 "Crakk movie review: Vidyut Jammwal-Arjun Rampal starrer sports-actioner fails to give adrenaline rush")
Star Cast: Vidyut Jammwal, Arjun Rampal, Nora Fatehi, Amy Jackson, Ankit Mohan, Bijay Anand
Director: Aditya Datt
Language: Hindi
After Commando 3, Vidyut Jammwal and director Aditya Datt reunite for Crakk, which is billed as the first-ever extreme sports action film in India. While the trailer and promotional elements have created excitement among the audience, especially among Jammwalians, does it stand on that? Let’s find out…
The opening sequence of _Crakk_ starts with a deadly stunt performance by Siddhu (Vidyut Jammwal) at Dadar station, Mumbai, where he is doing extreme things on a local train. Later, his dad, who is a former athlete, warns him that this path will take him to death and suggests him to focus on his game since he is a sportsman.
However, Siddhu bluntly says there is no money in any sports in India except for one or two. His frustrated father takes him to a cupboard and tells him to take a bag of money, which they got after Siddhu’s brother (Nihal) earned in his participation in an extreme sports competition (called Maidaan) but died in the final race.
Like Nihal, Siddhu also wants to go to Maidaan and finally get an offer. So, Maidaan is an underground survival sports competition, which is run by Dev (Arjun Rampal) and he selects players from across the globe by seeing their stunt videos, which are uploaded by them.
While Siddhu instantly becomes a crowd favourite with his stunts and agility, he discovers some dark secrets about Maidaan and also comes to know that Nihal was murdered and didn’t die while performing a stunt. So, will Siddhu find out the murderer and take revenge? Will he win the showdown at Maidaan? For that, you need to watch Crakk on the silver screen.
Undoubtedly, some action sequences are amazing but conceptually it remind you of Luck (which was inspired by The Condemned) along with Squid Games. In fact, with a runtime of around 2 hours and 35 minutes, the action sequences look exhausting.
Aditya Datt fails to weave the action sequences and storyline together to make a gripping narration. Talking about the technical aspects, apart from action choreography, DoP Mark Hamilton deserves appreciation for superlatively capturing some breathtaking stunts.
Vidyut Jammwal is unbeatable in action sequences and no one can argue about that but when it comes to emotional scenes, the actor literally needs to work a lot. Arjun Rampal as Dev is menacing and performs to the T. Nora Fatehi and Amy Jackson look totally misfits for their characters. Ankit Mohan as Nihal is loveable and his bromance with Vidyut brings out some sweet moments.
On the whole, Crakk is high on action and stunts but lacks the thrill and several times tests your patience.
Rating: 2.5 (out of 5 stars)
Crakk is playing in cinemas
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