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Jaane Jaan Ending, Explained: Why Does Naren Help Maya?

Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, ‘Jaane Jaan,’ also known as ‘Suspect X,’ Netflix’s Hindi crime mystery film revolves around a police investigation with a single mother at its center. Maya D’Souza, a woman with a fraught past, resides in Kalimpong alongside her teenage daughter, Tara. However, after Maya’s past catches up to her, it turns her into the prime suspect in a murder investigation. While a persistent cop, Karan Anand, scrutinizes Maya’s every move, she finds unexpected help from her reclusive neighbor, Naren Vyas, a genius mathematics teacher. Together, the neighbors try to throw Karan off Maya’s scent as they cover up the death of her former husband, Ajit.

The film, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan , Jaideep Ahlawat, and Vijay Varma, chases a thrilling narrative within a game of moves and countermoves. As Karan’s case builds, Naren and Maya insert their own defenses until their battle reaches its inevitable climax. Given the film’s intriguing conclusion, viewers may have some questions about the ending. If so, here are some of them answered! SPOILERS AHEAD!

Jaane Jaan Plot Synopsis

Maya D’Souza, a single mother to a thirteen-year-old, works in the Tiffin cafe, regularly visited by her next-door neighbor, Naren Vyas, the local high school teacher . Unbeknownst to Maya, Naren has been long-beguiled by her, eavesdropping on her early mornings through their shared wall while building the courage to ask her out. However, one morning brings an indefinitely more sinister customer to Tiffin’s door: Maya’s husband, Ajit, a cop she ran away from fourteen years ago.

Having caught wind of his wife Soniya’s residence in the small town under a new identity, Ajit seeks Maya out in pursuit of their daughter, Tara. Although Maya tries to evade Ajit, the man finds his way to her apartment, disclosing his intention to take Tara with him to sell her into a life of exotic dancing as he previously did with Maya. As a result, Tara comes out from hiding in her room and defends her mother by attacking Ajit with a heater rod. The situation rapidly escalates as Ajit turns his violence toward Tara.

In an effort to subdue the man, the mother-daughter duo ends up choking Ajit to death with the heater rod’s wire. As such, Maya and Tara find themselves with an unexpected dead body on their hands. Soon, Naren knocks on their door, having correctly deduced Maya’s predicament through trivial details, and offers help hiding the body. Even though Maya considers turning herself in for the crime, Tara’s involvement in the murder complicates matters, forcing Maya to cover up Ajit’s death.

Naren takes responsibility for Ajit’s body and ensures Maya that no one will ever find it. Afterward, he instructs Maya and her daughter on what they must do next. Meanwhile, Karan Anand, a Mumbai police officer, tries to track Ajit down because of his corrupt involvement in several money laundering cases. As such, Karan’s search brings him to Kalimpong, where he runs into Naren, whom he attended college with in his youth.

Shortly after, a body is found in the mountains, almost charred to ash. Still, a pile of half-burned clothes helps Karan identify the body as Ajit. Consequently, Naren realizes that Maya will easily become Karan’s top suspect and advises her to stick to the previously discussed script. After forensics reports return, dating Ajit’s murder to the 10th, Karan questions Maya about Ajit, and she shares that he visited her a few days before. Yet, when Karan inquires about Maya’s whereabouts on the night of the 10th, he receives a stacked itinerary of Maya and her daughter’s day with a movie, dinner, and karaoke, serving as her alibi.

Nevertheless, Karan continues to suspect Maya for the crime since the likelihood of Ajit finding another enemy in Kalimpong is extremely thin. Despite Karan’s instincts and dogged efforts, every piece of evidence points toward Maya’s innocence. Thus, the authorities decide to take the case back to Mumbai after the forensics confirm the murder weapon to be a heater rod, which does not match the one in Maya’s house.

In the end, just as Karan is about to close the chapter on Kalimpong and Maya, he learns about a crucial detail from Maya’s gossipy coworker about Naren’s apparent crush on Maya. The night after Karan confronts his old friend about the same, Naren walks into the police station and confesses that he committed Ajit’s murder at the behest of Maya D’Souza.

Jaane Jaan Ending: How Does Naren Frame Himself For Ajit’s Murder?

Initially, Naren stays away from Karan’s investigation of the murder case, only occasionally showing his face due to his friendship with the officer. During their encounters, Naren maintains that he rarely ever sees Maya and is barely acquaintances with her. Therefore, when Karan finds out that the teacher is an obsessive regular at the cafe, it directly leads him to a suspicious connection between Maya and Naren.

Once Naren discovers the same, he has to adapt his plan accordingly and take it to the next level. During his confession at the station, Naren divulges that he killed Ajit because Maya asked him to. Naren claims that he’s Maya’s bodyguard and that her safety is his religion. However, in an effort to avoid unwanted rumors, the pair always kept their relationship a secret, so much so that they never talked to each other in public. Instead, Maya would discuss her problems with her daughter while Naren would listen in through a hole in their shared wall.

Due to these “conversations,” Naren knew about Maya’s contentious relationship with her husband, Ajit. As such, when the man showed up at her apartment complex on the night of the 10th, Naren guided him to the mountains behind a monastery. In the woods, Naren killed Ajit with a heater rod, hastily grabbed as a weapon before leaving the house. Furthermore, Naren describes burning the body, ridding it of DNA evidence in precise detail. The conclusion remains that only the murderer could give such a detailed account of the body’s treatment without a first-hand autopsy.

