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A female journalist, wearing claustrophobically tight clothes and a top revealing a lot, goes to investigate a story but ends up in the hands of gundas led by a man wearing a long red overcoat (who’s the tailor?). But, the fun of the red coat brigade is short-lived as Rubel, an army captain on leave (man this guy has taken some serious training because even on holiday he is in his battle tunic) comes in to intervene. After pulverising the group, Rubel moves to his jeep (a bizarre shade of blue) only to find the journalist purring sensuously with pouted lips by the car window. Yeah, we could tell she is into men in uniform.
   Anyway, on the other end is Rubel’s brother, the honest police inspector, played by Shain Alam and the good for nothing youngest brother played by cute ( honestly) Shakib Khan. So we have three brothers and their elderly mother who still feeds her sons and looks forward to having a nice family with beautiful wives and grandchildren. However, that is not to be because on the other end of the town is Ranga Mastaan (Dipjal) a very interesting character, who is into gun trading, killing and extortion. And all this he does wearing a golden coloured chained robe (Versace?). The police pay him tribute, the politicians suck his toes and love his money and his warning line is, ‘Oi rangare rangaish na, achal note bhangais na.’
   But, though Ranga was minding his own business the inspector had to come and make things nasty. After all, he is the epitome of morality and ethics. However, that does not stop him and his lady from rushing into foamy waves of Cox’s Bazar in transparent clothes singing ‘mon kore chin chin, buke dhore dekhona, jole pure chai’ (the heart aches, touch and see everything is burning inside). Unfortunately, neither of them gets to gauge the inner craving as the inspector is brutally slain by Ranga aided by the local MP.
   Meanwhile, the youngest brother of the three pretends to be a blind man and befriends Keya (now this is the kind of actresses we should look out for) and in true Dhaliwood formula both of them fall for each other, where else than on the sea beach. The next moment the two sizzle the screen with the song, ‘Ish re, Ish re, prem shape dhangsile boro bish re’ (the serpent of love carries powerful poison).
   Okay, now that the inspector is killed, we must have revenge and Rubel and Shakib Khan team up to teach Ranga a lesson, though not before looking directly at the camera and screaming ‘Rangaaaaaaa’. But, things are not that easy because the local police ASP, a paid informer of Ranga is there to make things sour and as everyone has a common line why should he be left out? So, whenever he agrees to a statement he goes, ‘Katha ek khan koisen, kathar moto.’
   In a series of utterly ridiculous developments, the army captain is beaten by the police, the mother of the three works as a servant, the dishonest police officer loses his job, Ranga changes his clothes and the journalist turns out to be a detective branch officer.
   But, who cares? When you come to see a Bangla film, you hang your senses at home.
   So, in the end the two girls are kidnapped and made to dance by Ranga. Come on, you must give a man to savour the last moments of his life. As the girls gyrate provocatively, the two brothers are coming to take ‘rong’ out of Ranga’s life. Like always the bad are exterminated and the good shines through. So, let’s go to the beach once more and sing another song in skimpy clothes. By the way whatever happened to Ranga’s knitted poncho? Say what you will, but I liked it a lot.
    Well, there is nothing new in the film but you can just watch the film to look at Keya – slim, agile and has the smile worth a million. Katha ek khan koisi, kathar moto!

The Matrix meets The Exorcist in this action fiesta…from hell. This latest flick with Keanu Reeves aka Neo from the Matrix trilogy, portrays a 1930’s style detective in the form of John Constantine in modern day Los Angeles. Constantine, being the man who has gone to hell and back (literally) is out to vanquish demons, hell spawns and underlings of the satanic realm. From the opening sequence (when Constantine is first introduced), it looks like something out of The Exorcist, except Constantine and not a priest walks out of the cab to exorcize the demon residing in a possessed woman’s body. Reeves is paired up with Rachel Weiz, who plays a detective unknowingly holding the secret of her twin sister’s death.
   However, the whole movie embodies the look, feel, and mood of the Matrix, with short, concise, and cryptic dialogues (although not as much as the Matrix itself). Even though the plot is a little lacking, the visuals are surreal and out of this world, some things just send a shiver down your spine – basically thinking about what has just been depicted is enough to make the faint of heart quite uneasy. The visuals, containing the good old bullet time sequences (although many movies nowadays have ripped off this revolutionary effect first put up by the original Blade movie and refined by the Matrix trilogy), and serene CGI depictions of hell and the resident hell spawn (although many of them do resemble creatures present in the popular video game Doom).
   The only setback would be the fact that the movie ‘Constantine’ seems too much like the Matrix. The same dark feeling, the same journey down the rabbit hole, even Keanu Reeves is dressed up like Neo (minus the shades), and the same aura of enigma. For those of you who have enjoyed the Matrix, you will definitely like this. For those of you who got confused and clueless by the Matrix, you might not find this film right up your alley.
   Directed by Francis Lawrence and produced by Naomi Shohan the cast comprises of Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weiz, Tilda Swinton, Gavin Rossdale and Djimon Hounsou.

Chalachchitray Bangla-desh, a documentary based on 50 years of the film industry in the country, is being produced by Dream Watch.
   It is a joint venture by Anupom Hayat, a film reporter, Suhrid Jahangir and Sajjad Sumon who planned, scripted and directed the documetary respectively.
   The film will portray memorable moments of the 60s and 70s, renowned filmmakers, and the contribution of film personalities. Besides these, the film will also highlight our glorious Language Movement and the Independence War.
   About the documentary, Anupom Hayat said that cinema is the living history of any country portraying the past glories, music, literature, arts and the like. In his speech Sajjad Sumon, the director said that the history of cinema in Bangladesh is undoubtedly very rich and he hopes the film will be informative for the people and the younger generation.

With producers Terence Chang, Wesley Snipes and John Woo, you get a unique action comedy packed with awesome stunts, car chases, gunplay and explosions and a blazingly-paced plot. Melvin (Wahlberg, I Heart Huckabees, The Italian Job, The Truth About Charlie) , Cisco (Philips, The Trail To Hope Rose, Hollywood Homicide), and Vince (Sabato, The Help, Testosterone) team up as hitmen who decide to engage in a little kidnapping on the side. Unfortunately, the simple job turns into a world of trouble when they discover who their kidnap victim really is.
   HBO
   9:30pm
   Starring
   Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Philips, Antonio Sabato Jr.