Tezz : Review

Tezz is an action thriller about a man who plants a bomb on a London-Glasgow train in order to receive a ransom, after which he plans to take his family back to India. What happens? Find out in the full review.

Rating: 2/5 (Two stars)

Star cast: Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Kangna Ranaut, Boman Irani, Zayed Khan, Mohanlal, Sameera Reddy

What’s Good: Ajay Devgan and Anil Kapoor’s performances; a few action sequences.

What’s Bad: The ineffective drama in the first half; the lack of emotional connect between the characters in the film; the below-average visual effects.

Verdict: Tezz is an average entertainer at best.

Loo break: A couple, especially in the climax.

Watch or Not?: Watch if you want to see an Indian copy of many Hollywood train-bombing films.

 rating: 3.

Tezz is about an illegal immigrant, Aakash Rana (Ajay Devgan), who is deported back to India from the UK because he is working there without a work permit. Aakash’s wife, Nikita (Kangna Ranaut) is left back alone in the UK.

Four years later, Aakash returns to London and teams up with Aadil Khan (Zayed Khan) and Megha (Sameera Reddy). He plants a bomb on a London-Glasgow passenger train and asks for 10 million Euros as ransom. Among the 500-odd passengers on the ill-fated train is the young daughter of the railway traffic controller (Boman Irani). The bomb, Aakash tells the railway traffic controller, will be triggered if the speed of the train drops below 60 miles per hour. While the railway authorities work hard to ensure the safety of the train and its passengers, Arjun Khanna (Anil Kapoor), a retired London counter-terrorism officer, is deputed on the case. He starts negotiating with Aakash through the railway traffic controller and slowly, but surely, picks up vital leads in the case. At the same time, Shivan (Mohanlal), a police officer on board the train, tries to help frightened passengers.

In a failed attempt at transferring the ransom money, Megha is killed in a bike accident while being chased by the police. Next, Aadil is also shot at by the police. Aakash, who knows where to find his long-lost wife now, thinks about dropping the bombing plan.

What happens next? Does Aakash go through with the bombing? Does he receive the ransom money? Is he able to re-unite with his wife? Or is Arjun Khanna successful in foiling Aakash’s plan? The rest of the film answers these questions.