Kabir Khan delivers a yet another winner with 'Phantom'. An engrossing, action-thriller, that also…  

Kabir Khan delivers a yet another winner with 'Phantom'. An engrossing, action-thriller, that also has a patriotic touch to it. Though not without its flaws, 'Phantom' still packs a punch! 'Phantom' Synopsis: A disgraced Indian soldier carries out a series of assassinations (the evil heads behind the 26/11 terror attacks) in the hope of restoring his honor. 'Phantom' is an action-packed tale, with a patriotic punch to it. This is a story you indeed wish was true, as justice to served to those who caused a havoc. Khan successfully begins the film  

Saw the phantom but it was nothing but waste of my 136 minutes of life. Director of movie Kabir…  

Saw the phantom but it was nothing but waste of my 136 minutes of life. Director of movie Kabir khan has done nothing but tried to sell a master peace of hatred in exchange of cinema ticket. Director has given aggressive role to Katrina Kaif with same soft and gentle tone and body language, it's totally matchless. Business of last hits like PK and Bajrangi Bhaijan shows that Bollywood audience like the movies that contain message of love among Pakistan and India not hatred. I think that director of Phantom should not spoil his image by making such movies like this one. Its good to use the nationalism in movies but one thing must be kept in mind that it's message should not be misleading. So here I conclude that Phantom will not be a big hit...  

The movie made me write my first review ,After debacles such as Humshakals and Happy Ending last…  

The movie made me write my first review ,After debacles such as Humshakals and Happy Ending last year, it's possible Saif Ali Khan will now have a box-office hit with Thursday's release, Phantom. Kabir Khan, who is riding high on the success of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, comes up with another India-Pakistan story. Phantom was banned in Pakistan earlier this month. As far as the film — loosely based on the book Mumbai Avengers by Hussain Zaidi — is concerned, it has tried to balance the point of view of both countries concerning the Mumbai attacks in 2008. However, this being fiction based on facts, there has to be a winner in the battle at the end. Phantom refers to a Rambo-style operation conceived by the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the primary foreign intelligence agency in India, which is struggling to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice but without being blamed for it. For this reason Daniyal Shaikh (Khan), a reclusive dishonoured Indian army man is recruited. Abandoned by his parents, and not just by friends and the army, Shaikh wants to simply stop existing. But when the opportunity to "redeem" himself comes along in the form of Phantom, he accepts it. What follows is intriguing political plotting from both sides of the border that concludes with a thrilling end. Aarif Shaikh and Aditya Banerjee's tight editing of Zaidi's script keeps the film fast paced. Even though it slows slightly after the interval, it picks up pace in the last quarter of the film. Yes, some may argue that due to its extensive international shoot, the film was "just a holiday for the cast and crew", but the events depicted in the film force that. Terrorists wouldn't all be in the same place at the same time. Khan works well as the spy-assassin. Yes, he maintains a poker face but, as Katrina Kaif's character Nawaz Mistry in the film says, "information in this business comes at a price". There are moments when you can see the worry on his face over whether his mission will succeed and whether he can redeem himself. Kaif suits her part as a wing woman helping Shaikh in his mission, even though at times she's just the pretty face with a fashionably dishevelled look. But if Bryce Dallas Howard running from dinosaurs in high heels in the grass didn't stop Jurassic World from being one of the biggest films of the year, I guess we can allow our Kaif to dodge bullets with her gorgeous hair flying all over the place. Even though the protagonists fall in love, the good thing about the film is that it avoids degenerating into a romance with unnecessary displays of love and meaningless songs — though Arijit Singh's Saware at the end of the film is a good listen. Even the one wedding song was made an essential part of the mission. The action and thrills stay right through to the end  

God this movie was AWFUL. Pathetic attempt by Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif. DO NOT WASTE YOUR…  

God this movie was AWFUL. Pathetic attempt by Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS. It is people like Saif Ali Khan and the creators of such horrible films, that spread hate between the people of India and Pakistan. Saif Ali Khan was not suitable for the role of an ex army officer and he sucks at action films. More so, Katrina's Kaif was not suitable for the role and should stick to doing romantic comedies. The directors of this movie are unbelievably ignorant and have no idea about the political scenario in Pakistan. Seems like they created this movie so they could cash the hate that some Indians have for Pakistanis. All in all, it was a HORRIBLE movie and would not recommend AT ALL.  

There have been a couple of films made on the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, but Phantom…  

There have been a couple of films made on the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, but Phantom is by far the most superior, and the one film you wish were true. Phantom however is very similar to films like Baby or even D-Day, however the concept here is little more far fetched. However what you see on the screen is very attention grabbing from the first frame, the film is racy, not a single moment is slow or bores. One gets a sense of patriotism while watching the film, you feel like clapping at the anti-climax scene. Action wise the film has some very good raw, and slick action, some scenes leave you stunned, and the films location are top notch. The films production values are great also. Story wise the film is about the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks, it has been 8 years and India has done nothing to apprehend the accused.This is when a terrorist coming from Nepal gets captured by the Indian army and confesses to them that maybe a another attack might happen in India by Laskhar. This is when Raw decides to send one man too eliminate all they main people who were responsible for 26/11. They do so, so they can send a message that they are not scared, and that so Laskhar will think twice before sending other attackers in India. Raw takes on this mission even though Indian government said no to the mission, it happens off the record.The man they send is Danyial Khan a person who was wrongly kicked out of the army, he does the missions to get his pride and respect back. Is he successful in going across the world killing many people, to bring India justice is what forms the rest of the plot. Acting wise Saif Ali Khan is surprisingly refreshing in a action packed Rambo role, he is one man army, and does great.Katrina Kaif gets a meaty role, gets to do action and does good justice to her role. Other than the leads its Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub who stands out, he is superb. Dir Kabir Khan has become a brand like Raju Hirani, and with Phantom after just 7 weeks of the release of the all time blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan he delivers another superb film in Phantom. Phantom is a gritty, raw action thriller, and it works on almost all accords. A special mention to some of the goose bump worthy dialogues. However when compared to similar film like Baby its far more unrealistic and far fetched. However other than the stretched weak ending and that there have been similar films made already like Phantom the film has no other minuses,its a taut insightful entertaining film. Overall I would like to state that Phantom is not a anti-Pakistan film its a anti terrorism film. Its a film all indians should watch because you will be entertained, and you feel patriotic. One leaves the theatre thinking and wishing that if only this film was true because,India just wants justice. 3.5/5* or 7/10  

