A Flying Jatt (2016) User Reviews

This Jatt fails to take of..

[kinshuk-gaur · 4/10 · 26 August 2016]

When will Indian makers use some original plot about super hero movies? Very difficult or impossible question to answer. Remo D Souza should stick to choreography and forget about direction or else he will be left with nothing. A flying Jatt has nothing that the viewers have not seen before. You have scenes pulverized from X Men movies to Superman even Jackie Chan movies. When audience can watch original with better handling why would somebody want to watch this. The director was confused regarding the category of the movie therefore, assuming he was trying the movie should have superhero with comedy and a love story with a social message. What we get is a curry that is garish and silly. Direction is bad. Period!

Acting is pathetic -- Tiger Shroff should realize merely action cannot make his film work.

Jacqueline should focus on dancing and looking pretty unfortunately, she is bad for these traits as well in the movie. Acting was never her specialty.

Nathan Jones is good in his character

K K Mennon is wasted. Amrita Singh is decent.

Too many songs and some were not even needed. Music is average. Editing is bad and movie lacks consistency. The movie has a god social message but executed very badly. I am not sure even kids will enjoy this movie.. Please do not waste your money on this one. May be wait for the movie be aired on any satellite channel which will be soon.. This Jatt does not take off..

Script is bad acting is pathetic

Tiger Shroff film is electric blue-clad promo of Swachch Bharat

[kumarvarun1989 · 4/10 · 10 October 2016]

A Jatt superhero who bumbles and fumbles? Who behaves like a little boy around his formidable 'bebe', and is all shy and tongue-tied around a hot babe? Who has, haha, a fear of heights? Sounds like a barrel of fun, no? The first half of A Flying Jatt is not afraid to be silly and is very enjoyable. Tiger Shroff plays a martial arts teacher in a school where he strives lamely to catch his students' eye, as well as a pretty colleague whom we know is interested in the environment because she clutches a couple of books on the subject to her bosom. No one ever goes to class: it is that kind of film.The pollution, we soon learn, is Enemy No One, riding on the back of the greedy capitalist Malhotra (Kay Kay Menon, camping it up madly) and the evil monster-dipped-into-the-vat-of-chemicals Raka (Nathan Jones, boasting an old-fashioned Bollywood name for a modern-day 'gora' villain). When the Flying Jatt's mum sends him off with the classic 'jaa, duniya ko bacha', we laugh out loud. Because, you know, that's what superheroes do: once they are in costume-and-cape and armed with their super-powers, we know all will be well.

Tiger Shroff is a thing of beauty when he flexes his splendid, impossibly toned muscles. He dances like a dream. And because he is still a work-in-progress actor to whom fumbling and bumbling and being awkward comes naturally, he is a good fit for his character, even if it's cobbled together from familiar caped crusaders: bits of Superman and Spiderman and our own home-grown Krrish.He gets able support from Singh as the proud Sikhni with superpowers of her own: no baddie ever invented can be a match for Bollywood moms. And from Gaurav Pandey as his brother-cum-best-pal. Fernandez has to jump up and down and squeal girlishly, when she is not dancing alongside the Jatt, or not being taken on an aerial survey, all of which she delivers on.The second half goes south. The film starts getting preachy and heavy. A bad guy who fattens on garbage and waste is a great stroke, but to keep belabouring the point is pointless. Except for a couple of effective scenes, the enormous Jones is a bore. And without the funny bits which kept the pre-interval parts afloat, the faults start glaring. The song-and-dances, bunged in just to show off Tiger's limber moves, are a drag: Bollywood superheroes can save the world only after the 'naach-gaana' is over.Our Jatt Singh-Is-King-of-Kings superhero needs nothing but his 'kada': kryptonite is so last century. Nice touch. But he also needs a plot to help him fly all the way.This could have been such a rollicking film, especially for kids —it had all the ingredients, and an engaging start, fronted by a hero who is light on his feet. Too bad it ends up being a promo for Swachch Bharat.

