{"id":575,"date":"2016-05-07T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T09:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swudzy.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2016-05-07T14:43:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T09:13:54","slug":"1920-london-movie-review-laughs-screams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swudzy.com\/1920-london-movie-review-laughs-screams\/","title":{"rendered":"1920 LONDON Movie Review : More Laughs Than Screams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"\/1920-london-trailer-review\/\">trailer <\/a>of the <strong>third installment<\/strong> of the <strong>1920<\/strong> franchise was everything but scary, and the <strong>music<\/strong> of the movie as well <strong>could not generate a buzz<\/strong> that we expect from every Indian horror movie&#8217;s music. Still, we gave the movie a benefit of the\u00a0doubt and went with hopes from the movie. <strong>It did entertain, but not through the horror, but the reactions of the people sitting in the theatre.<\/strong> Read the complete <strong>1920 London Movie Review<\/strong> right below.<\/p>\n<h2>About 1920 London<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1920 London<\/strong> is the third movie in the 1920 series and this movie is directed by <strong>Tinu Suresh Desai.<\/strong> The movie is written by <strong>Vikram Bhatt<\/strong> himself and features <strong>Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, Vishal Karwal and Sushmita Mukherjee.<\/strong> The movie is certified &#8216;<strong>A<\/strong>&#8216; by the\u00a0Central Board of Film Certification, India for its horror genre.<\/p>\n<h2>Plot<\/h2>\n<p>The plot of the movie revolves around <strong>Shivangi<\/strong>(Meera Chopra) belongs to a royal family in Rajasthan, India and right now is living with his <strong>husband<\/strong>(Vishal Karwal) who is also a son of a royal family. They receive a <strong>gift<\/strong> from India, which is covered with a <strong>Black Magic<\/strong> spell and is possessed by a <strong>Dayyan.<\/strong> The Dayyan <strong>possesses<\/strong> the husband&#8217;s body and starts <strong>deteriorating<\/strong> it. The maid at the couple&#8217;s mansion, <strong>Kesar-Ma<\/strong>(Sushmita Mukherjee) mentions that it is a spell of Black Magic by Kuwar-Sa(the husband)&#8217;s step-mother, and Shivangi \u00a0decides to visit India to her home and mentions the case to her father. They visit a <strong>Tantrik<\/strong>(Gajendra Chauhan) who tries to capture the evil spirit and fails. He suggests them to go to <strong>Mewar wale Baba,<\/strong> who happens to be <strong>Jai<\/strong>(Sharman Joshi), who was once <strong>in love with<\/strong> Shivangi and she also loved him back. But after Jai engages in a <strong>tussle<\/strong> with Shivangi&#8217;s uncle, he is tried in court and Shivangi refuses to be his friend, resulting in him being <strong>imprisoned for 5 years<\/strong>(like, really). Now, Shivangi decides to ask Jai, who learned to heal in the prison from a guru(who was also in Prison for some reason), for help and after an initial disagreement, he agrees. What follows is a chain of combat between Jai, Shivangi, Kesar-Ma and the evil spirit. There is a major twist at the interval point, we would have told but it is the only exciting part, so No Spoilers. Stay Happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the trailer of the movie here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"1920 LONDON | OFFICIAL THEATRICAL TRAILER | 06 May 2016\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s2FJlLkmIbs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues<\/h2>\n<p>The first question that I had in mind while watching the complete movie, was that &#8220;<strong>Why did the makers opt to include a &#8216;London&#8217; in the title?<\/strong>&#8221; They could have opted for any Indian city near a river as no other part is required for the narrative to be happening in London. Or possibly the makers got the <strong>stock footage<\/strong> of Thames, Big Ben, etc. for <strong>cheaper<\/strong> than Indian cities, in that case, its fine.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from that, the story has <strong>little to think about,<\/strong> at least that was what the writers would have thought. There are <strong>not many characters<\/strong> in the movie, and yet, the writers <strong>failed to give depth<\/strong> to them except Jai&#8217;s character. The story has a <strong>lot of loopholes<\/strong> and is <strong>full of stupidity.