Neither exciting in style nor radical in approach – 1.5 stars

Rohit Shetty’s indefatigable cops are making a rough, if not exactly wobbly, landing in the world of web shows. They’re on the hunt for “India’s most wanted terrorist” – a young man with evil plans but who looks like he’d be hard-pressed to swat a fly. The resulting thriller is trite and devoid of real heat and dust.

indian police force,The Amazon original series is, for all intents and purposes, a modified and slightly watered-down version of Suryavanshi (2021), which is Shetty’s fourth Cop Universe film. If there’s anything different here, it’s this: the seven-part series isn’t as sharp in tone as the movie. The film revolves around a plucky Muslim police officer who confronts a young extremist who seeks to cause chaos across India.

The series makes no obvious attempt to offer a gritty, endearing portrayal of the men and women who make up the overworked security apparatus that fights day in and day out to keep India’s sprawling national capital safe. It goes about in such a stilted and unmotivated way that it never has a realistic chance of rising above the ordinary.

Written and directed by Rohit Shetty with story and screenplay by Sandeep Saket and Anusha Nandkumar.Indian Police ForceHe makes the fatal mistake of chasing superficial gloss and routine excitement rather than immersive, rigorous realism.

The show is full of action sequences, shootouts and chases but is unusually low on the thunder and high-pitched clamor associated with the world of a cop. But this does not necessarily enhance authenticity. The easygoing style of the show keeps it from being the compelling police drama it could have been.

The key cast members – Sidharth Malhotra, Shilpa Shetty and Vivek Oberoi – generate no real spark of freshness given the dated material they are confined to. They go through movements that exude courage and invincibility. Their bluster is exhausting and their verbal volleys are empty. Tragedy strikes the team at a crucial juncture, but they continue moving forward, unaware of the dangers they face in the line of duty.

The main protagonist, Kabir Malik (Malhotra), is the first Muslim cop in the world of Singham, Simmba and Suryavanshi – a balancing act in a screenplay that ultimately cannot look beyond comfortable, well-established binaries.

Tara Shetty (Shilpa Shetty), head of Gujarat’s ATS, one of Kabir’s key aides, is called in to assist the Delhi Police Special Cell when a series of explosions rock the city. His superior, Vikram Bakshi (Oberoi), Tara’s classmate at the academy, is a calming influence when the pressure mounts. Also alongside them is the calm Rana Virk (Nikitin Dheer).

It is suggested that Kabir is reckless and resigned to breaking protocol although we never see him step off the handle in any significant way. However, in the opening moments of the series, he is stuck in the police force’s housing division, a job for which he has no enthusiasm. He can’t wait to get back on the field.

When bombs explode in another city and intelligence suggests that Goa may be the next target, Kabir discovers that the man behind all the terrorist attacks is the same man – Zarar (Mayank Tandon). He convinces his boss Jaideep Bansal (Mukesh Rishi) to let him handle the case.

The prime suspect changes his name, marries a young student, Nafisa (Vaidhi Parashurami), and withdraws to Darbhanga, Bihar. But once the chase begins, Zarar and his accomplices have few places to hide as the cops, along with undercover agent Jagtap (Sharad Kelkar, making a late appearance) launch a covert cross-border operation to nab the terrorists.

Kabir Malik’s name, unlike the name of Mumbai Police Combined Police CP Kabir Shroff (Javed Jhaveri) in Soryavanshi, He does not immediately abandon his religious identity. So, when the prone terrorists he arrests assert that their actions are a reaction to the injustices they and their families have been subjected to, the brave officer considers himself a true, brave and just Muslim.

And there are others. Two terrorist brothers disowned by their parents. Their mother says to a police officer: Don’t spare them. The father of a boy who got lost in a sleeping cell refuses to go on Hajj with the money his wayward son gave him. A young woman in danger of turning her life upside down takes a “patriotic” stance at the expense of her personal happiness.

Despite its pursuit of balance, the Indian police force does little to add (or enhance) our understanding of how policing actually works on the ground in a crowded Indian city that needs round-the-clock surveillance in the face of numerous looming threats. Skip.

The show is a hodgepodge of clichés, and at best an extended cut-and-paste action that mixes components from the director’s successful big-screen police procedurals. It does a pale and futile job of piecing together the story of men (and women) in uniform who put their lives on the line in the service of the nation.

Neither exciting in style nor radical in approach, Indian Police Force It’s just another completely predictable case of cat and mouse that weaves its way through bomb defuses, police raids, gun battles, explosions and flying vehicles. It’s like watching another Rohit Shetty movie in a different aspect ratio.

The audience knows from the beginning where the phrase “Not all Muslims are terrorists but all terrorists are Muslims” is going to end. It’s been done to death. As a result, the offer offers no real value for money.

With the abundance of drone/flying camera footage flying above the city skyline often capturing the sights of Delhi and Goa, interspersed with street-level events involving police officials as they deal with serious personal and professional challenges,Indian Police Force It has the look and feel of a big screen production that disproportionately ended up on a digital platform.

Instead of offering the kind of comprehensive view of the city on the edge that Delhi Crime offers, Indian Police Force It contents itself with extracting traditional action blocks and chase sequences.

The biggest missing feature in IIndian Police Force It is strength. While playing on the expected lines, Prime Video’s presentation is dry as dust. It’s only for ardent Cop Universe fans. She’s in desperate need of a new dose of inspiration.