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Bollywood movies of 2018 which proved to be of mediocre quality – Part 1

Race 3

By Dinesh Kamath

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Race 3 had Bollywood’s biggest box-office draw and matinee idol, Salman Khan. But yet this film directed by Remo D’Souza proved to be mediocre. The movie spoke about murky world of arms and drug lords. In spite of enormous money spent of the film, it failed to impress many. Here are some details about the film Race 3.

Race 3 is a 2018 Indian action thriller film directed by Remo D'Souza and produced under Tips Films and Salman Khan Films. The film features Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Daisy Shah, Saqib Saleem and Freddy Daruwala. It is the third installment of Race trilogy and the sequel of Race (2008) and Race 2 (2013). it has a sparsely related plot to previous films of the franchise. The film released on 15 June 2018 coinciding with Eid. It received extremely negative reviews from critics and made to multiple lists for being one of the worst films of the year, but became a success at the box office.

Reception

Race 3 received negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 9% based on 15 reviews, and an average rating of 2.1/10. The absence of a concrete plot, the poor quality of song-lyrics and dialogues along with the action-sequences were near unanimously criticized.

Rachit Gupta of Times of India gave the film 2/5 stars and said, "Race 3 just work up the feeling of suspense and intrigue that made the previous masala movies from the franchise a guilty pleasure". Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave film 1/5 stars and called it a "mere show-reel....Best directed, with a ridiculous plot and sub-par acting, this is a new high for the superstar..... It’s really difficult to sit through 160-minutes of terribly very good film-making". Rajeev Masand of CNN-News18, too, gave it 1/5 star and said the film is "complete drivel".

Although Meena Iyer of DNA praised introduction of characters, she still criticised the film saying, "Race 3 is boasting of being an intelligible film which has been made to clear the cobwebs in your mind", and rated the film 2/5. Anita Iyer of Khaleej Times gave it 1.5/5 and felt that the film short growth of expectations. Swetha Ramakrishan of Firstpost called it "funny, kitschy and audacious".

Film Companion's film critic Anupama Chopra gave it 2/5 stars saying that the storytelling was sacrificed at the altar of Salman Khan. Joe Laydon of Variety wrote about the film, "This in-name-only Bollywood sequel delivers fast and furious action, spirited song and dance, but way too many narrative speed bumps". Saibal Chaterjee of NDTV gave the film 1.5/5 stars praising its climax, and calling the rest "clue stuntman". Shreehari H of Qrius remarked the film to be one of the worst films of the year where Salman Khan seemed to be rather like a pterodactyl whose airborne exploits would have shamed many winged dinosaurs.

Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com gave no stars to the film and wrote, "Race 3 doesn’t merely demand you to leave your brains behind but guarantees you won’t find them anywhere even after the ordeal is over". Priyadarshini Patya of MensXP.com rated the film 1/5 and said, "Race 3 is just Salman Khan's business, none of the viewers' business". Sonal Dehdia of Mid Day gave the film 1/5 stars and said, "There are two pehlus (aspects) to this film too -- first, it is atrocious and second, it will mint money at the box-office nonetheless". Dhavesh Sharma of Filmfare gave the film 3/5 stars and wrote, "A dysfunctional, ultra rich family, shady deals, fast cars, high speed chases, sassy women, macho men and enough plot twists to make Abbas Mustan go groggy with delight, Race 3 has all these and more'.

Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2/5 stars and write, "On the whole, RACE 3 is high on style and low on substance". Ritika Handoo of Zee News, giving it 2.5/5 stars, said, "the action thriller lacks depth". Namrata Joshi of The Hindu criticized the film as a "compendium of inanities" and that the songs resembled standalone music videos. Shilpa Jamkhandikar of Reuters described the film as "a minefield of meme-worthy moments, replete with hilarious dialogue, a plot ripe for parody and abysmal acting". Umesh punwani of Koimoi gave the film 2/5 stars and said, "On the whole Race 3 is not entirely unentertaining but it is majorly disappointing". Manjusha Radhakrishan of Gulf News gave the film 1.5/5 stars and called it "doomed adventure".

Stutee Gosh of The Quint gave the film 1/5 stars and said "The moments of lull are so many in this 159-minute-long Race 3 that we develop a strange detachment from the on-screen proceedings". Suprana Sharma of Deccan Chronicle gave the film 1/5 stars calling it "a slow, dim-witted crawl to nowhere". Rohit Bhatnagar of Deccan Chronicle noted it to be an ''illogical yawn-fest'', located too distant from reality and as Salman's worst act, ever. Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in criticized the film and noted that ''Even die-hard fans will find the going tough....Remo, (who) appears to have been too much in awe of his leading man to have actually given him any basic instructions on the sets....''. Udita Jhunjhunwala of Livemint noted it to be a long film completely devoid of any minimal science or logic and with shoddy dance routines grooved on pedestrian lyrics.

Tanul Thakur of Wire.in noted the film to be a garden variety shoddy joke, suffocated with numerous out-of-sync twists, disregarding logic, flow and consistency. Priyanka Bhadani of the Week.in gave the film 1/5 stars noting it to a logic defying bad spoof of a spoof with cringe-worthy dialogues and where Salman Khan got reduced to a caricature of his real life persona.

The film made to multiple lists for being one of the worst films of the year with one remarking it to have "insulted the audience's intelligence".

Box office

Domestic

The film released on 1000 screens and collected ₹ 39.87 crore on opening day in India becoming biggest opener of the year. The film became Salman Khan's 4th highest opening day grosser after Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Tiger Zinda Hai and Sultan.

Overseas

On opening day, the film collected 127,510 USD [₹87.30 lacs] from 49 screens in Australia, 68,779 USD [₹47.09 lacs] from 27 screens in New Zealand, 337,080 USD [₹2.30 cr] from 137 screens in UK, 477,511 USD [₹3.26 cr] from 281 screens in United States and 10,371 USD [₹7.10 lacs] from 6 screens in Canada. On second day the film collected 143,302 USD [₹97.53 lacs] from 51 screens in Australia, 77,619 USD [₹52.82 lacs] from 30 screens in New Zealand, 412,036 USD [₹2.80 cr] from 136 screens in UK, 512,914 USD [₹3.49 cr] from 283 screens in United States and 9,230 USD [₹6.28 lacs] from 5 screens in Canada. On first Sunday, the film collected 45,905 USD [₹31.24 lacs] from 28 screens in Australia and 71,217 USD [₹48.47 lacs] from 26 screens in New Zealand. In 4 days, the film grossed ₹ 44.97 crores overseas.