‘Welcome To The Jungle’ movie review: Akshay Kumar and Johny Lever salvage a script lost in the woods
Director Ahmed Khan misses the forest for the trees in this meta-comedy that demands absolute intellectual surrender.
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Welcome To The Jungle is yet another invitation to a cinematic universe that assumes a bigger budget and a massive star cast equal bigger laughs, as director Ahmed Khan treats the third installment of the popular franchise like a 164-minute variety show rather than a cohesive experience.Based on late Neeraj Vora’s meta-story, it begins as a clever, self-aware critique of the film industry, where a corrupt corporate figure (Zakir Hussain), pushed by the changing political climate, decides to fund a guaranteed box-office flop to launder money.
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