Bad movie

[pulakjordan · 2/10 · 25 August 2016]

This film is\ bad, there was no scary moments but the story is really simple and easy to predict, if you don't have any film to watch and this comes up, I'd say go for it...the acting was pretty average also. there were some good scary scenes and some gore to the film. I just wished they would had a more complex story-line which would made it more cool but I was expecting a really good film but I was proved wrong. Watched it with my friend who is Remo's fan and she was thoroughly disappointed with the movie.The director of the film and the special effects team should not be given praise at all. Do not watch guys.Save your money for rainy days...

You've got to be a genius to make a movie this bad.

[mrsidhu · 1/10 · 25 August 2016]

A misfire of inanities. This is a failure of epic proportions. You've got to be a genius to make a movie this bad. How does this crap even get made? What I really don't get is all the positive feedback. I love a good superhero movie. Not this. Lousy sound, worse editing, pathetic characters. I wish I had had my brain "Headered" before watching this. This is a type of movie that just don't know the way it's heading. It tries to be funny, emotional and spiritual at the same time, failing in all three.

Script makes no sense at all. A mother who encourage her son on tie a turban (religious tradition), herself drinks alcohol, which is strictly forbidden in Sikhism. I mean 5 year old with a pencil & paper could have wrote a better script than this trash. VFX was most unrealistic load of crap that one could see in there life time. Considering the budget on this thing, it could have been a lot better. The movie was boring, and the acting was pretty lame. Tiger shroff's acting was so awe-inspiringly wooden that it is basically a fire risk. I'm not even sure it's supposed to be a comedy.

A Tip - to anyone looking for a decent Superheo movie. Stay clear of this one. I know i will in future. I think you can better spend time doing nothing or can keep on staring at a wall for 2 hours than to watch this ridiculous movie. Don't waste your time and money on this one. It's simply NOT WORTH it.

Can someone give my life 2 hours back

[abhisheksingh-26685 · 1/10 · 24 April 2018]

This movie is in my Top 3 worst bollywood movie lists I watched. This movie was slap on the faces of superhero fans. Everyone was expecting something wonderful but got the worst. All the action scenes were directly taken from X Men and Man of Steel. And this is not the worse that they were copied, the worst the copied scenes looks like garbage. This movie is full of garbage which are packed in a dustbin called flying jatt. This movie does not deserve 1 star, I am giving 0 stars out of 10. Waste of your precious life time.

Bollywood is just not ready for this kind of genre.

[oazam · 3/10 · 27 August 2016]

Ra One, Krrish 3, and Drona- superhero movies which have disgraced and disrespected Bollywood on a whole new level. Congratulations A Flying Jatt, you've managed to fall even below that. I get the fact that this movie had a noble message persuading people to save our planet but still, where's the moral support in this movie.

Prabhu Deva and Farah Khan- choreographers in which they have disrespected themselves as film directors. Although Farah Khan made Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om but after TMK, things got worse. Remo D' Souza is finally in the same category. ABCD was a good film. But for this one, the direction and editing for this film was the main reason why I felt like throwing my shoe towards the screen. The VFX looked like the Govinda version of Superman from one of his 90s movies. The superhero scenes were choreographed very poorly and the characterization was very cringed up. The costume looked like Akshay Kumar when he became King in Singh Is Kingg.

Tiger Shroff should leave the acting sector of the film industry. I mean technically his dance movies are a killer and his action stunts are phenomenal but he just can't act. Jacqueline Fernandez was like a kid in this movie I mean she had very kiddish instincts in the movie and she just couldn't leave the comfort zone. Kay Kay Menon was alright during 1st half but ending it just had to be a drag. Nathan Jones who played the villain Raka was like Sunny Deol in Ghayal because throughout the movie, he just shouts which was annoying. The songs were't that great except for Beat pe Booty which had good dancing sequences between Tiger and Jackie.

Overall, this movie just failed to entertain and its completely pointless and cringe worthy. Don't spend your money on this atrocious piece of art and just use it to take your friends out for coffee, Focus on Hollywood if you like superhero movies.

A message for Bollywood Choreographers.

Continue dancing for films but just stay away from the movie cameras and the Director's chair.

WHAT have i just watched?

