quality accent of English the actors have spoken (80% conversation was in English).Other than that, this movie is full of meaningless bloodshed, Random AK-47 & 56, M-5, Heckler & Koch ... a full showcase of small arms. And oh, you could also see the Apache copters ... But except of that there is no tight story or theme ... not even a big (true) bomb that the terrorists usually use (an usual expectation of a viewer from an Action+Thriller movie based on Terrorism)!! There are so many loose ends that even before the half of the movie, I lost track and the rest half, i just used Ctrl+(>) on VLC. In fact there is no thrill at all even could be expected from a class C thriller movie.A small piece of advise to the director, please spend a few bucks on research about the theme along with your 200 Crore at the main budget, at least get into the fact that modern explosives are not made by "mixing" two types of "liquid" which can be stored in cheap plastic drums. TNT and Nitro Glycerine (which are liquid, but I don't know of any variant of "mixing" them) are very old comparing to modern plastic explosives and most importantly, terrorists do not use those. And of course, the "chemical bomb" was really funny, bubbling violet liquid (water)in a glass jar + a laptop (not even a tab or smart phone !!!) which is "sealed" with duct tapes !!! C'on ......

Ben Castle The basic idea had potential but was executed in an unsophisticated manner. it was a lost opportunity to expose the social and political complexities of war on terrorism in Pakistan. Instead the movie took an easy road and packed the entire runtime of 130 minutes with all sorts of clichés. The superficial character development in the movie is painful to watch. Even more painful is the childish interactions between the characters. For example, the so-called accomplished secret service agent Javeria has no problem acting in a silly girls- hate- boys manner when Mujtaba is brought on aboard. Then in another scene she abruptly (but predictably) develops a crush on him. She starts asking him personal questions and acting as he is an old pal saying "I am there for you if you want to talk."More importantly, the movie evades bringing any depth to the main subject of terrorism. It tackles the grave problem Pakistan faces in a feel-good, black-and-white manner. To make matters worse, the storyline lacks any specificity or technical depth. It appears that instead of doing any serious research, the writer sufficed to use details in a newspaper, about some key incidents, as his main storyline. There is no sophistication, complexity or specificity about any aspect of the movie whatsoever. In fact, the movie is full of illogical events and actions. A spy who kills anything that crosses his path instead of keeping a low profile, a chemical bomb that can destroy an area of 10 km, moula- jut style dialogues during deadly confrontations, a loud cheesy patriotic sermon during a covert operation at night and a dam that is built within few months (puff …just like that, out of one's left foot.) My husband said "it sounds like a communist propaganda movie. Even enemies are speaking highly of Pakistan." He also could not understand that in various scenes if someone would take a gun away from his opponent, why then he would place the gun on the table for easy grabs. In short the movie uses cheap sentimentalism to make big bucks. The movie is a big glob of cheese with no artistic or technical depth.See my detailed analysis here: https://eyeofgaia.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/waar-uqal-per-meri/

Dave Kimber Let me start by saying this why do people keep bringing this up 'best Pakistani film' etc? Waar puts many Hollywood films to shame specially the junk that has been produced over there in recent times. How on earth can someone in the right state of mind can even begin to compare this masterpiece to other mega-productions that massively fail to impress & lack the essence of film making.Don't get me wrong there are obviously some really good Hollywood productions that I can watch over & over again & waar goes right up there in my top 10 best movies of all time list, which is quite a statement. I have seen them all from sin city to sexy beast, from 300 to shawshank redemption as well as the original old boy. This stunner & absolutely quality production deserves a place right up there with the well deserving titles.Well done to all that were involved in the making of this masterpiece, incredible & breath-taking film making at its best! Learn from it this is how movies are made. A well deserving 10/10!! If you haven't seen this masterpiece yet do yourself a favour stop what you are doing & watch it, even if you have to watch it on a DVD, Enjoy!