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Movie Review: Mission Istaanbul - Male Booty Call
Deepti Lamba
Cleavage!! There's a lot of it on Mission Istaanbul from Belly dancers, a pissed off journalist wife, lots of male cleavage, a wannabe Angelina Jolie and a product placement of thaanda Mountain Dew. Is there any redeeming quality for Mission Istaanbul? Its all about popular conspiracy theories coming true on the 13th Floor of a news channel which is a terrorist front. Its about looking like Matt Damon from Bourne and oh yeah! Its about smooching Jolie's little Indian sister.
There is a pseudo-President Bush suffering from Bushism - saying Man-hole-Singh Manmohan Singh, and not wanting to interfere in the shenanigans of some Indians finding out the truth about you know who being dead in the terrorist circles.
So, the movie isn't low budget, the action scenes are packed but here is what I don't get about the movie. Despite all the high tech talk of computers and all why didn't they use YouTube to let the world know the truth? Then again they had to stretch the movie to three hours. (Speaking of YouTube, the full Mission Istaanbul has already leaked in ten-minute clips, if you'd like to watch it in that painful format.)
Hence, there are a lot of chase scenes through the colorful streets of Istanbul, a love interest specially flying to Turkey to complicate matters further and the Indian ambassador chickening out and letting foreign cops into the Embassy.
After the intermission, the movie takes on a Rambo flavor. Two men fighting against terrorists while the world watches on the sidelines.
The movie is fraught with many loopholes, ugly looking terrorists having sauna baths, bare-chested fights and Abhishek Bachchan shaking his scrumptious booty as a guest appearance. Come to think of it, the only reason one should go to see this movie is to watch some male booty in action. Apart from that the movie has nothing new to offer.
Sanjay
July 27, 2008
03:32 PM
Abhishek Bachchan is good-looking? You've got to be kidding me. Get a pair of glasses. Or get off the Bachchan PR payroll. Is he sponsoring ads on here now?
That guy has a face that only a mother could love.
He's a big star because Dad was a big star, and dynasticism/nepotism rules in Bollywood.
What booty? That guy has hips wider than his shoulders, for goodness sakes.
Sanjay
July 27, 2008
03:37 PM
Zahir Khan is genuinely handsome, though. If he was any more handsome, you'd have to call him pretty.
Vivek Oberoi is also handsome. Sunil Shetty is getting older, but still has some rugged looks to him.
I forget who plays that terrorist villain guy, but even he outdistances ugly Abhishek by a wide margin.
Really, guys like Abhishek are why arranged marriage was invented.
Rishi
August 10, 2008
02:39 AM
Oh yeah Mr.Sanjay, Everybody in the world except Abhishek is handsome ! And BTW, it's Zayed Khan and not Zahir. And what's the fuss about Abhishek being a star coz dad's a big star? Is he the only one? Half of Bollywood stars today have some kind of lineage. Do you want me to name ? Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Kajol, Karisma Kapoor,Tushar Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Fardeen Khan ...phew, the list goes on ! Obviously you are not particularly fond of Abhishek and that's why you are saying such nasty things.
anand
August 10, 2008
08:58 AM
abhishek bachchan isnt that attractive. he is tall. he hasnt got that well defined features and face shape. secondly his body is broad but low maintaince for a hero and hips seem to be wide. he is nowhere near zayed khan or arjun rampal and the other new breed of heroes. but women seem to like him cos he has that low maintanence unkempt kindofa a gettable and not so metrosexual guy. not that other guys are metrosexuals.
its rare to see women talk of 'male booty' though. i wonder what they like to do with it
smallsquirrel
August 11, 2008
06:54 AM
anand, now it is very clear to me that you live in your own world. you really do not understand women AT ALL. or aesthetics. and for chrissake. abishek bachchan does not have well defined features? have you actually seen his nose or eyebrows?
it is quite entertaining, though. how far off course you are.
anand
August 11, 2008
09:31 AM
no actually ive heard they (women) are very complicated
Deepti Lamba
URL
August 11, 2008
11:22 AM
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder;)
Sanjay
August 15, 2008
09:45 PM
Yeah, Zayed, whatever. At least he's coordinated - much better than Abhishek and his 2 left feet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8htLwSy3bE
Praising Abhishek's pear bodyshape and his over-sized nose and lips only mean calling for low standards. I like Arjun Rampal, Zayed Khan, Hrithik Roshan, and even some of the newer lookalikes. All time favorite is Raj Kumar, with his deep manly voice. They don't make em like that anymore.
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