Rocket Gang Review: This rocket jets off in a hurry only to crash and burn later
Rocket Gang Movie Rating: 2 Stars
Finally watched Rocket Gang movie on Zee5 Premium. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Aditya Seal, Nikita Dutta, Jason Tham, Mokshda Jailkhani, Sahaj Singh, Tejas Varma, Aadvik Mongia, Jayshree Gogoi, Dipali Borkar, Siddhant Sharma and Ranbir Kapoor
Director: Bosco Martis
Release Date: 11th November 2022 in Cinemas & digital premiere from 30th December 2023 on Zee5 Premium
Story: Movie revolves around five friends Amar (Aditya Seal), Tania (Nikita Dutta), Bunnu (Jason Tham), Sahib (Sahaj Singh Chahal) and Pia (Mikshda Jailkhani). They have their own problems in life but otherwise, they are all in a fairly happy space.
The five are invited to Wonder Villa one day. Although they do not know, the one extending them the invitation is the ghost of a dead person Tony. In the villa, the five friends meet the ghosts of five children Kiara (Dipali Borkar), Sehar (Jayshree Gogoi), Ganesh (Siddhant Sharma), Montu (Aadvik Mongia) and Padrick (Tejas Verma).
The five ghosts tell the five friends that they had been killed when the car in which they were travelling had had to be diverted into a valley to avoid an accident with a car (coming from the opposite direction) which was being driven by Amar and in which the other four friends were having fun. The ghosts of the five kids and their driver, Tony, had landed in Wonder Villa in the accident. They also tell the five friends that they were on their way to participate in the finals of the ‘Dance India Dance’ television show when the accident took place.
The five friends don’t believe the story but soon, Amar recalls such an incident. When the five friends return to Wonder Villa, the ghosts of the five kids tell them that it was their ardent desire to partake in the TV show’s finals. That’s when the five friends — who, incidentally, are bad dancers ask the five spirits to enter their bodies. Amar names his dance group Rocket Gang (which was also the name of the dance group of the five kids) and they all participate in the DID new season. Will they able to fulfil the last wish of the kids is all about this movie.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Cinematography
3. Climax
4. Direction
Negatives
1. Music
2. Length
3. Story
4. Screenplay
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie on digital premiere because skip theatrical watch due to it looks good in parts only.
The film follows five friends Amarbir, Tania, Sahib, Pia and Binoy aka Bunnu who decide to take a vacation after being offered a free stay at the ‘Wonder Villa’. But, as soon as they arrive, some spooky things begin to make their lives miserable. Will they be able to find out whether the house is haunted or if something else is causing all of this?
Rocket Gang has a predictable and childish story which appears quite illogical. Amar and his friends are shown to be ignorant about as serious a fact as a carload of people having died because of their stupidity. The last wish of the spirits of the five dead kids is shown to be to participate in the finals of the TV dance show. This appears a bit weird because there would be many more important things in a kid’s life than a dance show. For, a dance show cannot be the be all and end all of any kid’s existence. After a point of time, the screenplay becomes predictable and loses charm. The drama has less comedy than was necessary. A couple of emotions touch the heart and also bring tears to the eyes but there should’ve been more of them.
I wouldn’t say this movie is a bad film, but it falls a little short of the average mark too. There is promise and some good takeaways from the film that can be utilized further, like kids’ dancing, but here, it doesn’t have the desired impact. It might turn out to be a fun outing for kids, but the accompanying parents might not enjoy it as much. It could have been a fun horror-comedy for kids over the weekend, but the drama aspect of it brings the entire show down. This rocket jets off in a hurry, only to crash and burn later. My view on this movie Time Pass
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