Attack Movie Review: Nothing Extraordinary!

Attack, directed by Lakshya Raj Anand, follows the life of Arjun (John Abraham), a patriot and a soldier in the Army, who falls in love with a cabin crew member, Aisha (Jacqueline Fernandez), but his life turns upside down when he gets paralyzed after being shot by a terrorist. Subsequently, Jiya (Rakul Preet Singh), a scientist, picks him as a test subject to work on a new experience called “Super Soldier.”

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First off, the base writing of Attack is decent because the idea (although not innovative at all) sounds intriguing. The film carries the right balance of patriotism and human emotions, but the screenplay fails to understand its actual potential. There are quite a few outdated, tiresome and dramatic moments in between the action scenes which taint the entire engagement factor of the film.

Moving on to the performances, John Abraham puts on a solid show as the lead star, and action comes very naturally to him, but in Attack, he raised the bar, not just for him but for the entire industry. He isn’t the typical loud hero character we saw in Satyameva Jayate or Mumbai Saga cause here John is stable and different. Jacqueline Fernandez, with her accent, may sound non-traditional and sometimes cheezy, but her beautiful looks are pretty transitional and lovable. Rakul Preet Singh is decent alongside the other supporting characters of the film.

Although, as I mentioned earlier, besides the entertaining action scenes and well-written satirical and grounded dialogues, the music of Attack, composed by the very talented Shashwat Sachdev, is impressive to an extent, except for the romantic number in the first quarter that is filled with typical Bollywood clichés.

Attack suffers from scattered screenwriting cause it is supposed to be a tight action drama, but it has a ton of dramatic errors that ruin the pace. Director Lakshya Raj Anand definitely brings something new to the table but he fails to execute the concept. The movie has its ups and downs, but for the first time in a very long time, John Abraham’s fans can rejoice cause he isn’t playing the angry, ripped, braindead macho and selected a unique role. Attack isn’t anything extraordinary, very fitting for an evening watch when it debuts on streaming.

‘Attack (2022)’ Rating – 2.5/5

Review by @samthebestest_