Furthermore, there’s a stark lack of evidence against Naren, squarely framing him for the murder committed on the 10th. Even though Naren hasn’t taken a day off in years, the teacher didn’t show up for work on the 10th. When compared to Maya, whose day out, confirmed by ticket stubs and establishment owners, serves as an excellent alibi, Naren has no evidence proving his innocence.

Consequently, Naren’s entire plan hinges on Maya having an alibi on the night of Ajit’s death. Since giving Maya a believable alibi would be impossible, Naren realizes the only solution is to change Ajit’s death date. So far, Karan assumes Maya has been lying about her alibi, and so does the audience because we witness her killing Ajit. Nevertheless, Maya’s alibi was always true since Ajit actually died on the 9th rather than the 10th.

After Maya kills Ajit, Naren hides his body and plants a decoy dead body in the mountain. He takes a homeless man from the streets and treats him to a meal and shower at Naren’s hotel to ensure the man leaves behind ample DNA samples. Afterward, Naren kills him in the mountains with the same method that Maya had killed Ajit and bashes the man’s face with a rock to ensure he couldn’t be recognized. Once dead, Naren burned the homeless man’s body to a crisp but prevented the pile of clothes from completely burning.

By doing so, Naren was able to leave behind Ajit’s ID on the clothes, where the Police will find DNA that will match the DNA found in Ajit’s hotel room. Once he stages the perfect decoy body, he tasks Maya with collecting evidence of her innocence on the night of the 10th. Therefore, by cleverly setting Karan on the wrong path from the start, Naren saves Maya from persecution and frames himself for the murder.

Furthermore, by associating cultish imagery with his obsession with Maya, Naren hands Karan an indisputable motive that absolves Maya of all fault while still providing Karan with a satisfactory explanation for Ajit’s connection to her. Then, all that’s left to do is accuse Maya of betrayal in their one-sided, imaginary relationship to explain Naren’s confession and further ensure the Police view him as a manic, obsessive man. The final nail in the coffin comes when forensics confirm the heater rod at Naren’s house, something he likely swaps from Maya’s house in the start, to be a perfect match to the murder weapon.

Why Does Naren Help Maya?

Amidst the overarching criminal mystery that clouds the narrative, another perplexing detail persists throughout the story: Naren’s motive behind helping Maya. At first glance, Naren’s offered involvement in covering up Ajit’s murder can be credited to his withdrawn, reticent personality and infatuation with Maya. However, if that were the case, the obvious progression would be Naren’s expectation for Maya to end up with him.

Yet, even after Maya spends time with Karan and reacts to rumors of Naren’s affection for her with dismissive surprise, Naren continues to stand by her side. If Naren hoped to win Maya’s companionship by helping her, he wouldn’t have condemned himself to fifteen years in prison. In the end, Maya, who previously assumed his affections to be his drive as well, learns the truth.

The film opens with a shot of Naren trying to hang himself by the ceiling until a knock on the door startles him to his imminent death. Nevertheless, since it’s followed by Naren jerking awake, the common assumption remains that the man was having a nightmare about his death. Ultimately, the scene turns out to be a dream, but one inspired by a real memory.

Mathematics has always been Naren’s first love, and he once devoted ten years to solving one problem. Even though Naren solves the problem, he discovers that someone else has found the solution to the same problem just 46 hours before. As such, he deems his life’s work a waste and loses sight of the future. Still, when he tries to hang himself , Maya knocks on his door and asks for trivial neighborly help. Naren’s encounter with Maya fills him with a newfound appreciation for life and the will to live it.

Consequently, since Maya saved Naren’s life, he wanted to ensure she lived a safe life with her daughter, Tara. As a result, he goes to unimaginable lengths and pulls Maya out of danger, accepting the punishment for her crime.

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Jaane Jaan (Suspect X) summary and ending explained

Jaane Jaan is a thriller film based on the Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X. It is now streaming on Netflix.

Warning: This article contains heavy spoilers

Plot summary

In West Bengal’s Kalimpong, Maya D’Souza lives with her daughter, Tara. Their neighbour, who frequents her cafe in the town, is fondly known by all the staff and her as ‘teacher’, referring to his profession as a mathematics teacher in a local school.

The staff likes to tease Maya about teacher coming to the cafe every single day, and it’s obvious for everyone to see that he is smitten by her.

Maya is shocked when her ex-husband, Ajit, enters her cafe. She does not know how he has managed to find her. Ajit is a police officer.

Ajit forcefully enters Maya’s, who changed her name from Soniya after running from him. She is further stunned when Ajit reveals he knows about his daughter.

He extorts money from Maya, and she gives him all she has. But he now has his eyes on her daughter, whom he wants to turn into a stripper, just as he had done to Maya in the past.

Tara hits him on the head with a heater coil and the two proceed to strangle him to death. They are unsure about what to do now.

Teacher reveals that he knows they have killed Ajit and offers to help them. He asks them to do exactly what he asks. He is confident that his genius level intellect will save the two.

Karan Anand, a capable cop, is informed by the commissioner that Ajit has been linked to hawala by multiple drug traders. He asks him to find Ajit.

As Karan reaches Kalimpong, he visits Maya’s cafe, where he recognises Naren, calling him Naroo. Naren is an old classmate of Karan.

