Operation 021- Movie Review

Operation 021- Movie Review

1.5 Star out of 5

I literally never wanted to review something like Operation 021 but I am compelled to do so. Jami is one of the best video directors of Pakistan, who has credit of many hit videos during the course of time, when our music industry was in full boom. And when he came up with incredible cast including critically acclaimed and commercially super successful actors like Shaan, Ayub Khosa and Amina Sheikh, diversion of attention was bound to happen. Last Eid, we have seen Bilal Lashari’s master piece Waar. Shaan and Shamoon Abbasi at their career best. Trailer of Operation 021 was undoubtedly one of the best that has ever struck to the Pakistani screens. Expectations were undoubtedly sky high. Now lets see, what Operation 021 was all about.

This film has the back drop of current situation of Afghanistan war and its impact on the world. With no intention of disclosing the story, I just want to convey the message that the whole 2 hours 15 min product revolves around a memory chip, which eventually turns out to be almost nothing. I bet you can never find anything like script in the whole film. Looks like Jami was not sure, how to move the step further. A couple of scenes were aala, just because of Shaan. Obviously, he has always been successful in showing his screen presence. Shamoon and Amina Sheikh were wasted big times. Ayub Khosa has been brilliant in his role. Very authentic. And that’s it.

It’s a mixture of multiple languages, English, Persian and Urdu. There is no story to tell and Jami is obviously not Imtiaz Ali, who can convert simple small stories in an amazingly different cinematic experience. Well you cannot make movies only by depicting bird’s eye view and stylish angled shots. Almost all the chase and action sequences are pathetically shot. You can easily track some real blunders in the screen play. Cinematography and DOP was also not up to the mark. Some scenes were so dark (and dark for the sake of nothing) that it was almost impossible to know, who is there on the screen.

On the whole, Jami has not at all been successful in presenting something worth watching. Simple advice, If you ever want to make a movie, make sure that you at least have some script to go with. Sympathies to those, who have wasted their hard earned money for this operation.