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Is there anything original in this movie? Everything seems taken from recent martial arts hits… The Raid anyone? I wish film makers would try to make something original and inspired rather than just, flashy, hollow and ripped off from other films.
Wow, how is Sharukh Khan not in that? Maybe they should work on some really serious scripts that would make the world more familiar with Indian martial arts. I’d be curious.
Looks like a rip off of the Raid and every Tony Jaa movie with Bollywood cheese thrown in. That being said I’ve seen worse martial arts movies.
Kind of hard to fully judge a movie based on a trailer. Yeah it looks like it was inspired by The Raid, but it might be a fun ride.
Nothing looks horribly offensive here. I enjoyed Krrish and Krrish 3, so maybe this could be fun. (Providing that the trailer isn’t a lie.)
Eh, I was amused, at least.
Holy shit. I gotta admit that leg thing at the end was crazy.
Karate Kid meets The Raid meets Bollywood romance?? The M.A. looks good but whomever wrote the script needs some original ideas.
It’s not the original ideas that bother me… it’s…. I mean, look at it. Does anyone here notice how bad that movie looks?? 😉
Choreography and stunts looks good on film, hope they didn’t include it he usual Bollywood singing and dancing scenes, then it would ruin entire film.
It was hard sitting through the WHOLE trailer, I can’t lie. I cannot take anymore of this slo-mo, smiling-in-the-rain nonsense. I just can’t. The HEADLINE on top of the trailer says it all…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Bollywood production but I may have to check this out. Super goofy and unoriginal, but as a fan of old school kung fury flicks I’m used to goofy and unoriginal. The fight choreography looks good even if it is heavily inspired by The Raid and Tony Jaa. I hope it’s not 3 hours long and full of singing and dancing though…that’s what scares me about Bollywood.
this trailer is actually interesting, but the slow-mo turns me off. i would watch it still haha
I’d watch it
I know next to nothing about Bollywood, but this looks…intriguing. I mean, it looks like a lot of nonsense, but if the fight scenes deliver than it could at least be fun.
Not original in the least bit. But production and photography looks good.I have watched much worse. It looks like a fun movie.
I enjoy checking out martial arts films from areas that don’t mass produce them, so I’ll keep an eye on this, albeit with very low expectations.
I’d watch this just for the cheese factor. But it honestly doesn’t look cheesy enough. So I might just end up being disappointed. Ankle break at the end was enjoyable.
I agree with the other comments on here. Looks like a mix of some already popular martial arts films. Something a little more “original” could make the film a little more appealing to me I guess. I’ll probably give it a chance because who knows, it could be a “fun” film to watch sometime on a rainy day.
As long as it’s not 3+ hours of choppy, CG-assisted editing, unnecessary subplots, and superfluous dialogue then I’m in.
Ching Siu-Tung did good work on the Krrish movies, so this could be just as fun.
I found Baaghi lurking in the abyss of iTunes, and checked it out. The fight choreography by Kazu Patrick Tang was pretty good. It’s just unfortunate how unoriginal it is.
The length the movie goes to rip off Tony Jaa and Iko Uwai films is hilarious. It’s not just similar, they recreate scenes shot for shot like the foot chase in Ong-Bak, and several key scenes in The Raid.
We have the villain on the loudspeaker, the guy breaking in half on the balcony, the machete through the wall, a guy getting his head bashed on wall tiles, and Kazu himself is Mad Dog. (He gets to spout out insults to the hero like “You Indian!”)
In his fight with Tiger Shroff, they even recreate the ending to Jet Li vs Cyril Rafaelli in Kiss if the Dragon.
And there’s a sequel coming that manages to steal from every action film across the globe. This madness is sure to continue.
Poor Kazu Patrick Tang. I remember back when ‘Raging Phoenix’ came out in 2009, he was kind of being sold as the next big martial arts star to come out of the (then still booming) Thai action movie scene. While the flick itself was lackluster, he did make an impression, but couldn’t capitalize on it. His 2013 turn as a leading man in ‘Dragonwolf’ is almost unwatchable (as were most of the Thai action movies that didn’t have the late Panna Rittikrai’s name attached to them).
It’s interesting to hear that in ‘Baaghi’ he plays the character of Mad Dog from ‘The Raid’, as he does the exact same thing in Bollywood’s remake of ‘The Man from Nowhere’ – the horrendously titled ‘Rocky Handsome’ – in which he plays the character Thanayong Wongtrakul played in the Korean classic.
Aww, I loved Raging Phoenix! The combination of drunken boxing, hip hop, capoeira, and muay thai made the movie very unique. Tang should have been a big star after that.
I’m hoping his foray into Indonesian cinema is much kinder to him. He’s certainly bringing a lot of experience to that flick.
Well, I’d definitely rather watch ‘Raging Phoenix’ again than take a chance with ‘Baaghi’. 😛 But c’mon, that plot, an evil organisation making perfume out of girls tears!? I can leave my brain at the door, but plots like that assume you never had one to begin with.
I actually don’t remember that part. All I rememered was the human trafficking element.
I guess if idiots can sell rhino horns and ivory as medicine, why not tears? lol
I wouldn’t say Baaghi isn’t worth watching. As long as you don’t pay too much money, its worth a rental to laugh at.
One legetimate aspect that I liked about Baaghi was referencing martial art history in India. Supposedly, it predates China, and I would have liked the movie to focus more on that part.
I’ve been watching a good amount of Indian action films lately, and I would say that now, the country is qualified to make martial art films.
Tiger Shroff’s newest action film is War. (No relation to the cyst that wastes Jet Li and Jason Statham) he and Hrithik Roshan were a great pair, and this time the fight scenes are more original. The movie as a whole owes a lot to Hollywood and Asian action cinema, but it’s a better example of what should be coming out of the country.
I’ve also learned of another Indian action star named Vidyut Jammwal, and I honestly think he’s just as good as Scott Adkins and Mark Dacascos. He’s most notable for the Commando trilogy (part 3 is coming out on the 29th) where he showcases Kalaripayattu, India’s martial art.
Coincidentally, he most recently stars in Junglee, which is about a man and his elephants, but it doesn’t rip off Tony Jaa’s film, and it was an award winner at the Jackie Chan International Film Week festival. Vidyutt even mentioned in his acceptance speech how difficult it is for an Indian film to have its own identity without copying Jackie Chan, and that it meant a lot to be recognized.
Thanks for putting some Bollywood goodness on COF’s radar Andrew!
Have you had a chance to stumble across ‘The Man Who Feels No Pain’?
I did try and give that a go, but I couldn’t get past the slow motion in slow motion gimmick. I am glad that the better movies are getting released relatively quickly in the US though.