Karan visits the lodge that Ajit was staying at. He is told by a staffer that he went to a school nearby. Karan sees Maya and Tara there, and realises there is a connection. She is now his prime suspect.

Naren tells Maya they will never locate Ajit’s body, but they apparently find it. Even the DNA traces on the clothes prove this.

Karan is apprehensive, as all traces of Ajit’s identity were destroyed, except the clothes, which would have taken just 5 more minutes to burn completely and eliminate any evidence.

Although Maya had said at first that she does not recognise Ajit, she confesses that he does. When Karan asks why she lied, she tells him about their dark past but keeps acting as if Ajit is still alive, on Naren’s instructions.

Karan probes further. He asks what Maya did on the night of 10th, and she says that she and her daughter went for the movie Pets 2 and then to a karaoke bar. Her daughter repeats the same exact story.

Karan visits Naren’s house, where the latter tells him about math problems that take years to solve. He solved one particular problem in 10 years, but someone else solves it just two days ago.

When the forensic reveals that Ajit was struck by a heater coil, Karan asks Maya to go to a karaoke bar, and his officers steal the heater from her house in the meantime.

Jaane Jaan ending explained in detail:

How does karan identify naren’s link to maya.

When the heater coil is brought to the forensic department, it does not match the murder weapon. Karan tells Kalimpong’s local police that they are calling off the investigation.

All the evidence that Maya has provided so far has proven to be authentic. All her alibi is solid as well. Karan has no choice but to call off the investigation and continue from Mumbai.

Karan returns to Maya’s cafe to tell her that they won’t bother her now but has an epiphany when one staffer mentions that Naren visits the cafe daily and is attracted to her, even though he had earlier told Karan that he barely goes there.

He joins the doubts and realises the mastermind behind Maya’s impeccable evidence. Karan waits outside his dojo and interrogates him. However, there is no proof to where he was.

Maya tells Naren that his staff told Karan about his affection for her. At this moment, Naren realises that Karan will do anything to prove the murderer.

How does Naren save Maya and Tara?

Naren tells Maya there is only one way left to prove their innocence. But no matter what happens, they must not confess.

Karan is still hell-bent on exposing Maya. Just then, Naren confesses that he is the murderer and that Maya told him to commit it.

When Karan questions Maya, she states that she is unaware of everything Naren is saying. According to Naren, Maya told him about Ajit and their past.

However, he says that he listened to her conversation through the wall, but understood that she was trying to tell him everything.

It is extremely obvious that Naren is trying to show the police that he is mentally unstable and committed the murder on his own, without Maya ever realising.

He knew that if he said Maya asked him to do it, it would further strengthen her innocence, as it was coming from someone they deemed unstable.

As Naren is put behind bars, Maya thanks him. But he thanks her instead. He wanted to commit suicide by hanging himself after someone else solved the math problem. When he met her, she became his second love, after mathematics.

Now, during his time in prison, he can solve a problem that will take 15 years and all his attention can go back to his first love. He starts shouting and acts unstable to protect Maya.

At home, Maya tells her daughter that ‘teacher’ has saved them.

How did Naren pull off his plan?

Naren remembers how you can either solve something or believe in someone else’s solution. This is how he planned everything.

The murder was committed on 9th, and Maya would be the only suspect. However, if it was committed on the 10th, there would be an unknown suspect; ‘suspect X’.

Naren found a random homeless person who was the same height as Ajit. He murdered him on the 10th, when Maya and Tara went out, in exactly the same way Ajit was murdered.

He destroyed his identity, but left Ajit’s clothes, to make the police think it was Ajit’s body. This also made them believe that the murder was committed on the 10th.

His last resort was always to become suspect x and save the woman that he was devoted to, and he ultimately won.

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Sujoy ghosh’s film based on ‘the devotion of suspect x’ is out on netflix..

In a movie that spins on deception, why should its title be taken at face value?

Sujoy Ghosh’s version of the Keigo Higashino novel The Devotion of Suspect X gets its name from the cabaret number Aa Jaane-Jaan from Intaqam (1969). The song is even performed within the movie, during a karaoke session. But rather than this tune, Ghosh’s thriller resonates thematically with the do-or-die lyrics of another Jaane Jaan, from Jawani Diwani (1972).

The karaoke sequence is one of the ways in which Ghosh’s movie localises a classically Japanese tale of selfless love, duty and sacrifice. Jaane Jaan channels the spirit of Vijay Anand’s thrillers about love and death in cold places. The 139-minute film, which has been premiered on Netflix, has enough technical finesse and performative heft on its side to overcome its shortcomings.

In The Devotion of Suspect X, a brilliant mathematics teacher who pines for his neighbour comes to her rescue when she gets involved in a crime. The novel’s genius lies in the teacher’s construction of an ironclad alibi for the woman he worships.

The deviously plotted bestseller has been adapted for the screen in Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Its basic premise unofficially inspired the inciting incident in Jeethu Joseph’s Malayalam-language blockbuster Drishyam (2013).

Jaane Jaan is set in Kalimpong, where Maya (Kareena Kapoor Khan) lives with her daughter Tara (Naisha Khanna). Maya’s cafe has a regular visitor: her introverted neighbour Naren (Jaideep Ahlawat). Naren’s infatuation with Maya, revealed through half-smiles and the hint of a blush on an otherwise stony visage, is his chief source of pleasure after mathematics.

Naren steps in when Maya gets an unwelcome visit from her spouse Ajit (Saurabh Sachdeva). Maya is the chief suspect for police investigator Karan (Vijay Varma).

