DHOOM. A movie review.
OK, so I'm a sucker for motorcycle-related movies. I paid to see "Biker Boyz" in the theater, and then bought the DVD when it came out. I wisely skipped "Torque" in the theater, and merely rented it on NetFlix. I still maintain a small section of my DVD collection dedicated to movies featuring motorcycles: movies like "Black Rain" with Michael Douglas, as well as the more obvious features such as "Faster," and the "Long Way 'Round" series with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman. So, it was no surprise that when somebody posted a few months ago about a Hindi movie featuring a main character that rides a Bandit1200S, I had to have it, no matter how bad it might be.
DHOOM was released in India in 2004, but I was only recently able to find the DVD available here through Amazon. I received the DVD a few days after returning from the Spring Fling, and watched it right away.
DHOOM starts out with a neat scene of the main bad-guy on a Hayabusa, and his thugs on GSXRs, staging a robbery of an armored car in Mumbai. After the opening credits, it goes right into a traditional "Bolly-wood" musical number with the main good-guy (the police officer, Jai Daxit) and his wife singing and dancing around the house. Fortunately, there are only four musical numbers in the whole movie, and they are entertaining enough to be tolerable.
The third main character, Ali, is the fastest bike racer in Mumbai, on his supposedly modified Bandit1200S. Not to be unrealistic about the Bandit, when Jai visits Ali's bike shop and asks someone if the Bandit is the fastest bike in town, the guy responds "In Ali's hands, yes." Also, at one point in the movie, Ali cannot catch the bad guy's Hayabusa with the Bandit.
Needless to say, the cop and the biker team up to catch the thieves, and action ensues. For an action film, the actors really bring some character to their roles. The characters are not complicated, and maybe even somewhat canned, but the actors make them quite likeable. The two main female characters are played by some of the most beatiful women I've seen in a long time. In the musical number with Ali (Uday Chopra), Esha (who plays Sheena) is absolutely breathtaking.
Be prepared for some reading, though, as the NA version of the DVD does not have an English audio track, so viewers must rely on subtitles. In the extra features, however, all the behind-the-scenes stuff is in English.
This is no world-class motorcycle movie, but it is definitely better than Torque (but what isn't?). I actually liked Biker Boyz (even though I cant dismiss that crappy race at the end), but I definitely like "Dhoom" alot better. The musical numbers show that it doesn't take itself too seriously, yet it provides some great motorcycle action, interesting character interaction, and a decent story. And there were no outrageous claims about the Bandit - merely that Ali is the best mechanic and racer in the city, and the Bandit is his best bike.
I have to say, I liked "Dhoom" enough to watch it again a few days later, and will keep it in my collection for a long time. Well, that's just my opinion. Anyone else seen it yet?!
DHOOM was released in India in 2004, but I was only recently able to find the DVD available here through Amazon. I received the DVD a few days after returning from the Spring Fling, and watched it right away.
DHOOM starts out with a neat scene of the main bad-guy on a Hayabusa, and his thugs on GSXRs, staging a robbery of an armored car in Mumbai. After the opening credits, it goes right into a traditional "Bolly-wood" musical number with the main good-guy (the police officer, Jai Daxit) and his wife singing and dancing around the house. Fortunately, there are only four musical numbers in the whole movie, and they are entertaining enough to be tolerable.The third main character, Ali, is the fastest bike racer in Mumbai, on his supposedly modified Bandit1200S. Not to be unrealistic about the Bandit, when Jai visits Ali's bike shop and asks someone if the Bandit is the fastest bike in town, the guy responds "In Ali's hands, yes." Also, at one point in the movie, Ali cannot catch the bad guy's Hayabusa with the Bandit.
Needless to say, the cop and the biker team up to catch the thieves, and action ensues. For an action film, the actors really bring some character to their roles. The characters are not complicated, and maybe even somewhat canned, but the actors make them quite likeable. The two main female characters are played by some of the most beatiful women I've seen in a long time. In the musical number with Ali (Uday Chopra), Esha (who plays Sheena) is absolutely breathtaking.Be prepared for some reading, though, as the NA version of the DVD does not have an English audio track, so viewers must rely on subtitles. In the extra features, however, all the behind-the-scenes stuff is in English.
This is no world-class motorcycle movie, but it is definitely better than Torque (but what isn't?). I actually liked Biker Boyz (even though I cant dismiss that crappy race at the end), but I definitely like "Dhoom" alot better. The musical numbers show that it doesn't take itself too seriously, yet it provides some great motorcycle action, interesting character interaction, and a decent story. And there were no outrageous claims about the Bandit - merely that Ali is the best mechanic and racer in the city, and the Bandit is his best bike.
I have to say, I liked "Dhoom" enough to watch it again a few days later, and will keep it in my collection for a long time. Well, that's just my opinion. Anyone else seen it yet?!
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