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No, we’re no great fans of Vivek Oberoi.

Nor for that matter fans of any of Ash’s male friends, past (Vivek or Salman) or present (Abhishek).

But Prince is not total crap like Akshay Kumar’s De Dana Dan or Kambhakkht Ishq.

Au contraire, think of  Prince as the Desi Bourne Gaand Identity, albeit a lengthy, unedited one (2-hrs 15-mts).

Low Expectations
After being repeatedly subjected to the Akshay Kumar brand of Bollywood garbage on the screen, these days we are happy if a Hindi movie doesn’t turn out to be total trash.

Call it the Bollywood Law of Low Expectations.

That’s the only way to maintain your sanity after sitting through these nonsensical films.

Action+Weird Story
Prince (directed by Kookie V Gulati with the story and screenplay by Shiraz Ahmed) is an action movie with a weird story underpinning it.

That kinda makes for an ‘interesting’ combination, albeit one that can come only from Bollywood.

Vivek Oberoi plays the eponymous Prince, a legendary thief, who can pull off seemingly impossible heists a la Abhishek Bachchan pulls off crap when he walks or talks.

After a major plunder of diamonds, our Prince wakes up in Durban, South Africa with a loss of memory.

Now, don’t laugh guys. This is not the Ghajini kind of memory loss stolen shit.

This is the ‘memory loss’ from a director/story writer who likely watched the Hollywood action thriller Bourne Identity one too many times and followed it up with Iron Man and Batman a couple of times.

Since it’s Bollywood ishstyle Bourne Identity, memory loss, fast chases and all quickly turns into Gaand Identity even as our hero sophomorically mumbles It’s show time each time he attempts an impossible stunt. Continue reading »