Ghosh’s version gets off the mark immediately with its casting: Kapoor Khan emptied of oomph, worry lines on her face; Ahlawat as a silent romantic; Varma as a cop rather than a sleazy villain. The trio of superb performances has the impeccable support of a fourth, equally important character: Avik Mukhopadhyay .

The gifted cinematographer’s moody compositions ratchet up the suspense. Mukhopadhyay films night-time scenes in available light, brings texture to cramped sets, and showcases the actors by placing his camera inches from their faces. A single close-up is enough to measure the throb of Naren’s heart.

If there is frisson to the encounters between Maya, Naren and Karan, each of them has strong individual moments too. Jaideep Ahlawat’s Naren adroitly walks the line between creepiness and poignancy. Ahlawat movingly plays a man carrying the burden of loneliness with dignity until he cannot anymore.

Kareena Kapoor Khan radiates allure as well as grittiness, attractive in her vulnerability while aloof in her purity. Vijay Varma shines too as the easy-going, quicksilver Karan, who begins to get distracted by Maya.

Despite dialing up the romantic factor, Ghosh’s film is a bit dispassionate and out of reach, like Maya. The rushed denouement muddles the meticulous manner in which Naren has attempted to shield Maya. We needed to marinate in Naren’s audacity, especially after having been led there through careful lensing and editing.

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JAANE JAAN Is Sujoy Ghosh Returning To His Atmospheric Thriller Era

Jaane Jaan, or Suspect X as it’s known in other parts of the world, is a great new thriller starring Kareena Kapoor Khan. Director Sujoy Ghosh goes back to the thriller genre in a movie that’s an official adaptation of the Japanese novel The Devotion Of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. The movie is less a murder mystery, and more of a suspense thriller with enough twists and turns to keep even the most experienced cinephile guessing. With intense performances, this Jaane Jaan review will discuss why it’s definitely a movie worth your time.

Please note that this Jaane Jaan review is completely spoiler-free.

Jaane jaan takes it time, but still keeps audiences engaged.

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While delivering many hits and considered an icon of Bollywood , Kareena Kapoor Khan has seemingly entered into a more mature phase of her career, with a performance that feels entirely new. The instant Kapoor Khan graces the screen in the opening moments of Jaane Jaan, you already get a sense of seriousness and maturity that the actress hasn’t delivered as often as I, personally would like. Despite career-defining performances in Chameli, Talaash, Heroine and others, Kapoor Khan really shines here after a long time.

Jaane Jaan begins with Maya (Kapoor Khan) a single mother in Nepal raising a daughter, and running a modest local cafe. Her neighbour is a creepy, but seemingly harmless local school teacher, simply known as Teacher to the whole town. The Teacher (Jaideep Ahlawat) seemingly has a crush on Maya, despite never actually acting on it at all. When someone from Maya’s past returns to her life, this small town quickly becomes the setting for a tense and suspenseful thriller that unfolds at a relaxed albeit urgent pace.

For Better Or For Worse, This Isn’t The Usual Thriller

Jaane Jaan is an interesting movie, as it doesn’t follow the usual angles of a thriller. While that may be to its detriment for some audiences, it really worked for me. The major twists come early, and the rest of the movie spends its time dealing with the fallout of those plot points. While Ghosh also infuses the direction with some choices that keep audiences guessing until the reveal, more through misdirection and atmosphere, than any explicit deception. At least, not in the storytelling.

The story is also more about how things happen, than what is actually happening. The reveals are character-driven, and not plot point-driven. This is probably more credit to the source material than Jaane Jaan itself, But Ghosh does a great job of keeping things tense and moving, with his direction of the actors, and some visual camera angles and framing that really catches the audience’s eye.

Kareena Kapoor Khan Returns With A Wonderfully Mature And Somber Performance

Jaane Jaan also works immensely due to the high calibre actors that command every scene. Kapoor Khan’s presence is unlike any other, and she’s able to create sympathy, rage and helplessness within her character, effortlessly. Even moments that require her to be coy or duplicitous, come off so subtly and grounded, that it’s difficult to criticize any bit of this strong performance in Jaane Jaan. Ahlawat also plays the character in a way where he feels very real, and not a caricature.

Ahlawat is intense as the Teacher who is the constant source of contention in the story. He is shot like an ominous presence, with his motives constantly in question all the way until the last frame of the movie. The Teacher is scary and pitiful, without ever taking away the strong presence he has in the story and in Maya’s life. And then there’s Vijay Varma.

When a seemingly unrelated money laundering crime brings an out-of-town police officer Karan (Vijay Varma) into this small Nepali town, the story gets even more complicated. Varma is incredibly charming and very likable as the cop who’s putting the pieces together in this small-town drama. He’s extremely charismatic as he doubles down between doing his job, but also very clearly being out of his depth here. These three main leads keep Jaane Jaane from becoming a slow and dragged-out story, solely on the basis of their solid performances.

Sujoy Ghosh Ultimately Delivers, With Some Stumbles Along The Way

Despite the atmospheric thriller that Ghosh creates with Jaane Jaan, there are some tonal issues with the movie itself. During Karan’s introduction, the scene played out like this slick and stylish action movie, which was pretty cool. But feels completely out of place in a story that is more cerebral. But it’s in service to a much cooler third-act scene, so I can kind of forgive it.

