Indian Police Force Review: Sidharth Malhotra, Rohit Shetty's Show Fails To Live Up To Expectations

Rohit Shetty's cop universe comprising Singham, Sooryavanshi and Simmba delivered a good blend of action and entertainment. While stories saw police officers as almost invincible entities, operating largely out of system, fact y were good masala films was enough for viewers to suspend ir disbelief and immerse in heroism and machismo of titular characters. However, all of that has been undone in Indian Police Force, starring Sidharth Malhotra and Vivek Oberoi. Rohit's maiden web series is not only underwhelming in its storyline but also lacks technical finesse director is associated with, especially VFX.

Hot Take

story of Indian Police Force unravels in aftermath of a series of bomb blasts in New Delhi, carried out by Indian Mujahideen (IM). local police, led by Vikram Bakshi (Vivek Oberoi) and Kabir Malik (Sidharth Malhotra), takes over case, kicking in motion a cat-and-mouse chase. Where story goes from here is anyone's guess. show neir works on script level nor are performances up to mark. It almost feels like "risk-taker" Rohit played safe with his digital debut and failed to deliver.

Is Indian Police Force worth hype?

Given Indian Police Force was an extension of Rohit Shetty's Cop Universe, re was palpable hype surrounding show. It is was amplified with casting of Sidharth Malhotra in leing role. However, neir is show matches Rohit's standards nor does actor bring any novelty in his portrayal of role.

tone of Indian Police Force is set in first half hour itself. re are extended shots of hero walking in slo-mo with elevated background score. Such flimsy treatment takes away from seriousness of multiple bomb blasts and threat of a terrorist module operating in city. It seems like Rohit and co-director Sushwanth Prakash sacrificed realism over heroism of cops.

While Indian Police Force has a template storyline, very typical of Rohit's filmography, it never really take off. performances of le stars are animated and visual treatment is off. A yellow tint dominates colour palette and is very distracting. dialogues are bland and dilute gravity of situation at hand.

Stream it or skip it?

Indian Police Force came with a lot of promise but fails to deliver on all counts. Rohit was expected to take his storytelling to next level with long form but show is a level down in his filmography. It seems like director could not rid himself of commercial star tropes and chose to overlook practically entirely. Despite being in his comfort zone, Rohit is way off mark with this one.

Bottomline

Indian Police Force lacks detailing and world building. A filmmaker of Rohit Shetty's calibre should have known better than to bring this outdated concept and treatment to OTT.

Rating: 1.5/5 Stars