Attack – Part 1
Bollywood
the director: Lakshya Raj Anand
starring: John Abraham, Rakul Preet Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Elham Ehsaas and Amritpal Singh.
new Delhi: Director Lakshya Raj Anand’s ‘Attack – Part 1’ is a well-made film that marries science-fiction and action trope with subtlety.
This is the simple origin story of the artificially inspired super soldier Arjun Shergill. The preamble shows us a random successful “field combat and target capture” operation by a highly skilled platoon of the Indian Army led by hardworking soldier Arjun in about November 2010. The target is notorious terrorist Rehman Gul (Habib Adros).
We are then transported to the present day, where we see Arjun meeting air hostess Ayesha (Jacqueline Fernandez) and as their romance blossoms, one day in a terror attack at the Mumbai airport, Ayesha loses her life. and Arjun gets injured. This action-packed scene in the first act of the film sets the ball rolling. what next?
We soon learn that Arjun, who is raised by his mother Shanti Shergill (Ratna Pathak Shah), has damaged his C1 and C2 vertebrae, leaving him paralyzed for the rest of his life.
Meanwhile, as a result of the terrorists’ persistent behavior, the government is under tension and VK Subramaniam (Prakash Raj), a high-ranking official who emulates the US, Russia and Israel, promotes human trials of the ‘Artificial Intelligence Super Soldier Programme’. gives. , which has been home-designed by Scientist Saba Qureshi (Rakul Preet Singh).
In this, a computer chip is inserted into the brain after an invasive surgery. The chip rechecks nerve binding in the brain. However, this invention has its limitations, acting as a deux en machina (or an unexpected force in what seems like a hopeless situation) in the plot.
Arjun Shergill is the only person to fit Saba Qureshi’s bill to undergo human trials of the AI Super Soldier Program. So, when Parliament is infiltrated by terrorists run by Rahman Gul’s son Hamid (Elham Ehsaas), Arjun is called in.
Though it is an action thriller – intense and frenetic, the writing of the film is taut and well balanced. Some of the dialogues are crisp and noteworthy, especially when Subramaniam takes a dig at Home Minister Digvijay (Rajit Kapoor).
The shooting of the film is quite slow and the director wastes very little time getting into the action. He deploys every trick in the VFX toolkit in an attempt to dazzle, but the frustratingly over-reliance on sub-par digital frames means the film’s big-ticket action appears grainy and mediocre.
With a writer-backed role, John Abraham delivers a serious performance and is aptly supported with equal enthusiasm by the rest of the cast. Jacqueline and Rakul have limited screen time and are honest about their delivery.
But the two actors on your mind after the film is over are Rajit Kapoor, who plays Digvijay, the home minister, and Elham Ehsaas, the antagonist Hamid Gul. Both shine on the screen in their own way.
Serena Walia’s voice is effectively used as Ira, the computer voice that communicates with Arjun.
Overall, the film is well written, but the story appears to be an amalgamation of several science-fiction English films. The main root of the terrorist attack appears to be Hollywood-inspired – Gerard Butler’s ‘Fallen’ series, most notably the 2013 film ‘Olympus Has Fallen’.