Jewel Thief
On: Netflix
Dir: Kookie Gulati, Robbie Grewal
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Nikita Dutta
Rating: 2/5

When I first watched Dhoom 2 (2006), I knew I am a sucker for a good movie that’s packaged with rizzy leads, witty banter, suave villains, and a dollop of pizzazz! Since then, I have called this genre of movies Sexy Action. In the past few years, the one man who has cracked the formula is Siddharth Anand. His visuals are so sumptuous that one almost forgets to check the plot. Think of Hrithik Roshan’s entry sequence in War (2019). There is hardly anything else you would remember from that film.

I wish the same could be said about Jewel Thief—The Heist Begins. Since smarts are hardly expected of the film, it should at least have been one of those breezy date-night viewings. Instead, Anand’s team—directors Robbie Grewal and Kookie Gulati—serve us a snooze fest. The faces are still gorgeous, but the story simply never soars! At one point in the film, I caught myself thinking, perhaps Anand shouldn’t have left the reins of the film. He might have made this mediocre story work!