
As the raging monsoon lashes Mumbai, the commercial and underworld capital of India, the police struggle to keep up with the gangsters who are ever more emboldened. Adi, a principled rookie cop as his first assignment on the force, joins an elite, anti-extortion unit of the Mumbai police led by Khan, a cop in the 'Dirty Harry' mold. On his first evening on the job, Adi had planned to meet his ex flame Anu and to get back with her, but he misses the date when Khan has set up a... (Full plot summary below)
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As the raging monsoon lashes Mumbai, the commercial and underworld capital of India, the police struggle to keep up with the gangsters who are ever more emboldened. Adi, a principled rookie cop as his first assignment on the force, joins an elite, anti-extortion unit of the Mumbai police led by Khan, a cop in the 'Dirty Harry' mold. On his first evening on the job, Adi had planned to meet his ex flame Anu and to get back with her, but he misses the date when Khan has set up an ambush for a dreaded gangster. However, the ambush goes wrong and Adi chases Shiva, a seemingly armed and dangerous criminal into a dead-end alley. Unsure if Shiva is, indeed, the wanted gangster, Adi has a moment of reckoning; whether to shoot or not to shoot. Whatever his decision is, every decision will take him on a journey that pits him against a system which demands a compromise of his morals. As he lives through the dramatic consequences of each decision, he realizes that every choice has its price... and in doing so, Adi discovers that morality doesn't come cheap.
Leave your thoughts about Monsoon Shootout.
| Film School RejectsShaun MunroIt amounts to little more than a fecklessly bloodless gimmick thriller. |
| Time OutTom HuddlestonThere's a strong hint of Bollywood bluntness in the characterisation and the love scenes - but it does paint a vivid picture of the hardships involved in policing a city as wild and untamed as Mumbai. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawIt's a moody, broody downbeat drama for most of the time, a rainy noir. But along with the plot trickery, there are some unexpected turns. |
| Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungA cunningly intricate first film from India, Monsoon Shootout combines the best of two worlds - a ferocious Mumbai cops and gangsters drama, and a satisfyingly arty plot that turns in on itself. |
| QuickflixSimon MiraudoOnce, twice, three times a disappointment, Amit Kumar's Monsoon Shootout offers us three variations on the same cataclysmic event in the life of a rookie homicide detective. |
| Scroll.inNandini RamnathThe movie works perfectly as a neo-noir thriller set in a city where nothing goes according to plan. One moment has several scenarios in Monsoon Shootout, but the outcome - smart writing and direction - remains the same throughout. |
| HeyUGuysCraig SkinnerMonsoon Shootout shows so much promise early on but very quickly disintegrates. |
| User ReviewRajesh SAnazimg film. Best thriller for Indian audience till date :) |
| User ReviewRoger RI have never seen an indian film anything like this. The film is an exploration of multiple all equally sordid realities as a young cop in Bombay comes to terms with the realities of the world he is entering |
| User ReviewJoshua FAn Indian crime version of "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". |