Movie review: Shootout at Wadala, John Abraham excels in a negative role

Mumbai: The brutal killings portrayed in the prequel of Shootout at Wadala shook every hard hearted movie-goer. Nothing associated with the Lokhandwala shootout, Sanjay Gupta has weaved a fresh encounter plot which Mumbai cops delivered at Wadala in January, 1982 but it isn't that brutal.  



Uncertainly, Sanjay Gupta's sensitive yet hardcore Shootout wins points on many facets. Be it bringing back the commanding Nayak actor Anil Kapoor as an honest cop, picking up John Abraham into a role which fits him best, reinventing the 80's era with perfect craft or portraying the protagonist sailing over the slaughter game, Sanjay proves his class of direction in the genre.

He hits bang from the opening scene and assures that he is here for pure business. With bloodsheds ubiquitously surrounding John Abraham in a Police van he clears his intention that there is more to come.

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