Maximum Movie Review

Maximum Rating : 2.5/5
Total Reviews 6
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Director: Kabeer Kaushik
Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast: Sonu Sood, Neha Dhupia, Naseeruddin Shah, Vinay Pathak
Duration: 1 hours 50 minutes


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Maximum Movie Review


Ratings:3/5 Reviewer:Madhureeta Mukherjee Site:Times Of India

Two encounter specialists get into a ruthless, head-on battle for maximum power and control; and are willing to go any extent to up the 'headcount' to fuel their selfish ambitions. Director Kabeer Kaushik, has a good force of actors here and a gripping premise (with strong references to prominent encounter cops from recent past), but he doesn't quite lead the way. There are scenes where he triggers good performances, but with the inclusion of too many facts, figures and case files, it loses entertainment value. And gradually the plot fades into dark gullies of our big, bad Maximum city. You can take a 'shot' at this one if you want, but remember you're not at gun-point, really.

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Ratings:2/5 Reviewer:Taran Adarsh Site:Bollywood Hungama
Vinay Pathak is supremely effective, moving away from his by-now-famous comic roles effortlessly. Mohan Agashe is competent, as always. Amit Sadh is another fine talent. He's first-rate. Ditto for Ujjwal Chopra and Swanand Kirkire, who grab your attention with confident portrayals. Aarya Babbar, Rajendra Gupta and Anjana Sukhani are decent in their respective parts. Hazel wows you with her voluptuous switch in the item number, 'Aa Ante'. 
On the whole, MAXIMUM has an attention-grabbing premise, but lacks the meat in its screenplay to leave much of an impact.
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Ratings:2/5 Reviewer:Aniruddha Guha Site:DNA

Kabeer Kaushik’s Maximum, oscillating between docu-drama and action thriller, lands up somewhere between the two and nowhere in particular. The story is predictable, the screenplay lacklustre and the characters undercooked. There was potential for the film to be a taut cop drama -- despite the seen-before encounter specialist angle -- but it ends up as a cop-out. You’ll be counting the minutes before the film reaches culmination, one that’s far from satisfying.

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Ratings:2.5/5 Reviewer:Saibal Chatterjee Site:NDTV Movies

Maximum is a case of too much blood and blabber being wasted on a tale that has been flogged to death to such an extent that it is probably now a veritable carcass rotting in the Bollywood sun. Maximum lacks the nuanced detailing and the urgent pacing that should have automatically sprung from a theme yanked out of the internal files of a highly politicised police force. Living up to its title, the film had raised hopes of a new dawn. Maximum falls way short: it does not turn out to be a morning bright and sunny enough to spread all-round cheer. Sadly, the effort is maximum, the impact not quite so.

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Ratings:3/5 Reviewer:Ians Site:News Track India

There are some brilliantly executed shootouts.

A layered sharp and sagacious look at the internecine world of encounter cops, 'Maximum' is a minimum-fuss crime drama where the characters are so austere in their emotions they somehow seem to be constantly shadow-dancing with their conscience.

The performances by Sonu and Naseer Shah propel the plot to a gripping summit. But there isn't enough of Naseer. Vinay Pathak as a Uttar Pradesh politician and Amit as a journalist, both trying to make sense of Mumbai's confounding cosmopolitanism, add considerably to the film's powerful personality.

For Sonu 'Maximum' is a new beginning.

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Ratings:2/5 Reviewer:Nabanita Site:One India
Maximum lacks the vivid detailing and the plot badly lacks meat. The film is based on two Mumbai encounter cops, who are locked in a bitter and eventually self-defeating turf war. But, to one's surprise there isn't much dramatic conflict between the duo. What's more disappointing is that the film at times leaves you clueless as in what's actually going on.

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