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Hum (1991)
All the HYPE, and it delivered
I remember when this film had come out in India all the hype that was going around in the UK and when the film finally reached the UK for days the local cinema's were all sold out, and when you could finally find a time that was suitable tickets were being sold at £25, what a bloody rip off, credit to the cinema owners though, they knew where and when to make their money.
Finally got to see it, when the local video shop had it, and by complete and utter fluke my parents and I happened to turn up to see what film we could rent out, and there sat 'HUM' literally just arrived. So as I sat down finally with my drinks and snacks for the cinema atmosphere, i went into the film with an open mind trying to forget about all the reviews I heard prior to watching this film.
I can honestly say that I enjoyed the film from start to finish. The film had me tensed up, on the edge of your seat sort of drama with light relief between scenes, is what you require from a film. The film writers had finally (to me anyway) made a story line which captivated it audiences perfectly. Each character had it's own story, but the director made sure this was not detailed too much as this would have prolonged a film unnecessarily, the character of Bakhtawar is fantastically portrayed by Danny Denzongpa who is a total class act anyway. The songs were fantastic, and the club battle between Vijay / Kumar against Captain Attack with the batman theme playing in the background is a great great scene. Rajnikant when he's miming with the cigarette in his mouth is mesmerising! Utter Class.
Overall a film definitely worth watching for all the family, mainly for it's originality. Possibly my favourite 'bollywood' film of all time.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
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Have no idea how I would summarise this film, but all I can say it is definitely a must see film, for people who want to watch something with a mixture of "violence" / comedy / action. Guy Ritchie, produces a film with allot of class, and perfect timing in, and then with his follow up film Snatch he proves that his talents in producing / directing is no fluke. A very talented man, for films for my generation (20 - 24)
The cast for this film were perfect, everyone picked was made for their role respectively, however to me Vinny Jones proved he could make it on the big screen, and showed a versatile performance. Very impressed, (for an ex-Wimbledon player).
It's nice to finally see a British based film doing well, and also make it to the status of being called a "classic".