<\/strong> It seems the writer were quite confused between giving prominence to the horror or the <strong>love<\/strong> <strong>triangle,<\/strong>so they made a mix, which is convincing as none of them.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>dialogues are funny<\/strong> at places where they shouldn&#8217;t be. The screenplay is quite <strong>decent<\/strong> and has nothing special to it.<\/p>\n<h2>Performances<\/h2>\n<p>Apart from Sharman Joshi, <strong>none<\/strong> of the actors seem to give hundred percent to their part. <strong>Meera Chopra<\/strong> is <strong>flat\u00a0in emoting<\/strong> her part and has no impact on her role. She <strong>looks lost<\/strong> for the most part and is highly ineffective. <strong>Vishal Karwal<\/strong> cannot be blamed for his part as all he had to do was to make weird body movements, walk on four limbs with the head facing above, falling from bed, and sleeping with makeup and effects making him look old. <strong>Sushmita Mukherjee<\/strong> shows some brilliant possibilities which the makers could not explore and hence, the character of Kesar-Ma could not become anything more than a <strong>supportive character.<\/strong> <strong>Sharman,<\/strong> however, was <strong>good<\/strong> in performance as Jai.<\/p>\n<h2>Music<\/h2>\n<p>The songs of this movie are <strong>inserted forcibly<\/strong> into the narrative without adding much to it. While the first song,\u00a0All the songs <strong>could have easily been avoided,<\/strong> or reduced to a single verse. All the songs manage to do is to <strong>divert the minimal attention<\/strong> that the viewers had to the story, and then a <strong>loud clich\u00e9d scream<\/strong> or horror sound effect is required to pull it back in. Read the full <strong><a href=\"\/1920-london-music-review\/\">music review<\/a> <\/strong>here.<\/p>\n<h2>VFX<\/h2>\n<p>The visual effects in the movie vary greatly between <strong>shitty and decent.<\/strong> The use of <strong>green screen<\/strong> is evident in many places like the flashback conversation between Shivangi and Jai. The presentation of the spirits is <strong>somewhat impressive<\/strong> but not enough to be recalled after the movie is over.<\/p>\n<h2>Direction<\/h2>\n<p>The direction in 1920 London is <strong>nothing more than just okay.<\/strong> The director seems to <strong>lose control<\/strong> from the movie&#8217;s narrative at many points in the movie. He seems to be confused between making it more of a <strong>horror or a love triangle.<\/strong> It, however, <strong>ends up being funny.<\/strong> The <strong>use of typical Bollywood scares<\/strong> is <strong>too damn high.<\/strong> Much of the movie <strong>defies logic and common sense.<\/strong> Overall, it is a <strong>forgettable<\/strong> directorial venture.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>While the movie is not good as a horror movie, we are quite sure, <strong>if you go<\/strong> <strong>with your friends,<\/strong> you will have <strong>a lot of fun,<\/strong> as long as some of your friends know how to comment on a loose point in the movie. For others, there is <strong>nothing scary<\/strong> in it, and you might want to wait for the home video release, or even better, <strong>ignore the movie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[wp-review id=&#8221;575&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you watch the movie? Did you like the movie? Do you agree with our review of the movie? What part of the review did you like most? Do you think we missed some part in our review that you would like to mention? Head down to the comments section below and leave a reply. Also, do not forget to share the review with your friends. Coz it&#8217;s more fun with friends around. We will be back with more reviews of trailers, music and movies, and other stuff. Till then, <a href=\"\/fb\/\">#KeepLovingCinema.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trailer of the third installment of the 1920 franchise was everything but scary, and the music of the movie as well could not generate a buzz that we expect from every Indian horror movie&#8217;s music. Still, we gave the movie a benefit of the\u00a0doubt and went with hopes from the movie. 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Still, we gave the movie a benefit of the\u00a0doubt and went with hopes from the movie. 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