Anjaam Shahrukh is creepiest Shahrukh- he knows exactly how to give you shivers of disgust. But even so it's a movie made for Madhuri and she's superb in all she does from the pure charm of Channe Ke Kheth Mein to her descent into hell and back. Their confrontation scenes are excellent- all noir lighting and dialogue and the last fifteen minutes or so are completely fucked up (in a good way I think).
For a grungy horror action movie, this one spends plenty of time on the set-up which I enjoyed. It felt like a movie that was very much about the American South and especially the blues.
The first half of the movie was like the build up to a heist movie or an Agatha Christie mystery as we met the cracking ensemble cast. It certainly felt like the two Jordans had plans on their mind as they brought together that wonderful…
What a knockout of a movie! I can't think of another movie that better speaks to the state of the US right now. Despite having watched the trailer I was so unprepared for even the very first scene. When the heading announces where we start, my eyes opened wide. Starting from there the movie takes off with a story pitting resistance against the state, with some scenes that could be torn from the headlines and a narative propulsion that had…
