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Two encounter specialists get into a ruthless, head-on battle for maximum power and control; and are willing to go any extent to up the 'headcount' to fuel their selfish more...
Two encounter specialists get into a ruthless, head-on battle for maximum power and control; and are willing to go any extent to up the 'headcount' to fuel their selfish ambitions.
Mumbai! Yeah, sure! The city of dreams and disasters. Traffic and terrorism. Slums and skyscrapers. Bollywood and bhais. Corruption and 'cop'ulation. Cutting chai and 'cut-pieces'. The city of extremes. It's maxed out- Mumbai.
It's raging war against the underbelly of the city. Two daredevil encounter cops, Pratap Pandit (Sonu Sood) and Arun Inamdar (Naseeruddin Shah) are on a mission to shoot-at-sight. Ready to gun down anything (pointlessly) - but their power, ego and mean motives. Pandit, the young, fiercely ambitious and brutally brave cop (oh yes, he boasts of 150 medals, for a 'hit' rate that beats the count of tab tak chappan. No comparison with Nana please), is embroiled in a series of conspiracies, contract killings and suspicious criminal connections. Inamdar, a much senior and silently devious cop (with as many grey shades as grey hair), has a personal vendetta against Pandit, and has vowed to out-trigger his 'body-count' (even if it means throwing in some farzi encounters). The brief is simple, shoot-at-sight-as-you-like. The gritty drama sees a dash of glamour with a slightly-short-of-sizzle item number (Hazel Keech), and fleeting emotional moments between Pandit and his patni (Neha Dhupia), his pretty pillar of strength.
This no-holds-barred game of 'shoot-to-success', happens while a conniving neta, Tiwari (Vinay Pathak), plots his own political ambition; and a diligent reporter, Ashwin (Amit Sadh), who believes in nothing but sach befriends the sharp shooters (over beer and kheema pau), breaks sensational news as it's happening - from the cops, mouth. Eventually, Mumbai's 'clean-up' act turns into an unwarranted bloody affair, the dirty power-play turns into a death trap, and there's no way anyone can 'cop-out'.
In his first lead role, Sonu Sood, gets his chance to play a Chulbul Pandey, (minus the comedy, though in true Dabangg style). With ample confidence and flair, he displays a gamut of moods and emotions that his chequered character demands.
Naseeruddin, as the vengeful, angry old cop, stranger to sympathy, doesn't belt out his usual knock-out performance. For an actor of his stature and skill, his role is partially sketched, and he's left with no choice but to bite the bullet.
The usually comical Vinay Pathak puts up believable act as a sly politician, with wise-cracks and disposable gyaan. Neha Dhupia plays the wifely act to the tee, and pleasantly breezes through the role.
Director Kabeer Kaushik, has a good force of actors here and a gripping premise (with strong references to prominent encounter cops from recent past), but he doesn't quite lead the way. There are scenes where he triggers good performances, but with the inclusion of too many facts, figures and case files, it loses entertainment value. And gradually the plot fades into dark gullies of our big, bad Maximum city.
You can take a 'shot' at this one if you want, but remember you're not at gun-point, really.
Review posted within last 6 month
One time watch....
Review posted within last 6 month
maximum movie ... with minimum rating ....!!!!
Review posted more than 6 month ago
A nice movie with a beautiful story ! A superb acting & action of the hero in the role of police !
Review posted more than 6 month ago
One time watch. Good acting by Sonu Sood and Naseeruddin Shah.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Nice performance by all...1 time watch
Review posted more than 6 month ago
good work by Sonu Sood... he makes his impression...
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Well, Sonu Sood rocks again...... kind of liked him in his uniformed looks.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
A good film with a restrained and matured performance laced with a good script and deft direction. Though ending is a tragedy but scores on exposing the dirty rivalry of Law Enforcement personnel and the High Handedness too. Neha, Naseer, Pathak, Sood and Press guy have done justice to their respective roles. Good film.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
he hi good one
Review posted more than 6 month ago
awefull not watchable
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Good movie must watch awesome performances
Review posted more than 6 month ago
good to WAtch and timespasss
Review posted more than 6 month ago
ultimate performances by entire cast, especially sonu sood, he looks real good in Maximum, a hard hitting performance by him as a Cop. Naseer has given an equivalent power packed performance, so it makes a bit difficult to as who carried the movie on his shoulders Naseer or Sonu. anyways a good movie and good work by entire cast i.e. Sonu Sood, Naseeruddin Shah, Neha Dhupia, Vinay Pathak and not to forget the director.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
will see this movie just to watch the item song.. :P
Review posted more than 6 month ago
If a director has got someone like Naseerji in his film, he just needs to utilize the actor properly and you get a powerful performance, but Kabeer has failed to do that. Overall good watchable movie, but we have seen films on similar tracks earlier as well, so there was nothing much new and fresh in the movie.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
i did not want to see the movie because it is star sonu sood and it is kind of police ancounter ( U KNOW DEPARTMENT EFFECT) movie. Today i do not have anything to do so i go to watch uninterestingly but to my surprise it turn out to be exceptional move . If any one want to watch this movie go and watch I bet u won t regret All actors did superb work and sonu was the best.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Maximum was a disappointment from director Kabeer Kaushik of Seher fame. The loose and feeble script of rivalry between two encounter cops just failed to hold the viewer's interest throughout the movie. The actors were a saving grace for the movie but Naseeruddin Shah was underutilized in the movie.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
super movie
Review posted more than 6 month ago
worst movie.....
