Ceticultsot
Beautiful, moving film.
Cooktopi
The acting in this movie is really good.
Rajeev Masand
i don't know what problem do people have if a film is remade or copied frankly speaking i liked this film much better than reservoir dogs acting by sanjay dutt,mahesh and big b were superb suneil was wooden as usual gaurav was good in some scenes only lucky ali who got a very important role was dumb.the ending was good bt left me craving for more some of the dialogues were brilliant cinematography..screenplay..direction all top notch bit this film is not meant for mushy love story fanssongs are good too and doesn't drag the filmthe awesome slick green look of the film is classic sanjay gupta isshtyle
Simon Booth
I'm still not quite sure why I had to wait nearly 4 years before I could see KAANTE, the Bollywood remake of Reservoir Dogs starring Amitabh Bachchan... the DVD just seemed to get held up in limbo, and eventually I stopped checking for it every month or two so I'm not sure exactly when it did finally come out.Was it worth the wait? No, not really... I might have enjoyed it more 4 years ago, but I've moved on and the times have moved on, and now it's just kind of... "meh".The plot is largely familiar... a group of small time crooks living in LA come together to pull off a big job... to rob the American Service Bank, the bank where all the cops have their accounts (apparently). The heist goes awry, and they suspect they have a mole in the team.RESERVOIR DOGS was already a remake itself - of Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE. However, Tarantino significantly changed things... switching the focus of the story from the undercover cop infiltrating a criminal gang to the gang itself, and replacing the nihilistically downbeat noir-ish vibe of CITY with a hip, street-talking post-modern sort of self-awareness (i.e. some witty dialogue). KAANTE retains the focus on the gang but largely dispenses with the wit & humour... it's a relatively straightforward tale of crime (spread out over 2.5 hours with some musical interludes, naturally).KAANTE's main claim to fame is that it was the first Indian film shot in the US... "Bollywood Goes Hollywood", as the box claims, and it's quite literally true. There is some attempt to explore the racism that the Indian community in LA encounter, with the police always picking them up as suspects and harassing them... this supposedly provides the motivation for them to actually commit the crime, since they're always being accused of it anyway... hmmm.Technically, the film is fairly well realised... quite slick and stylish (though the yellow filters which are used on outdoor scenes, presumably to make us think "smog", get a bit much). The acting is pretty good, the script is OK... the film just doesn't have much of a personality of its own. When Tarantino remade CITY ON FIRE he gave it a unique style and spin, made it into a film of its own. KAANTE doesn't seem to have such ambition - it's happy just to be "the Bollywood remake of Reservoir Dogs". Taken on these terms, it's not a bad effort... but the viewer may well be left wondering "was it really necessary?" and "couldn't it have been something more?".
AwesomeWolf
Version: Madman's R4 DVD release. Hindi / English audio, English subtitles Before 'Kaante', the only Bollywood movies I'd seen were movies like 'Monsoon Wedding' and others that I had to watch at uni. I did not enjoy them. I can only assume that this is because, quite unlike 'Kaante', they were not two and a half hour versions of 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'The Usual Suspects' if directed by John Woo and featuring a few extra song and dance numbers. Wow, awesome.Major (Amitabh Bachchan) is an Indian businessman living in Los Angeles, although his criminal record prevents him from getting any work. Major is arrested in an apparent subplot that is forgotten nearly straight away, and reunited with Ajju, Marc, Bali, Mak and Andy. All are Indians living in Los Angeles, and having a hard time due to their criminal records. In jail together again, they decide to get rich by robbing a bank, though their choice of bank is a little strange. This brings us to the first lesson of 'Kaante': the L.A. criminal underworld is dominated by Indians, they're just so good at it that no one notices.'Kaante' makes no attempt to hide its inspirations. Hell, the DVD cover mentions 'Reservoir Dogs' three of four times. There's a lot of 'The Usual Suspects', and that's pretty much the plot right there: 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'The Usual Suspects', with a few slight influences in between. And dance numbers. Gotta love those song and dance numbers.Aside from song and dance numbers, 'Kaante' is a stylish action movie. Its rather reminiscent of John Woo's awesome style. Hell, a lot of it IS John Woo's awesome style. The bank robbery scene is completely unrealistic, and totally reeks of action awesomeness, and is possibly the coolest scene in the whole 2.5 hour movie, barring the random song and dance numbers, obviously.'Kaante' is a stylish and entertaining action / thriller, but it is a bit of marathon to watch when there's not much else to it. Cool anyway - 8/10
coolmanonly2000
KAANTE is one the the best movie ever made by boolywood .the story is inspired by Hollywood movie -reservoir dogs . it is a story about 6 stranger , 6 Indian stranger which decided 2 rob a bank in LA .But one of them is undercover cop ... everyone in this movie acted very good .amitabh is OK in his role, LUCKY ALI role is not too much but he acted very good,KUMAR GAURAV is also OK,SUNIL SHETTY is also OK....well but the movie is stolen by MAHESH MANJEREKAR and SANJAY DUTT ..this is the first movie is MAHESH MANJEREAKAR but he have done brilliant role his comedy acting and dialouges giving was super..SANJAY DUTT make his strong presence in the movie .his rough look and tough acting is definitely going 2 like by everyone ... well this is one of the best boolywood ever make in the histroy is Indian cinema ..so go and watch .
