Action Jackson may just spoil your 'good mood'

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam, Kunaal Roy Kapoor, Manasvi Mamgai 
Director: Prabhu Deva
Rating: *

What's it about: 

Spoiler Alert! No we aren't giving away any pivotal plot points, just letting you know that watching Action Jackson might actually spoil the 'good mood' you are in! Prabhu Deva unleashes his favourite past time since he made Rowdy Rathore which is amping up sound effects, putting together a screechy background score that is in sync with the loud plot, and ensuring that the women in his films act as a ploy to distract us from the lack of any originality. Ajay Devgn plays not one but two roles in the pretext of letting mistaken identity be the focal point of this MIA story line. There are not one, but three leading ladies (Sonakshi, Manasvi and Yami) with screen time given in what seems to be an order of whoever had most available dates, who romance Ajay. Oh yes and then there is the mandatory bad guy played by (drumroll...) Anand Raj! If watching stylish action scenes and listening to songs that sound like a mix tape you rejected in the 90's gets you amped up, then Action Jackson is the ticket to buy. 

What's hot: 
Have to give it to Ajay - he looks the part. Those massive shoulders, pecs, washboard abs, menacing look, everything has been check listed from the very first frame. The second half has some engaging action scenes. Kunaal Roy Kapoor and Ajay have some funny scenes together. 

What's not:
Action Jackson uses everything in excess - action, romance, comedy, the odd background score and stuff we were used to watching in the 90's! Also the whole track of Sonakshi getting her luck quotient up, every time Ajay gets his pants down, is stretched beyond a limit. The jokes are funny until they get dragged and worn out. Manasvi plays an evil woman who's a maneater and will go to any extent to keep her territory guarded. Her character has to be one of the most lousy piece of writing anyone has put together in recent times. Songs pop out of no where and again have that same PD routine of background dancers in colorful attire with Sonakshi stretching her facial expressions on cue to match various emotions. Dialogues sound rehashed and remixed from Salman Khan films like Wanted and Dabangg. 

What to do: 
Endure this only if you are a true blue Ajay Devgn fan, otherwise revisit Rowdy Rathore, Prabu Deva's better version of Action Jackson.