Review posted more than 6 month ago
It is a outstanding movie and i like the acting of sonu sood
Review posted more than 6 month ago
good movie..must watch
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Sonu Sood's acting was very good. Songs and action were also very good. My ratings - 3.5/5.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
nice one .... :) :P
Review posted more than 6 month ago
The movie is meant for Policewalas and not for the common man. The common man considers that police will assist them even if they take bribe. In this movie the police is split into 2 sections and is killing it's own informers and is playing the number the game as 2 who kills more ppl. See if you can bargain and can pay only half the price of the ticket as the second half is extremely dull and non-sensical. Neha Dhupia is wearing full clothes and fails to impress with acting. Naseeruddin and Vinay Pathak did run the show for a while but then all fail to make a point as there is no stryline. Maximus time and money waste.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
good movie
Review posted more than 6 month ago
totally maximum
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Not bad but excellent job sonu do
Review posted more than 6 month ago
I fail to understand, while mentioning the name of the starcast, Sonu Sood is mentioned before Mr. Shah.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
A Good Movie to Watch, Both Sonu & Naseer did excellent job and it's Dabangh type masala movie. A Good Watch.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
congressis governments at most of places whether in states or centre do not give importance to industry.they take every industry government or private as milky cow only. we in KUNDLI,HARYANA are facing big problems due to power cut.haryana doesn't have any tourism or mining industry. it depends mainly on industries setup by people from punjab and delhi and agriculture. in future ,you may say that haryana is purely an AGRICULTURE STATE' as there will be no industry.light keeps come and go all day for half hour to 2 hours break and at 6 p.m. ,it goes off and comes at 3or 4 or 5 A.M. in morning .how can any industry survive here?WE DEMAND FROM HARYANA GOVERNMENT TO GIVE US CLAIM TO CLOSE AND SHIFT INDUSTRY TO SOMEWHERE ELSE IN INDIA
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Based on competition between two encounter specialist sonu sood and naseerudin shah and little bit of gang war involved.Crime movie like satya etc but not as good as satya.weak screenplay ,average music .Sonu may not be good actor but he has screen presence,Neha dhupia played wife of sonu and did better than her previous movies.naseer role shows that with weak sceenplay even good actor are helpless.slow movie with most illogical end.DIALOGUE--JAB KISI CHEEJ KO JINDGI MEIN BAHUT CHAHO AUR WO ACHANAK PLATE MEIN RAKHI MIL JAYEE TO AADMI AANDHA HO JATA HAIN AUR USE AACHE BURE KA PATA NAHI CHALTA
Review posted more than 6 month ago
sonu sood is superb in the movie...kabir kaushik has made a very earnest film...i liked it but i did not like the idea of him keeping his characters grey...some characters are not logical...for eg the guy who plays media....naseer was wasted....overall its a watchable and a real film...
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Another Dabaang Movie... lets see how much its get.... Sonu sood is a good actor.... keep it up..
Review posted more than 6 month ago
VERY GOOD MOVIE GO INDIAN WATCH GOOD DIRECTOR MOVIE RATHER THAN BIG STAR MOVIE.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Over-use of puns makes this review lack 'pun'ch (pardon the pun). "No choice but to bite the bullet", "no way anyone can cop out", these phrases are not only contrived but incorrectly used. Poor grammar and poor taste further mar the review. TOI should stick to praising Yash Raj and Salman factory products... anything else is way beyond them
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Some of the recent movies improve the standard of bollywood directors and script writers. Viewers are fade up with love story where an actor (more than 45 years) fall in love and conquered all the odds. Is it possible in real life? Better to concentrate to some hardcore issues of Indian politics, social life, economy, corruptions, etc.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
wil go n watch for Naseeruddin Shah's acting he was stunning in "A Wednesday" Hv to rate to post comment :) presuming it to be worth watching:)
Review posted more than 6 month ago
This seem to be the best phase of the year. Look at the line up, Ferrari Ki Sawari, Sanghai, GOW, and now this. Another good movie to watch especially not so called star involved. We are not going to miss any stars as we see them loads in advert/TV. But good movies like this are always welcome. Hope we get them regularly.
Review posted more than 6 month ago
Not interested, waiting for " spider man"
Review posted more than 6 month ago
LOL pseudo-intellectual cunt You aren't intelligent for liking those films you smelly, white worshipping metereosexual monkey.
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