[mahima-63089 · 23 December 2017]

No logic through the entire film, does not make any sense. Nearly fell asleep if it wasn't for the terrible soundtrack. Don't bother. Stupid boys playing in stupid costumes. One scene occured on the moon wifh the two men fighting without an oxygen supply. What a waste of my time.

Pathetic.

Stupidityfying flick

[dineshprakash · 2/10 · 25 August 2016]

I appreciate the massage given in this film regarding consequences of pollution and benefits of tree planting but it comes as a non creative tight slap, which I can't bear. Director Mr. Remo Desoza first thought of making a super hero movie then tried to make it different so he decided to make the hero coward and confused, then suddenly a divine power inherits him as it had shown many times in old age cinema, like hero is being severely beaten by villain then sparks comes from any God's statue into hero, inducing super power into him. Story by director himself is just like that. Screenplay by Tusar Hiranandani and director, comes in segment wise, all scenes have a purpose like comedy, emotion or love, to convey without any logic or fitting into the script. Yes, light scenes at least make you smile most of the time for sure like mother and brother grooming him as a super hero but then other scenes punches you on face wiping the effect of light scenes too. Dialogues by Akash Kaushik and Madhur Sharma are just OK. Villain is introduced in a desert, then he beats hero badly compelling God to give him super power than Villain disappears from the script and love and comedy take over. Suddenly villain re appears just before interval with some super bad powers because he had survived on pollution and filth. Crisis identity of Hero because of his eye covering mask, even his mother and girlfriend are unable to recognize him!! Movie wastes time to make it clear to heroine that her close friend and super hero are one, till she listens hero conversation with his brother discreetly. Action scenes are also dumb, just cable work and croma work is offered in name of action. When Villain screeches on ground then his back bone supporting armor erupts the land looks good but becomes repetitive in every fight, making it irritating finally. In pre climax hero brother decide to fight with villain even being aware that he can't do anything and his defeat will break people hope but he does because makers have to give some high voltage emotional drama but it looks so deliberate and stupid. Villain most of the dialogues with his typical accent will be big problem for mass audience and kids for sure, which film targets somehow. Film length makes already slow film unbearable. Start credit animation and making with end credits are more entertaining than the film. Performance wise Tiger Shroff is good. Jacqueline Fernandez expresses by laughing and jumping only. Amrita Arora as mother is very good, especially in climax emotional dialogue. Gaurav Pandey as brother is impressive. Kay Kay Menon is OK. Nathan Jones is just for his personality which he adds perfectly.

terrible and garbage and a waste of everyones time!

[rohonnag · 1/10 · 26 August 2016]

A Flying Jatt Movie Review :

Well first of, this is a Proper Superhero Film. In the sense, it doesn't just have a superhero costume and some punches and fights thrown about, they tried to make an over the top superhero flick. And sadly, failed miserable. Don't get me wrong, it's good to see Bollywood try different genres but giving these films to incompetent clueless film makers is such a waste of time and resources.

Flying Jatt deals with the WORLDS first ever Religious superhero. With powers come villains and our superhero must defeat the villain. There isn't much to the story than that.

We can't talk about Superheroes in India without a passing mention of Ra-One or Krrish. To be fair Ra-one was more sci-fi Terminator than Superhero. Krrish may have been inspired by Hollywood superheroes, but it had a tight script and awesome action sequences (with Bad FX) at least its heart was in the right place! But this movie… Let's start with the stupidity of His super power of touching a PICTURE of a person and then adapting that person's abilities. HOW? WHAT? WHY? Even if his powers are magical in nature, that's STILL stupid! His crime fighting includes stupidity such as blowing dust on criminals, as if somehow that would stop them, rescuing a rape victim and then leaving her at the stop of the crime (to be fair superman screwed up the same way in BvS) This movie takes inspiration from EVER single superhero film EVER made. Not just that, it blatantly rips off so many Hollywood movies. The film makers obviously think Indian audiences is illiterate and backward, because who in India would have seen Hollywood ke English films? It's not conceivable right? Except a few minutes back in the film, the hero's mother is shown seeing Avengers and Fantastic Four. Then why COPY X-men Days of future past's Quicksilver scene horribly? That scene is Epic and so memorable that they had to include a part 2 in the new X-men film. The movie is OVER long and the ending is SO stupid, so moronic and WHAT THE HECK, you won't even believe it If I say the ending. SPOILERS The ending takes place on the MOON! Our superhero flies the villain over to the moon and since moon is pollution free, manages to defeat him, while throwing him into the international space station AND a Russian (or what it Chinese) Rocket! (how are they breathing in space? who cares!) Huh? It ends with him looking at Entire earth, Superman Style. This is the movie when you mix wolverine, Superman, quicksilver and captain planet all into one and make the worst sort of mish mash!

