Movie Review - Bhaag Johnny - Messed Up Affair

Rating: *

A classic case of an interesting promo but a terrible film - this is what Bhaag Johnny turns out to be. The concept of 'What would you do if you were given to try out two alternates in your life' is the core of this Shivam Nair film. Sounds interesting on paper, but culminates into being a disastrous affair in the way it is narrated. As a matter of fact, the proceedings go boom the moment the stage is set for the story to unveil, which means 15 minutes into the film and it is already a lost cause.

Kunal Kemmu, a corporate hotshot, finds himself in an impossible situation when asked to murder Zoa Morani at the behest of his boss Manasi Scott. While he is in a dilemma, in comes Vikram Bhatt as a genie who gives him two options - a) kill the girl or b) run away. What happens next is 80 odd minutes of sheer amazement that makes you wonder if there was absolutely no thought given on filling up the numerous loopholes that Bhaag Johnny suffers from.

(Spoilers ahead) Picture this - a simple girl allows a stranger to come with a bottle of wine to her room at 7 AM, murders are committed with doors open, culprit makes his moves in full view of CCTVs, a gun never runs out of ammunition, cops runs behind a criminal for what seems like hours and then simply says 'stop', a girl doesn't even try to run away after being kidnapped, a love song emerges without even Stockholm's Syndrome setting in. There are more than a dozen odd such moments that make you look at the screen in frustration. Even the big suspense around the motive behind the killing goes puffff once revealed.

And then there is a big question - Why choose Kunal to commit a murder when you have ready henchmen at your disposal to do the job for you?

With a narrative so messed up, even Kunal can't raise the film with his performance. Manasi is confident and brings in some weight to the proceedings. Zoa is nice, though her make-up needs to be more consistent. Mandana Karimi has a nothing role.

This is one film which was better off stuck in the cans.