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RAW Review: A Raw thriller.

This week Sushant Singh Rajput's John Abraham's Romeo Akbar Walter aka RAW hit the theatres, another thriller that was based in the year 1971 and is based on the true story of a spy. It stars John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Mouni Roy, Sikander Kher and Alka  Amin in pivotal roles.

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What's Good: Acting: Credit is given where it's due, John needed to be expressionless as a RAW agent and he does a great job. Jackie Shroff, Sikander Kher are amazing in their roles and others are good as well except Mouni Roy who has no significant role. DOP: The cinematography and photography are pretty decent and captures exactly what is needed. Dialect and Costumes: All the characters, their costume, and their dialect are absolutely spot on.

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What's Bad: PACING: The first is absolutely sluggish and fails to get you invested. Incoherent Direction: Very incoherent direction to a story that deserved better. Cliches: Director Robby Grewal apart from his incoherency, has thrown in a cliche story where a taut thriller has given way to love the angle and over the top melodrama. Editing: The editing was so problematic that it ultimately led to difficulties in viewing. 

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Final Word: On the whole, Romeo Akbar Walter is a story that had so much potential to be one of the best thrillers but the cliche writing and incoherent direction fails the movie. I am going with 2.5 stars.

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P.S. It is better to watch the DC superheero movie Shazam! over this movie. Avoid even if this movie is so informative.

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