This movie takes its audiences to be buffoons with ZERO sincerity in its making or depiction of a super Hero. For that reason, this film gets a ZERO out of 10.

Rating : 0/10. Cant recommend this film to anyone. Ra.one had its moments, Krrish had its heart in the right place. This one is just a mess. Stay Away !

P.S :Credit where credit is due, the VFX for this superhero flick was not bad, especially the ending moon and space sequence was laughably stupid, but the VFX itself was NOT the issue.

Worst movie i ever seen😡😡😡

[mdnahinfacebook · 1/10 · 16 February 2021]

Worst movie i ever seen😡😡😡 I'am lost my time and money

A great message through an unworthy movie

[m_sarkar · 4/10 · 18 July 2019]

I have hardly rated any movie under 5, but this movie is really one of worst movie I have ever seen. Though, the message the movie tries to convey is quite good, but bad story, worse execution and some inappropriate songs made the movie to face a great failure.

FLYING JATT 2?

[prabhpawar · 10/10 · 9 November 2020]

AUDIENCE need one more family movie that is FLYING JATT 2

It all makes sense.

[mumbhaaai · 7/10 · 29 August 2016]

Toxicity is everywhere. And some folks derive their energy from a toxic environment. And who's responsible for the toxicity? All of us.

A Flying Jatt is the story of a regular guy who has flying powers but also has fear of heights. He can fight a lot of people while at the same time he pays money for buying grocery and is actually a very decent person.Serious scenes are nicely done, and the funny parts are kept funny, there are no cross-overs. Nicely balanced!

They've also talked about Sikhism to explain the concept of how people have started making fun of Sikhs (which is very unfortunate) and the 12 o'clock connection, the power of belief and faith.

A very fun story about social environment, how evil and toxic can be derived from many sources but good has very few resources. Tiger Shroff is outstanding with his sincerity and action. He is extremely sincere, hard-working and honest towards his work and you can tell by the way he delivers. Nathan Jones is awesome as the antagonist, Raka.

Kids will love this movie. You know why? Because kids know things we grown ups don't, they look for happiness in basic things that give them entertainment, some basic message and evoke their emotions. We grown ups read blogs, watch videos and go for classes on learning how to be simple and be like kids. We call it spirituality, kids call it being themselves.

The way they eliminate evil is clean up the city; the antagonist (Raka) derives his energy from dirt and pollution. Think about it, a nice way to explain this basic concept to kids - keep your home, your area, your city clean. The way kids are going to see this movie is to learn the fact that if they want to avoid future Raka's, they have to ensure that their area, their city, their place is kept clean and pollution free.

Could it have been better? Sure, it could've been, but its easier to write a review than actually executing a thought. If you believe you can make a better movie, why don't you do it.

I know many people have called it a bad movie, I guess they appreciate only similar movies that are made in Hollywood, Deadpool for instance but don't appreciate the Indian Film Industry making movies on new concepts. So as an audience, please do not complain about the Indian Film Industry not making different cinema because you are the one creating more resistance to accepting and encouraging new concepts.

Another Indian hero goes down to the ground!!!!

[mahi-73204 · 3/10 · 28 August 2016]

Flying Jatt, after Krrish emerging as a Indian superhero then finally seeing the worst of it in Krrish3. Similarly the new superhero goes to nowhere close to the originality. It seems Indian writers are busy with giving only a copy of various Hollywood movies. I laughed when i saw the guy coming out of plastic, #copied from Indian serial Shaktiman, if you remember #plastica, creation of Dr. Jackal. One more place where we see a copy of x-men days of future past scene where quicksilver saves magneto and charles from cops. Seriously, writers haven't done anything of their own. I would love to acknowledge them with the fact that now-a-days people are watching Hollywood movies. Not at all recommended to watch...

