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Rajdeep
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'John Day' is a slow, cumbersome watch
- 9/17/2013 5:59:57 AM
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Movie: John Day
Director: Ahishor Solomon
Actors: Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda, Sharat Saxena, Makrand Deshpande, Elena Kazan, Shernaz Patel Certification: A bored to day
Rating: 2
Inspired by 'Box 507' (Spain, 2002), 'John Day' is a slow, cumbersome watch that takes too much time to tell too little. The story is of two diametrically different men, one an honest bank manager John Day ( Naseeruddin Shah) and the other a depraved cop (Randeep Hooda) with intense backstories that bring them head-to-head in an unforeseen clash that consumes their individualities.
From the outset, director Ahishor Solomon takes his time to get to the point. This would be acceptable if we were seeing something new, but all we get are variations of stock film situations. An endless funeral scene you've seen way too many times, a torture scene involving force-feeding, the protagonist holed up in a tawdry hotel with the obligatory neon lighting his room. Most of these overdrawn scenes - almost all in the first half - only serve to establish character. There is very little plot up front and at intermission, you're clueless about the film with no real crisis in the offing, beckoning you back in your seat with the popcorn. The last time I felt this way was while watching The Usual Suspects. I can tell you now, there's no Keyser Sozelevel turn of events at the end.
But you see what the writers and director are trying to do here.
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