There are also moments when the movie turns into a sweet romance, which again, I understand the reasoning, but it stuck out like a sore thumb in a movie that was anything but that, up until it was. Ultimately, they are all issues that can be overlooked, given that the majority of the film is engaging and completely captivating. Ghosh also sticks the landing of the climax in a way that’s satisfying, without digging too deep.

Jaane Jaan Review’s Verdict: Worth A Watch For The Incredible Acting And Thriller Vibes

Overall, I’ll end this Jaane Jaan review advising that it is an engaging story told with a certain skill that keeps audiences hooked from the first scene until the last. It’s engaging, and ominous and creates an intense suspenseful atmosphere that prevents it from getting bogged down with its dreary and dark tone. An absolutely worthwhile movie to watch for fans of thrillers, Ghosh’s previous success in Kahaani, and mostly for fans of Kareena Kapoor Khan , and the impeccable performances by Ahlawat and Varma.

Jaane Jaan / Suspect X is now streaming on Netflix .

What did you think of Kapoor Khan’s return to the screen? Let me know in the comments below what worked for you here and what didn’t. Or connect with me on X (Twitter) at @theshahshahid for more Bollywood discussions.

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HONG KONG — A murder is solved in “Suspect X,” but it is not exactly a “whodunit” or even a “whydunit.” It’s a “how-to-undo-it.” The culprit is revealed from the start, so riveting tension arises from how she tries to get off the hook. A detective film that ticks without the standard ploy of red herrings, “Suspect X” is also a poignant study of a lonely genius tormented by obsessive love.

Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani, the film is based on his hit Fuji TV series “Galileo.” The film reigned at Japan’s boxoffice for three weeks and had a good run at some other Asian markets; elsewhere, it makes a good fit for genre festivals and midnight-movie slots.

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Kapoor Khan plays a very different character to the glamorous Bollywood roles that we’ve previously seen her in. Dressed down and without make-up, her character Maya is a woman living peacefully with her daughter in a remote town, until her abusive husband finds her.

Her neighbor, a talented mathematician who has a crush on her, uses the power of logic to help her out of an unusual predicament following the husband’s reappearance, while also avoiding the attentions of a visiting cop.

Confessing a personal love of crime thrillers, especially adaptations of Harlan Coben novels, Kapoor Khan says she decided to take on the role because it gave her the chance to experiment: “I’ve always thought that for my debut on a streaming platform, I should try to do something that is slightly different to what I’ve done on the big screen,” she tells Deadline.

“Audiences are used to seeing me in the typical Indian song-and-dance style movies. But with the changes in cinema and the emergence of OTT platforms, content has become so different, and so actors are exploring a lot more.”

She adds that she’d also been looking for a project to make with Ghosh for more a than decade. Ghosh is known for writing and directing thrillers with strong female characters – his career really took off with Kahaani in 2012, about a pregnant woman searching for her husband, which was also a career-defining role for lead actress Vidya Balan.

She also credits Ghosh with helping her dial down her performance from her usual larger-than-life Bollywood roles to play this complex character. “I’ve always said an actor should be able to mould themselves according to whatever the director wants. And Sujoy made it easier by guiding me into exactly how Maya would think and how to make the role more hardcore and quite intense.”

Describing the character, Kapoor says: “She’s mysterious. You never really know what Maya is thinking, the way Sujoy wrote it, you’re always wondering, what exactly happened, what is she thinking, is she actually bad? I liked all those nuances that Sujoy brought to the script.”

Kapoor also credits her co-stars Ahlawat and Varma for helping bring out her performance. Both are associated with heavier roles in specialty films and streaming content – Ahlawat as the weary cop in Prime Video series Paatal Lok , and Varma for content-driven films such as Pink , Gully Bo y and Netflix original film Darlings .

“This is the first time I’ve worked with them, and that also added a lot to the film, the fact that we all come from different worlds – I’ve been a mainstream actor, they’ve been doing slightly different kinds of cinema. When we were on set together, it brought a different kind of energy that reflects well on my performance. So I’ll always remember this film as an experience where I was learning from them more than anything else.”

Another star of the film is the mysterious and mist-shrouded locations – the film was entirely shot in the towns of Kalimpong and Darjeeling in the Himalayan foothills. “Sujoy was so clear that he wanted to shoot there, he said he needed the fog and the mystery, and I kept asking why we needed to go all that way, but we understood as soon as we arrived.”

“There were some challenges, because sometimes you’d have to wake up early to catch the fog, or it would get in the way of the shoot. But Kalimpong is a spectacular place and in the end we didn’t want to leave,” she says, adding that her husband, actor Saif Ali Khan, and their two children came to visit her during the shoot and also loved the location.

She also gives a special mention to the film’s cinematographer Avik Mukhopadhyay, who has won National Film Awards for Sardar Udham (2023) and Bhalo Theko (2004). “The way he shot it, most of the time the camera was in his hand, his cinematography is really one of the stars of the film.”

Kapoor is also trying something different with her next film – Hansal Mehta’s thriller The Buckingham Murders , which was filmed in the UK and is 80% shot in English. Produced by Balaji Telefilms, and also starring Keith Allen and Haqi Ali, the film is will receive its world premiere at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival. Kapoor plays a grieving mother and detective who is assigned a case of a missing child.

When asked if the character is similar to the one she plays in Jaane Jaan , Kapoor says: “She’s grief-stricken and the role is a lot more emotional and softer. I took a lot of inspiration from the part that Kate Winslet played in Mare Of Easttown .”

