So how to review a movie like Action Jackson??? Let's stick to AJ's dialogue... Pasand aaya toh dil mein nahi toh dimag mein bhi nahi.
Plusses -
1. Those moments in the second half when Ajay Devgn aka Vishy along with Kunal Roy Kapoor goes to Bangkok. This entire episode is funny as well as entertaining with obvious crass jokes.
2. It was fun to was Anandaraj debuting in this movie. He was actually one of the best villain in the 90's who rocked the South Film Industry.
3. For me as a Kannadiga, the first half provides 2 moments - first one is the comedy scene with Kunal Roy Kapoor where the other guy is speaking in Kannada over his phone. Hearing Kannada words got the crowd surprised & wild. Second was when Ajay Devgn dances on the road & Fight Master Ravi Varma joins him in the funny dance. Yeh toh paidaishi dancer hai.
4. The action scenes choreographed by Ravi Varma. Not the first fight but pre-interval fight & the climax fight where Ravi Varma uses his trademark fire fight.
5. And why not, Shahid Kapoor & Prabhas in a cameo in that terrible first song. Plus Prabhu Dheva dancing in the end credits song.
6. The revealation of who is AJ in the pre-interval is well done.
Minusses -
1. Not a single song is bearable. And above that Ajay Devgn trying to dance. It's true - no commitment only punishment.
2. Sonakshi Sinha & her character trying to catch a glimpse of Ajay's penis. The first time it was funny but later when her girl friends joins her in the mission... that's disgusting. And what makes it worse is the so-called love story of Sonakshi Sinha happens because of this... I mean Love at First Sight of Ajay's penis. Give me a break.
3. Almost every character is poorly written so all of them are underutilized.
4. Manasvi well she's hot but she cannot act. That's why you get to see her showing lots of cleavage shots, lots of ***** juggling shots, lots of topless + bareback shots, a showering scene & she appears in bikini twice - unnecessarily. Oh yeah, she shows off her long legs plus thighs just so that Ajay can say "kya leg piece hai". Kudos to the dialogue writers.
5. Unnecessary violence, I mean in one scene Yami Gautam gets beaten more than the hero itself, getting punched & kicked. And she's supposed to be pregnant in that scene.
6. Screenplay runs haywire. There is no purpose for majority of the scenes as well as songs.
Final Word - Action Jackson relies on Manasvi's role entirely which is just a breed of Ramya Krishnan's Neelambari of Padayappa & Sriya Reddy's Eshwari from Thimiru. The problem is Manasvi can't act & Prabhudheva decides not to make her act.
My Rating - 2/5