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The concept was great: an Indian-Canadian policeman goes to Mumbai and gets involved in solving a crime related to smuggling drugs between India, Canada and the US. Cast comedian Russel Peters with a beautiful Indian actress (who makes Angelina Jolie look like her ugly aunt) and add some funny gags about culture differences, and you should have a winner...
Too bad they handed the writing and directing to a team of mediocre professionals, who turned out a bad version of CSI, something like "CSI-Mumbai."
The takes are all superficial and quick; you're supposed to appreciate Mumbai, but they introduce the change in scenery with four split-second takes lasting a total of two seconds... so the message is: "it's Mumbai." No time to appreciate the scene, to reflect on culture differences, to soak in the atmosphere.
The dialogues are as stupid and cliché as can possibly be; they manage the impossible: to be worse than the typical CSI-whatever dialogues.
In all, an awful experience. They turned a good idea into something formulaic and washed out. Netflix just went down 10 points on my 1-10 scale.
score 2/10
nando1301-1 21 January 2018
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