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‘Jaane Jaan’ movie review: Jaideep Ahlawat shines next to Kareena Kapoor and Vijay Varma in this hillside thriller

Jaideep ahlawat steals a march on kareena kapoor khan and vijay varma in sujoy ghosh’s pulpy adaptation of keigo higashino’s crime novel ‘the devotion of suspect x’.

September 21, 2023 01:44 pm | Updated 03:09 pm IST

Jaideep Ahlawat and Kareena Kapoor Khan in ‘Jaane Jaan’

When the title of Sujoy Ghosh’s new film was announced about a month ago, my heart sank. Another Netflix India thriller named after an iconic Hindi film song? I remember muttering to myself. This is assembly-line thinking taken to a comical extreme. Raat Akeli Hai , Haseen Dillruba , Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein and Monica, O My Darling are all India original titles currently streaming on the platform. And now comes Jaane Jaan , which — like last year’s Monica... — has been adapted from a book by Japanese mystery writer Keigo Higashino . Granted, ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ does not translate verbatim into a great Hindi title. Still, the lack of apparent effort was startling, until I finally saw the film.

There is, it turns out, some resonance between new film and original song. Featured in the 1969 thriller Intaqam , ‘Aa Jaan-E-Jaan’ was a rare cabaret number from Lata Mangeshkar — picturized on Helen — and, in this film, Maya D’Souza (Kareena Kapoor Khan), the central character, is a former nightclub dancer who has escaped her past. Rajendra Krishan’s teasing, fatalistic lyrics chime well with Maya’s current predicament and the two men pulled headlong into her life. We see her sing out the words at a karaoke, Kapoor Khan framed against visuals of a costumed Helen on a telescreen, a cross-generational affinity that started with the ‘Yeh Mera Dil’ number in Don (2006).

Jaane Jaan (Hindi)

Maya was once Soniya, wife to Ajit (Saurabh Sachdeva), an abusive, money-grubbing cop. She had left him 14 years ago and moved to Kalimpong, a misty hill station in northern West Bengal. She’s focused ever since on raising her daughter, running a little cafe that serves coffee and Chinese to get by. One day, out of the blue, Ajit turns up at the cafe; spurned, he barges into Maya’s home. Open and intrusive threats to mother and daughter escalate into a messy scuffle. Before the throbbing soundtrack has a chance to cool off, Ajit is dead on the floor, choked on the cord of an immersion water heater, the handiest murder weapon in Himalayan towns.

Sujoy’s best film Kahaani (2012) would be nothing if it was all Vidya Balan, no Nawazuddin Siddiqui or Saswata Chatterjee. Likewise, Jaane Jaan is powered by two performers who bring blazingly diverse energies to the table. As a distraught Maya — by no means a professional criminal — is figuring out her next move, help arrives in the form of Naren (Jaideep Ahlawat), a brilliant but lonely math teacher who lives next door. He promptly takes care of the body, issues instructions and alibis, acts all-around nice guy. He likes Maya, obviously, an open secret she had hitherto brushed off, but — noting his resourcefulness — she feels compelled to leverage.

Things get further complicated when a sharp-nosed inspector, Karan (Vijay Varma), arrives in town. Sujoy has fun playing these disparate characters — and actors — off each other, two FTII graduates lining up to outfox each other over the star who played Poo in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). What lends an additional edge to the narrative is the latent sexual tension between the characters. Though Naren keeps his distance, he is compared (not inaccurately, barring the hair) to Shah Rukh Khan from Darr . Karan, too, has a roving eye; his descriptions of Maya as Naren’s ‘hot’ neighbour are pointedly crude. It all pays off in a cunningly plotted scene, all our guesswork about character motivations and progress scrambled in a flash.

Jaane Jaan has been marketed as Kareena Kapoor Khan’s streaming debut. It’s a relief, therefore, that the film still feels like an ensemble piece. Khan, smartly and reassuringly, plays as part of a team, complementing instead of trying to commandeer scenes. It is a brisk, unfussy performance, almost toe-to-toe with Varma’s. The film, however, belongs to Ahlawat. This is one of his most physically absorbed roles. He plays a gentle giant, his hulking frame cutting bewitchingly through the evening mist. At times, a smile appears unexpectedly on his pockmarked face, like rainclouds in the desert. I also loved the absolute serenity — and, it must be added, sensuality — with which Ahlawat performs a jujutsu drill. He looks, to cite Bruce Lee, ‘like water making its way through cracks’.

Jaane Jaan is currently streaming on Netflix

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Suspect X cast: Who stars in the new Bollywood movie on Netflix?

By crystal george | sep 21, 2023.

MUMBAI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 18 : Akshai Purifier,Vijay Varma, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sujoy Ghosh and Jay Shewakramani attend the screening of film 'Jaane Jaan' on September 18, 2023 in Mumbai, India (Photo by Prodip Guha/Getty Images)

Netflix has just dropped a new thriller flick called Suspect X . So if you’re looking for something suspenseful to watch, you must check this movie out.

Suspect X , otherwise known as Jaane Jaan , is a Hindi-language Netflix original film written and directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It’s an adaptation of the acclaimed 2005 Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. Actually, it’s one of many adaptations of the book.