Different, interesting, lengthy, boring, idiotic, irritating, thoughtful, spiritual, emotional.

[ankitcom · 5/10 · 25 August 2016]

Different, interesting, lengthy, boring, idiotic, irritating, thoughtful, spiritual, emotional. Remo is certainly a talent but has to utilize it in different better categories. Too many amalgamations of all flavours led to a taste of none.

Storyline Rating: 2 Content: 2 Commercialization: 3 Entertainment: 2

Acting Rating: 2 Tiger Shroff: 2 Jacqueline Fernandez: 2 Nathan Jones: 3 Kay Kay Menon: 2 Amrita Singh: 2

Direction Rating: 2

Music Rating: 2

Cinematography: 3

Editing: 2

A Total mess of a superhero movie

[pranayjalvi · 2/10 · 28 August 2016]

The film was supposed to be a superhero movie, but falls flat in every aspect. Director Remo D'souza, who is known for his dance-based ventures, brings a superhero film with a religious message but forgets what his forte is. There are so many flying cars in the action sequence of the films, you'd be forgiven for mistaking this to be a Rohit Shetty film. The VFX were very average which didn't match to the expectations. Sachin-Jigar's music was not so clever and didn't go on with the movie and a few portions of the movie are reminiscent of Hrithik Roshan's Krrish (the thing Tiger Shroff wears in his eyes). Kids might like the film considering it's a superhero flick, but 'A Flying Jatt' doesn't fly and sinks without a trace.

one of the worst movie of 2016 in Bollywood

[iftler · 1/10 · 23 September 2016]

First, very lame story line. It's a joke for superhero movie genre. I hope in future Bollywood directors will care about the story if it's a superhero movie. they need a strong story line with enough suspense, thriller and ending. Second, visual effects were very poor for an international movie industry. should get more budget for visual effects. And third, performances of actors and actress were average. Tiger Shroff should realize that only action can make an enjoyable movie. Jacqueline Fernandez should improve in her dancing and of course acting. Because the only glamour wouldn't help her to survive in Bollywood. Nathan Jones did pretty well in his character. Hope rest of the year we will watch better movies.

"A Flying Jatt" is a BIG disappointment. Do not even take the risk of watching the film with your family let watching it alone.

[ketgup83 · 1/10 · 26 August 2016]

In Hollywood films, we have so many super heroes ranging from Marvel heroes like Spiderman, Iron Man and Deadpool to the DC solid ones like Batman or Superman but apart from Krrish and to some extent Shaktimaan being the popular ones in India, will "A Flying Jatt" create a new genre of Super hero category in Bollywood ?

"A Flying Jatt" tells the story of an ordinary Karate Trainer (played by Tiger Shroff) whose life turn upside down when he accidentally hits a extra-ordinary tree during a fight with bad-ass, Raka (played by Nathan Jonson). A super hero is born with the extraordinary power. However, he puts his power to a good use only when he meet his stiff competitor- the evil Raka , who himself inherits the power to destroy the world.

Though he is five films year old, Remo has created quite an impact as director after delivering solid hits like "FALTU", "ABCD" and ABCD 2″. However, he majorly disappoints with "A Flying Jatt". The problem with the film is that Remo created a mess with the super hero character which could never took off. The opening of the film is pretty decent and once Tiger Shroff gains the extraordinary power, the film is fun to watch. The way Tiger Shroff gains confidence and the his fight with the robbers in the bank is well- executed. After the second half , the film loses the steam and fails miserably. At one point of time, it become unbearable and you would love to leave the theater as early as possible. The screenplay is confusing and gives you headache. Art direction is decent. Cinematography is just about okay. Visual effects, which should be the highlight of the film, is decent at places but tacky most of the time. Action sequences are funny. Background score is bad. Music by Sachin Jigar is fine with "Beat Pe Booty" pick of a lot.

