Race (2008)

Why's it rated 6.6/10 on Imdb ,it deserves at least 8/10. Indian mdb users are dumbs. They can't understand what the hell is called "suspense" . You can watch this movie again and again and again and again.....

By the title, I expected the movie to be some racing movie type having fast cars or the plot related to the horse racing but it's different. It's about the life Race. You never know what just happened and what's coming. It would seem too foolish if one started predicting the end. It's too exciting. I never thought this movie would have so much twists and turns. The direction is just fine, not perfect but the plot is brilliant. Katrina and Bipasha acted well while Saif Ali Khan, Akshaya Khanna and Anil Kapoor make the movie fantastic. Several flaws can be easily detected but still, the movie runs too good that those flaws would be negligible. Background music and the songs are okay.One need not use his head much because everything has been explained. The movie is much for watch and enjoy. It's a full entertainment package.

Okay then, yes, Race is another unoriginal work of fiction by the director duo Abbas Mastan. Watching Race, you can't figure who's who, who's supposed to be good, who's supposed to be bad. The plot is incredibly twisted, and it's so unpredictable that you start predicting another twist coming. The movie tries to be very cool with its technical advances, noisy westernised songs and overly glossy costumes, and everyone is made to look overtly sophisticated, able to plan the most complicated of conspiracies. It, however, greatly lacks in substance, and the many twists unfolded throughout the movie become at some point really senseless. But Race is entertaining to an extent, and it can definitely be watched with family and friends. It has comedy and suspense, and it has its share of enjoyable moments. The action is very good, the locations are nice, the girls are hot, the editing is quite slick, and the movie is extremely fast paced. Some of the songs are very good, like "Pehli Nazar Mein Kaisa Jadoo", but most of them sound repetitive and annoying. Saif Ali Khan plays the leading role, and he is required to keep a serious restrained expression throughout the movie, though still he is pretty good. Akshaye Khanna is well miscast. Katrina is just there, and Bipasha has nothing good to do but she looks a million bucks. Anil Kapoor is quite funny in his role. Race is another masala flick. It's pretentious, but as a one-time watch, it's quite okay, particularly if you don't look for logic behind its story.

I was anticipating the release of the move impatiently... I've longed to see Saifo's movies and with this superstar cast i figured the film had to be a hug hit undoubtedly. But little did I know, the movie was absolute crap.. Yes the twists were intriguing but nothing more. The tracks, dancing, stunts were all boring that I yawned all the way through the film!! At some point of the movie, the scenes became expectable and less watchable. Saif and Bipasha don't have sort of chemistry going on for them so that was a "switch off" for me too.Hopefully, Saif would be wiser in choosing his roles in the future; I'm such a die-hard fan of his but this movie I believe should be erased from his glamorous record.