Was waiting for this day for over 2 years. I hoped this would finally be the movie that would blow my mind after such a long streak of hindi movie dissapointments. Excited saw it first day first show and it just added to the streak. If there was no SRK this would be a flop, no question. Relying on his hype to carry this only.
The good:
SRK is Back
The Train Sequence!
John a great bad guy
Deepika was extremely attractive
Songs are decent
Pathaan character background
Hand to hand action choreography
The bad:
Story - predictable, plagiarised (...even lion king!) and meanders, very dissapointing.
Poor VFX - 50- 75% action relies on vfx, its almost cartoony
Silly Action sequences - the action sequences are just silly rather than thrilling...when its hand to hand, fantastic, but everything else is literally just dumb.
All other characters are forgettable...literal cardboard cutouts.
1 of 4 jokes land - robles, cringe.
Background score weaker to war - being massive fan of war, i knew each beat and when would hit, was perfect background score, this was on and off.
Overall: You could watch if diehard SRK fan, but please do not expect a good story, (If you do go, Train sequence is unmissable) but action is not something you havent seen before, cheaper version of similar stunts taken from iconic action movies.