To start with some positives:
1. VFX from Bollywood's standards is top class
2. BGM goes well with the movie
3. HRX, Deepika & Anil acted well with the limited scope offered by their roles and writing
4. The fight sequence between the 2 fighter jets close to the end was really the time I actually was enjoying the movie. Well shot & choreographed
5. HRX body on full display as a service to his fans
6. Deepika looked amazing
Negatives:
Be hold, there are many.
1. The patriotism felt out of place and forced a number of times
2. Dialogues are ridiculous & cringeworthy.
3. Script & writing leaves the movie pretty shallow, lacks intensity and first half felt boring
4. Not sure why all villains have to be stereotyped and shown with scars, surma even the Pak pilot had similar characteristics.
5. The Director went over board with the slow mo stunts which felt over used and over done & forcefully placed at times.
6. The antagonist was the weakest link throughout the movie. Extremely underwhelming. Lacked screen presence and the director felt the only way to make him dreadful was by giving him conjunctivitis (one red eye) with scars. But the silky mulayam long hairs didn't help that cause and neither did the dialogues. Very shallow character.
7. A number of elements are of course taken right out of the Mavericks movie.
After watching the trailer, I went into the movie hall with low expectations but even after that the movie felt quite underwhelming.