Vikram Vedha, the Hindi-language remake of directors Pushkar and Gayatri’s Tamil-language original, pretends to be smarter than it actually is.
And what it is is a loud, nonsensical actioner that has more in common with the KGF films than Heat.
While Hrithik Roshan is having fun as the antihero Vedha, Saif Ali Khan is too bland as his foil, the murderous cop Vikram.
We discuss the film’s complicated storytelling, the jarring tonal shifts, and complete lack of tension.
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