![]() avan Malhotra, who played Lobo,an investigating officer, delivers a fine performance and justifies his screen time. Akshay Kumar is terrific in this average courtroom drama!. If it were not for that, Rustom might just have worked, despite its disengaging performances. It's a safe bet to say that a thriller that goes wrong with its climax is likely to fail as a thriller. ![]() But, it all comes crumbling down in the end. The story by itself works, the back and forth in time-line notwithstanding. At times even distracting from the story. Whether or not it is authentic, it sure is refreshing. ![]() They are all styled like they are in the 50s-60s. Arjan Bajwa, the supposed villain smirks and his sister, Esha Gupta, the supposed vamp, smirks more. Ileana D'cruz, the accused's cheating wife is sorry. Akshay Kumar, the accused, is stern (garbed as restrained?). The main characters all have to wear one expression through the film. In its attempt to keep things light, it makes caricatures out of the prosecutor, the judge and the owner of a newspaper. There are loopholes and convenient coincidences. I love a well-done court-room drama, but Rustom doesn't quite make it engaging. ![]() Rustom not only does that, but also has two parallel threads running that don't connect completely in the end. Even the best of reveals comes across as too easy or too lame or both when that happens. One of the biggest cop-outs is when the perpetrator tells how he did it to another character, rather than the story-teller showing us how it happened.
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