Brothers Movie Review

Brothers should’ve picked the flamboyant, over-the-top WWF in place of MMA. It’s more in sync with Malhotra’s masala aesthetics and the memory of Akshay Kumar taking on Undertaker in Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi still delights.

Brothers could have worked better with better editing and lesser of the forced melodrama. What it becomes is a lackluster piece of cinema despite some very hard work put in by the actors.

Oho! But we've done this before. Many times. So many times. Family. Bichde bhai... Same-to-same. Ok-ok. Let's do different. Make them Christian. Boxers. Ya! But how will audience samjho? Tattoos. Many. Very many. And Cross.

Brothers, despite its contrivances, leaves you choked more than once. How can it not, with all that unabashed emotional manipulation?

Brothers may not appeal to those who look for laughter in times of despair.There is barely room for a whiff of a smile in this dark sanguinary and seductive tale of destruction and redemption told in a free-wheeling style that…

Akshay Kumar needs to do more of these high-action roles. And not necessarily the mindless action. Watch Brothers for the kicks, punches, grappling, chocking and the un-understandable MMA jargon.