Performance wise, it is Tiger Shroff who is only the silver lining in this messy drama. I feel he has not been utilized appropriately since his debut "Heropanti", "Baaghi" and now "A Flying Jatt". Tiger Shroff is definitely a star in making and the action star has done very well to build his image. Nathan Jone is fine as the evil Raka. Jacqueline Fernandez is used to add glamour. Amrita Singh overacts as Punjabi mother.

Overall, "A Flying Jatt" is a BIG disappointment. Do not even take the risk of watching the film with your family let watching it alone. Poor 1/5.

• Ketan Gupta

Don't watch it. It is a Wasting of Money Time.

[craothejaswi · 1/10 · 28 August 2016]

Today Morning I watched this bakwaas movie. It does not have any original scripts, action scenes its own. Some scenes directly copied from Man of Steel, X-Men Days of Future Past and many more. Indian scriptwriter doesn't have sense to make the movie perfectly. Before the killing of villain, jatt put his hand to earth to fly over the sky, in that time some magnetic powers surrounded in his hand, that is inspired from Man of Steel(2013). Tiger shroff acting is not OK. He is only suit for dance. Chemistry between Tiger and Jacqueline is not good. Amrita Singh acting is horrible. Gaurav Pandey's comedy is OK. Music also not good except beat pe booty.

Student project gone horribly wrong

[OnjiMooteDaMarle · 2/10 · 8 October 2016]

Horrible even after it's a mixture of all superhero films ever made. Here is the worst part - it's got a scene directly copied from another superhero film. Jaqueline is as usual just a walk around the screen heroine reminding us of Spiderman film series. Tiger should stick to teaching dance only. Listening to his voice makes me cringe. Amrita Singh is as usual quite good and Kay Kay is simply good. His presence within the frame makes me smile. The songs don't help to sleep, dancing to the rhythm is far from reality. The filmmakers tried to take a topic of saving the environment and protecting the trees but then they could have made a documentary instead. This film is a shame on the already cheap and plagiarized Bollywood.

Good thought but miserable treatment makes it a below average flick

[ganeshpawar-94 · 5/10 · 28 September 2016]

This movie is not as bad as it seems .... In fact it has some good things ,but just some good moments ... When movie is trying to be funny , it's great . But the problem lies with the intense scenes . These action flick fails to convey that emotional content with conviction . Even the action sequence are good only when there is no use of cgi (thanks to Tiger) ... The main problem with superhero films is plagiarism . And even this is no exception . It's disappointing to see those scene directly taken from superman and xmen mostly . Cgi needs major improvement . Action scenes done using cables are good but when green screen is used , you can easily see that . But best part of this movie is acting . KK nailed his version of lex luthor . Amrita singh is flawless as mom . Tiger is great with action scene and average elsewhere . Jacqueline has not that much to do . Nathan jones is also good with his darkside kind of character . But I was very impressed with Gaurav Pandey , he played a perfect sibling . Underlying message of this film is great , but I wish it was executed well . Rest everything is just average. Wheather its direction , cinematography or editing. But I was disappointed with film's music . Sachin -Jigar usually great duo gave some average song and just one good romantic song . This movie could've been much better with better vfx or not inspired action scenes . Bollywood really needs good superhero flicks .

This is one good movie!

[abeerchaudhary-78778 · 10/10 · 4 September 2016]

Bollywood actually needed some of these super hero, sci-fi, action movies, I guess all of these reviews here are not given about the movie but on bollywood, they are here criticizing the fantasies shown in this movie but I really really liked this one. Tiger Shroff's performance was at its best the storyline was really good too, and the most I liked was a super hero with a humor! it included comedy as well so its a combo! Even though it was a lot of a fantasy movie as all of these reviews are saying but I really think they made it as realistic as possible while being a fantasy movie, at the start when he was induced with powers he wasn't shown to just start doing the super hero 'things' but rather he was shown to practice it and all that, added to that a super hero living with a family was also unexpected but nice! the way he got defeated so many times by raka (nathan jones) and the death of his brother show that the movie was very realistic as well!

Sincere, fun, educational but doesn't create an impact!