This movie is not only biased and not based on facts but it is also just plain boring ! They should…  

This movie is not only biased and not based on facts but it is also just plain boring ! They should not make movies like that without researching on all the facts and without showing alternative perspectives. This movie simply promotes hatred between the citizens of two countries who work and live together peacefully in countries like USA, UK and Canada ! The plot is not very catchy either. It is a copy of several other movies made in the past. songs are not good either and the story is kind of boring and monotonous.  

For a film that promotes itself using a tag-line that goes "a story you wish were true," one can…  

For a film that promotes itself using a tag-line that goes "a story you wish were true," one can easily guess the amount of twaddle it's gonna throw at you. And no wonder, Kabir Khan's latest attempt at an action feature is as repugnant as vomit of a jaundice patient. You have a tainted army-man (Khan) who is sent on a suicide mission as a retaliation for the disastrous 26/11 attack on Mumbai by a bunch of sorry ass defense ministry babus who in the first place got the idea of counter attack while they were taking forty winks. Without any prologue the next thing you witness is Khan sporting an elegantly trimmed beard and reconnoitering a London stadium with the help of a beautiful informer (Kaif) who is immodestly named Nawaz. That Nawaz is a security consultant and goes on to assist her future husband in his mission where its all guns and bullets and gore is as appealing as Kaif's helpless Hindi. Khan is a mono-acting doll in the film who uses his haunch to fight his enemies, kill his enemies, and maybe even make love to his enemies. As far as the pompous writing is considered, one wouldn't find that inexplicable. Kaif is svelte in her avatar but all she does is blurt out her accented speech and jump out of her bed to shout at her co- actors. Where else would you see the protagonists debating about their actions just as they walk out after murdering a high-profile terrorist leader in London by blowing him up in his own apartment? A car hits here, a bullet hits there and all's still well at the end. Lousy characters, lousy writing, lousy dialogs, lousy direction, lousy photography, and so many other lousy factors that even the word "lousy" loses its literal sense's sheen. As a whole, the film is nowhere near the book it is based on, and trust me the book is pure disaster. BOTTOM LINE: Phantom is a messy depiction of an implausible revenge cause that looks pretty on foreword, average on paper, and horrific on reel. Avoid. GRADE: F 

Main drawback of this flick is you never get involved in the drama. Every thing happens for the…  

Main drawback of this flick is you never get involved in the drama. Every thing happens for the sake of happening. Promo clear cut reflects about the story line. So it was clear from beginning. Screenplay does not offer any interesting scene. When ever they felt difficult to come up to any challenging scenes or twist or felt movie dragging significantly they conveniently stuff it with bullets and blast. Dialogues are just conversation. Starting few minutes, dialogues are confusing too. Scene is serious but dialogues add a pinch of humor too like "Tumhare Beewi, Bachchoon, family....and culminate with Kutton Ke Bhi Kaan Me Yahan Kaha Ek Skabd Nahi Padna Chahiye... Kutton!!! Were they intended to evoke laughter in a serious scene. Again " Sir, Uske Baare Me Kahin Koi information Nahi Hai, Wo to Facebook Par Bhi Nahi Hai" What it is!? Most of the drama unfolds on the screen and you sit cool and compose on your seat. Love track was not required or justified at all but when you have stars then you have to do something. I was quite unable to understand complete Seria sequence. Who is fighting, against whom and why, and above all how can a person recognize the protagonist when he could not recognize him few minutes before, because this time he has machine gun in hands!!? Jail sequence is also very convenient except the way of executing the task. Mother gives so young pics of her son to a person whom she believes a government person, how is it not possible to have a recent or at least three year old pic of her son and if it has to happen then there should be reason behind it? It is not usual thing. Everything falls on place, protagonist just has to use them, like a person was already despo to get married so he can use the public addressing system to bug and it is 2015 but they still use such old fashioned huge metal mike, because it is Pakistan!? No because they have to bug it and it was not possible with the new mike. There are new type of momentarily thrill has been introduced in lots of places in this script, like person checks all the mike in correct socket but does mistake for one mike and tries to open the mike then another person makes him notices his silly mistake of wrong socket. Thrill comes and goes in few seconds. There are many scenes of similar nature. Last target chasing sequence is so childish, even the way they try to escape. Pregnancy excuse for crossing check point is so old and the performance given by main female lead makes it comic as if she was deliberately making them fool and they bought this bad enacted story. Police are so stupid that they are looking for a registration number rather than focusing on make of vehicle, color and person going in it. They could have cornered every vehicle of that make, which was not common too. Climax has Titanic touch. Performance wise Sail Ali Khan is OK. Katrina Kaif drags emotional scenes very aptly, like when she convinces nurse to buy her story and sympathize with her mission or in last chase sequence. Zeeshan Qadri has nothing to show his caliber but he proves his depth in just a shot when he salutes in climax. Actress who played the nurse, is a good performer. Rest are just OK.  

love this film... becouse i hate pakistan...  

love this film... becouse i hate pakistan...