Review: Race

Race

Director: Abbas-Mustan

Producer: Kumar & Ramesh S. Taurani

Original Cast: Fardeen Khan/John Abraham [Rajiv Singh]

Priyanka Chopra [Sonia]

Ajay Devgan/Akshay Kumar [Robert D' costa]

Mallika Sherawat [Mini]

Saif Ali Khan [Ranvir Singh]

Katrina Kaif [Sophia]

Final Cast: Akshaye Khanna [Rajiv Singh]

Bipasha Basu [Sonia]

Anil Kapoor [Robert D' costa]

Sameera Reddy [Mini]

Saif Ali Khan [Rajvir Singh]

Katrina Kaif [Sophia]

Cars and Horses

Review

Race released way back in March. But I saw it only when it premiered on UTV Movies on Saturday. I had great expectations from it, as my friends had described it as a racy and action packed, superb movie. They’re not my friends any more.

Race is clearly inspired from the likes of The Fast and the Furious. Although the plot is different and is rather good, Abbas-Mustan tend to concentrate more on the cars and racing. There are a humongous number of cars in the movie, with the characters arriving in Porsches and leaving in BMWs. After the failure of 36 China Town and Naqaab, the director duo is back with the original idea of making a movie with twists and turns that has worked for them before. Sadly, the twists in the plot are so many, that at the end of the movie, you often tend to forget who was with whom and double-crossed whom when and went with whom. Cliche.

The soundtrack is great. Pritam has given good music and lyrics are not so bad. However, the background score, given by Salim-Sulaiman, appears to have been copied from Mission Impossible.

The entire movie is set in Durban and Cape Town, in South Africa, but the cinematography fails to capture the exotic and beautiful locations, concentrating only on the blocky and wooden faces of the characters.

The acting is pretty bad. Saif Ali Khan is as expressive as a block of wood, wearing the same grumpy expression throughout the movie. Akshaye Khanna does no better as a drunkard. Katrina Kaif is beautiful, but still has no improvement in her acting. Anil Kapoor, as the cop, seems to have every fruit imaginable. His acting too is a little childish, but thats probably because of the poorly designed role he has. His sidekick Sameera Reddy is unneccesary for the plot, but is only added to give some pointless humour to this otherwise serious and action packed script.

Race is actually a good movie to watch. It works as the audience remains glued to their seats just to know the end. If you’re able to put up with mad dialogues such as “Maroonga Main Nahin, Marega Woh” and “Tum Hamesha Mujhe Harane Ki Sochte The, Aur Main Jeetne Ki“, you might be mildly satisfied. Race is just timepass.

Detailed Ratings [Out of 5]

Plot: 3

Acting: 2

Cinematography: 4

Direction: 6

Music: 6

Action: 4

Rating: 5.2/10 (So-So)

Review: Asphalt 4 Elite Racing HD for Nokia S60

Gameloft released Asphalt 4 Elite Racing recently, after Asphalt 3. Since Gameloft is the best in mobile gaming, Asphalt 2 Urban GT was awesome. But Asphalt 3 was a huge disappointment. I didn’t have much expectations from Asphalt 4 Elite Racing, but oh boy was I wrong. Here are the main features of the game, which are enough to bowl you over:

The Good

• Extreme High Definition 3D Graphics
• Great Gameplay
• Superb cars such as Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari F430 Spyder, Nissan GT-R and bikes such as Ducati 1098
• Realistic Weather Conditions such as rain and snow with exclusive handling difficulties for each
• Six Most Happening Cities To Race: Los Angeles [USA], New York [USA], Paris [France], Monte Carlo [Monaco], Dubai [UAE] and Shanghai [China]
• Bluetooth Multiplayer Mode

The Bad

• Tedious controls
• Poor Soundtrack
• No Story
• No new game modes

Review

Asphalt 4: Elite Racing is a vast improvement over its precedessor, Asphalt 3. The graphics are better, the racing is nicer, the difficultly level has gone down slighltly and the rides are pretty good. The races are fun, and there is an urge to unlock new cars and cities to race in. But unfortunately, other than the cities and the cars, there is no major change in the game. When Asphalt 3 released, it had different game modes such as Cash Attack, Cop Chase, etc. which lacked in Asphalt 2. But there are no new ones in Asphalt 4. They are the same, but are still a treat to play. There are lesser bugs, which were innumerable in Asphalt 3. But in the end, the racing experience is enjoyable. The races do become sluggish and boring after completing about the half the game, but nevertheless, it is a good experience. Although more improvements could have been done to make the game more exciting, Asphalt 4 is obviously the best racing game on the mobile I’ve ever played.

Rating: 3/5 [Good]

Screenshots

Race Selection

Bugatti Veyron

Ducati 1098

Ferrari F430 Spider

RUF RGT