It was first announced back in 2015 but ended up being shelved. Well-known Indian actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan were initially set to star but ended up pulling out. However, Khan’s wife, Kareena Kapoor Khan, joined the cast in the leading role years later.

But who else is in the thriller film’s cast? What is the movie about? We shared everything else you need to know about Suspect X right below.

What is Suspect X about on Netflix?

The movie follows a single mother who commits a serious crime and her timid neighbor who helps her cover it up in the middle of a police investigation.

Here’s the plot of the film via Netflix :

"When a single mother is caught in a crime investigation, her neighbor — a gifted math teacher — offers to help and a relentless cop digs into the case."

Suspect X cast

As mentioned above, Kareena Kapoor Khan plays the protagonist in the film, Maya D’Souza. She makes her streaming debut with this movie. You might’ve previously watched Khan in the movies Aśoka , Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… , Dev , Omkara , Jab We Met , Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu , We Are Family , 3 Idiots , Bodyguard , Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Good Newwz . You can follow her on Instagram @kareenakapoorkhan .

Jaideep Ahlawat plays the role of Naren Vyas, Maya’s mathematician neighbor who helps her cover up a crime. He’s best known for his role as Delhi Police Inspector Hathiram Chaudhary in the crime thriller series Paatal Lok . He also had roles in the movies Gabbar is Back , Meeruthiya Gangsters , Vishwaroopam II and Raazi . You can follow him on Instagram @jaideepahlawat .

Here’s the rest of the cast and who they portray in the film:

Vijay Varma as Inspector Karan Anand
Saurabh Sachdeva as Ajit Mhatre
Karma Takapa as Sundar Singh
Naisha Khanna as Tara D’Souza
Lin Laishram as Prema

The thriller film is rated TV-MA, meaning it’s meant to be watched by mature, adult audiences only. It was given this age rating for domestic abuse, smoking, suicide, and violence. Overall, this isn’t a movie we recommend watching with young kids around.

See the cast in action in the gripping official trailer!

Be sure to check out Suspect X , streaming now on Netflix.

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The first half of the 2024 Film Year is in the books!

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While the slate of Netflix Originals so far may have its share of critical disappointments from big-name stars (Sorry, J-Lo’s Atlas and Lindsay Lohan’s Irish Wish won’t be on this list), several films have delighted, surprised, and entertained me & their subscribers and deserve to be acknowledged. From big-time franchise blockbusters to animated family films and film festival crowd-pleasers, Netflix has shown once again that it can still provide a quality stable of original movies that will satisfy audiences worldwide.

While you can check all my weekly reviews here , let’s look at my Top 5 Netflix Original Films of 2024.

Director: Philip Martin Cast: Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell, Keeley Hawes Rated: TV-14

Picture: Netflix

Based on the account provided by producer Sam McAlister and her memoir “Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews,” Scoop is the much-anticipated film adaptation of the setup and execution of the infamous BBC Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew in November 2019 by veteran journalist Emily Maitlis.

Directed by Primetime Emmy winner Philip Martin ( Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act , The Crown ) on a script from Geoff Russell & Peter Moffat, the film chooses to focus on the two remaining questions after the interview that ruined Prince Andrew’s life & career live on TV: how did Newsnight manage to secure this interview? And why on Earth had the Prince agreed to do it? Many of the answers to those questions lie with show producer Sam McAlister, a single mother who was pressured to deliver a big-ticket story in the face of layoffs and increased competition in the news space. McAlister seems to be one step ahead in working the angles from the paparazzi photographers to the private secretary for Prince Andrew himself, always knowing how to convince one side or another why they need this interview to happen.

To portray some larger-than-life figures in this modern journalistic tale, the cast features some prominent names of their own. X-Files legend Gillian Anderson ( The Crown ) brings her stately gravitas to the role of Emily Maitlis, Doctor Who & Penny Dreadful star Billie Piper goes big and bold as producer Sam McAlister, and Critic’s Choice & Primetime Emmy nominated actor Rufus Sewell ( The Diplomat , The Man in the High Castle ) takes on the quirky, charming, yet self-sabotaging Prince Andrew.

Scoop feels like the modern, streaming version of a film like Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon , a story about a famous TV interview of a high-profile figure who seemingly didn’t need to take the interview in the first place; a story of access, all-on-the-line journalism, and the approach to getting the unthinkable to happen.

While it’s not a major value add to the real-life interview and its career fallout for Prince Andrew, the film does entertain with strong performances from Anderson, Sewell, and Piper and shines a spotlight on the methodical patience of real journalism in the clickbait/24-hour news network cycle that we live in most of the time. While many watched the interview in real-time and know it was well, Scoop still impresses with its subtle chess match construction of the event and bringing in the art of how to extract information from a guarded, high-profile subject.

Scoop is a taut journalistic drama with the pace & energy of a thriller. Focused on the women who brought the infamous interview to the screen & their motives for making it a success, the film mostly succeeds in making the story expand to more than the recent, well-known trainwreck in which the world is mostly familiar. While it may not interrogate nor dig too deep past what we know, The intense atmosphere & talent in front of and behind the camera will keep you riveted.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Director: Mark Molloy Cast: Eddie Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon Rated : R

30 years after the franchise’s previous installment, the Beverly Hills Cop film series is back. Netflix and comedy superstar Eddie Murphy have revived Detroit Police Detective Axel Foley and his multi-city crew to take on one more case.