[abhisainani-1 · 7/10 · 16 September 2016]

What I particularly liked about the movie was the sincere attempt made by Remo D'Souza and his team to create a home-grown superhero. The origin of the superhero and the lessons on pollution and the glorious Sikh history was done very well! Raka, as a villain was menacing enough. The humor in the film was good (even smart/witty at few places).

However, I think the romance between the lead pair didn't spark any excitement. The songs and dances were nice but one couldn't feel the love! Another issue was that while it was exciting to watch our Flying Jatt fighting on the moon (or some asteroid I think), it didn't feel realistic enough so I couldn't enjoy that part much. Overall I enjoyed the film and the highlight of the film for me was Gaurav Pandey, who being the supporting hero, had better screen presence than our Flying Jatt. Tiger Shroff, you're very hard working but you have a long way to do. I sincerely wish you do and get better with every film. :)

action-comedy

[chiragsharma-14930 · 4/10 · 20 September 2016]

So, straight away, the best thing about A Flying Jatt is the fumbling Jatt played by Tiger Shroff. Wicked industrialist Malhotra (Kay Kay) wants Aman's family's lands, which hold a sacred tree, for his polluting industries. Aman's mother, Mrs. Dhillon (Amrita), ferociously opposes Malhotra - but Aman quakes before him, intimidated by most things on earth, including his own martial arts students. Can Aman ever stand up to Malhotra and his huge henchman Raka (Nathan) - and can he fight his own fears?

Tiger does a neat job as Aman, shivering superhero who fights crime but also buys 'do kilo lauki' on the way home. Tiger's evolution, from a kind but confused kid on the block, to a focused and fierce fighter, comes across well as do the film's light moments, including Aman as 'Sunny Leone'. Amrita Singh, literally playing a Tiger Mom, displays feisty panache, berating her son for having 'dole-shole, no jigra', delivering wisdom with slaps and guzzling drinks galore. The banter between her, Tiger and Aman's fun-loving brother Rohit (Gaurav) is fresh good fun.

Sadly, as Aman's love interest Kriti, Jacqueline adds little zing to this party - her role consists of grinning incessantly and delivering mystifying dialogues ("I like karate - it's like, so, hah!") in an accent that reminds you - with longing - of Katrina Kaif. Kay Kay is much too leashed - despite his ability, Malhotra's malevolence simply doesn't ooze through. As Raka, who literally enjoys toxic power, Nathan Jones growls, grunts and grins in a manic sort of way. These don't make him scary - just cartoonish.

And there lies the trouble with A Flying Jatt - the full, stark shebang of a superhero versus super-dark powers never comes through. The villains remain cardboard cut-outs and the clash grows predictable. These thrills don't chill. On the upside, for children, A Flying Jatt provides clean entertainment - with its innocence, it evokes more Haathi Mere Saathi and less cool-cat Krrish. The film takes off only because of its simplicity - a flying jatt who's afraid of heights, a rarity in dark times of Udta Punjabs. Highly recommended.

Oops!

[namashi_1 · 4/10 · 31 October 2016]

'A Flying Jatt' is a great opportunity gone wrong. Director Remo D'Souza tries his best to make fun superhero film, with a message on pollution & its brutal after-effects, but sadly, the film never soars.

'A Flying Jatt' Synopsis: A timid young man gains superpowers & becomes a superhero. But, a mighty villain, made of dirt & pollution, comes his way.

'A Flying Jatt' has a few moments that shine, particularly the protagonist's banter with his boisterous mom & bumbling brother, but that's all that there is, sadly. The superhero bits lack power & an unnecessary romantic angle adds nothing to the goings-on. Also, the film is a bit too long!

The Writing plays a spoilsport. Remo's Direction is strictly okay. Cinematography is decent. Editing lacks crispness. Art & Costume Design are average. Sachin-Jigar's Score is quite good.

Performance-Wise: Tiger is unmistakably earnest & looks the part. But, the rawness is still evident & he needs to work harder on his acting. Amrita Singh is fantastic as his mom. So is Gaurav Pandey, as his brother. Nathan Jones isn't menacing enough. Kay Kay Menon is such a fine actor & he's always worth watching. Jacqueline Fernandez is wasted.

On the whole, 'A Flying Jatt' stands on a faulty script.