Mission Istaanbul

Zayed Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Sunil Shetty, Sreya, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Abhishek Bachchan, Nikitin Dheer, Shweta Bhardwaj

On the whole, MISSION ISTAANBUL rests on action and only action to salvage the show. But that's not enough. At the box-office, this mission won't work! Read More

From thereon follows mindless action – heroes jumping off from buildings, dangling by flying choppers, chopping off the hands of the baddies and blowing up buildings. Read More

Technically, the film is competent, but it's effort gone waste for lack of story-telling conviction. Director Apoorva Lakhia needs to reinvent within this genre, if he must stick to it. Read More

The film could have made interesting points about the economics of terror, the commoditisation of news and its sensationalised packaging as entertainment. It also alludes to various vested Western interests in keeping the region in conflict but takes that thread nowhere. Read More

In that respect, Mission Istanbul is far from disappointing. If watching Zayed Khan play a news reporter itself isn't enough to crack you up (he looked rather strained trying to pull a straight face reading news), trust me- there's much, much more. Read More

The only time you are really willing to forgive Lakhia for getting you out on this Mission is when the George Bush look-alike brings the house down. This is where writer Suresh Nair really shines. Read More