Kidnap

Sanjay Gadhvi is a lazy director. Not the bad kind of lazy who doesn't make an effort, but the kind who invests in a certain vision for his film, and then gets too encumbered by the process to remember the details. Trapped in the tight production cycle of Yash Raj, his Dhooms were loosely directed films, but the roughness was hidden by the heavy duty slickness.

With a more open-minded producer this time, Gadhvi loses his vision, and the loose direction stumbles from one folly to another. His trademark slickness in editing and action set piece vision is still intact, but it is the de....