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After a bomb destroys the bus on which he was riding, a military officer (Akshay Kumar) foregoes his vacation to hunt down a terrorist and the sleeper cells under his command.

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Rachel Saltz New York Times The action sequences mostly have tension and punch, even if the movie is old-school long - 2 hours 41 minutes - and the plot doesn't bear too much scrutiny. Jun 8, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Adarsh T Story: A soldier’s holiday turns into a full-time mission to save Mumbai from terror attacks, while only taking time out for his bride-hunt. Review: Gagged men tumble out of his closet. Tied up terrorists and ‘sleeper cells’ too. Hell’s bells, they’re far from ‘sleeping beauties’. But then they have to make our brave-heart Virat Bakshi (Akshay) look good. And he sure does. In his camouflage suits and his neon bermudas. Whether he’s on a secret mission (as Defence Intelligence Agent), or romancing his boisterous ‘boxer’ belle Saiba (Sonakshi). All the while coaching his cop buddy on how to ‘crack a case’, or saluting his boss sergeant (Govinda, in a cutesy cameo). Virat’s on holiday in Mumbai – ‘ladki dekhne’ - where a terror blast kills school kids in a bus. A suspect is caught and it leads to series of more suspects who’re part of a devious demolition plan by - Sleeper Cells (trained terrorists guised as common men in society). His holiday turns into havoc and Virat becomes a one-man army – who has to raze the terror outfit and salvage Mumbai from exploding into flames. Nothing can break this lion-hearted soldier who upholds his valour, wardi and values – like a true jawan. Murgadoss’ film (remake of the Tamil ‘Thupakki’) offers an intelligent plot, with blows, blasts and raw bone-cracking action (Greg Powell- of 'Skyfall' fame). It triggers a fear that anyone from your paanwala to pizza-delivery boy could be a ‘closet’ terrorist (Beware!). While the core plot is compelling and finely directed, the side-tracks - like bombs needing to be deactivated and the romantic angle, waste screen-time and the songs infiltrate the plot too often. The film is too long and needs a taut edit. It has flaws too, but doesn’t fail to entertain. Akshay’s stunts are jaw-dropping; he’s in top form and impressively leads the show without much support from his squadron of actors. Farhad (the lead villain) doesn’t leave much impact; and Sonakshi slides in for the song and dance. This one applauds the jawans who live in the jaws of death, and is a ‘wake up’ call for all the ‘sleepers’ that abound. Bravo! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/25 Full Review Audience Member watch full amazing movie online on https://glamcinema.com/ Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Ahmed M Other than it's average story, Akshay Kumar makes the movie watchable. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/27/16 Full Review Audience Member An outstanding movie. Touch of Kollywood in it from A.R. Murugadoss; positively lacks the dilution of the movie by the "masala" filled in the Bollywood movies of today. Great acting by Akshay Kumar. Very good story and well developed plot. Bollywood today needs more movies like this one. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member great movie can't say better than that Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Holiday is a great action film with good songs. The film doesn't have a good plot but its action keeps you entertain through out the running time. The film also covers a topic about sleeper cells. Verdict: Go for it! Rating: 3.6/5 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After a bomb destroys the bus on which he was riding, a military officer (Akshay Kumar) foregoes his vacation to hunt down a terrorist and the sleeper cells under his command.
Director
A.R. Murugadoss
Producer
Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Utpaal Acharya, Aruna Bhatia
Screenwriter
A.R. Murugadoss, A.R. Murugadoss
Distributor
Reliance Entertainment
Production Co
Cape of Good Films, Reliance Entertainment
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 6, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$706.9K
Runtime
2h 41m
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