Helmed by first-time feature film director Mark Molloy, with a script from Bad Boys: Ride or Die scribe Will Beall and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent‘s Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten, the film centers on Foley (Murphy), still a detective chasing bad guys in the streets of Detroit, who now has to answer to a longtime friend on the force Jeffrey Friedman (Paul Reiser reprising his role).

While he still calls Detroit his home, they still love him in Beverly Hills … well, maybe not everyone. He may have some friends in and around their police department – most notably Taggart and Rosewood (John Ashton and Judge Reinhold, of course) – but he also has one key figure in his life, his daughter Jane (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom co-star Taylour Paige), who has been estranged from him for several years.

Like all Beverly Hills Cop films , Axel makes his way to sunny California after a case puts those closest to him in danger. Axel receives a call from Rosewood notifying him that Jane has been targeted, threatened, and nearly killed by a group of masked men demanding she back off her latest court case as a lawyer for a potentially innocent cop killer. After Rosewood goes missing following a break in the case, it’s up to Foley, Jane, and BHPD detective Bobby Abbott (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to find him and take down those responsible for the fallen police officer’s death.

Axel F matches Murphy’s tone and effort, a lead trying to find the energy and brashness of his former self but mostly settling for layups instead of windmill jams. It’s filled with nostalgic call-backs and older actors coming out of the woodwork, which, besides Murphy’s facade, are the things that make this film feel like part of the franchise and not just a generic cop movie that they slapped a brand name on.

The cast is deep with many strong, familiar actors that are both old and new to the franchise. The chemistry between Murphy, Paige, and Gordon-Levitt is quite enjoyable at times and makes for some of the more compelling moments in the film; And Judge Reinhold seems amped up to be back in the fold after a 7 year hiatus, which makes the ending especially have more zip. While generic, Kevin Bacon also seems to pop when he enters the fray and delights in being duplicitous in nature.

The film also has plenty of action. Multiple shootouts, car chases, and even a helicopter chase give fans a reason to crank up the home stereo. They even go mini Jason Bourne with a meter maid buggy chase down a flight of stairs, but make it BHC by blasting “The Neutron Dance” while doing it.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is a big-budget karaoke version of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise that flexes its muscles with snow plow gun fights, low-flying helicopter chases, and a deep, notable cast. Murphy can’t dial up the Foley of old that often, and the movie plays more on nostalgia than edginess or working-class snark. Still, the film is engaging enough to satiate audiences looking for a simple good time at home.

Ultraman: Rising

Directors : Shannon Tindle & John Aoshima Cast : Christopher Sean, Tamilyn Tomita, Gedde Watanabe Rated : PG

From Netflix Animation and Tsuburaya Productions in conjunction with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Ultraman: Rising is the latest in a long line of Ultraman projects dating back to the 1960s TV Show Ultra Q, which pioneered the Kyodai Hero or Giant Hero subgenre and helped bring the kaiju genre to audiences all over the world.

After bringing Ultraman to its platform with an anime-style TV series that ran for three seasons starting in 2019, Netflix has now made the franchise into an English-language computer-animated film with a new set of characters.

Co-directed by Lost Ollie creator Shannon Tindle & veteran animator John Aoshima (Maya and the Three, Kubo and the Two Strings), Ultraman: Rising focuses on the Sato family: Professor Sato, his wife Emiko, and their son Ken.

After Emiko has gone missing and Professor Sato can no longer perform his duties as Ultraman in his elder state, Ken moves his all-star baseball career from Los Angeles back to his native Japan in order to take over the family business while still playing for the Giants.

During a battle with the kaiju Gigatron, Ken as Ultraman recovers a package that the monster was trying to retrieve from the Kaiju Defense Force. To his surprise, Ken finds the package to contain the newborn kaiju offspring of Gigatron.

Compelled to raise the young monster in the absence of her presumed dead parent, Ken has to find the right balance between his baseball career, his role as Ultraman, and his new parental responsibilities. However, he will be put to the ultimate test as outside forces will stop at nothing to obtain the Kaiju child and eliminate Ultraman.

The film premiered at the Annecy Festival in France to a largely positive reception, and I can definitely see why. Its unique story, which focuses on life balance and family, elevates the traditional Kaiju and Kyodai hero form while still appealing to more traditional fans of the franchise.

At its heart, Ultraman: Rising is about growing up and giving yourself over to something bigger than your own ambitions; a strong, relatable message blended in well with a backdrop of modern Japanese cultural touchstones like baseball (shoutout to Godzilla himself, Hideki Matsui), technology, & family traditions. Some might struggle to engage with raising a Kaiju monster and dealing with the everyday challenges of parenting a baby if they came for a non-stop action story, but the film pays off in a big way with a more emotionally motivated final act that brings all of main characters together to duke it out and protect what matters most.

Ultraman: Rising is a surprising animated hit for Netflix, Tsuburaya, and its talented creators. A family film that tugs at the heartstrings while serving its intended audience with beautiful optics and impactful fight theatrics. One of the strongest Netflix films of the year, animated or otherwise.

Orion and the Dark

Director: Sean Charmatz Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, Angela Bassett, Colin Hanks Rated: TV-Y7

Picture: Dreamworks Animation

Produced by Dreamworks Animation, Orion and the Dark marks the feature film directorial debut for veteran storyboard artist Sean Charmatz ( Trolls , The Angry Birds Movies , SpongeBob Squarepants ) based on a script from legendary writer/director Charlie Kaufman ( Being John Malkovich , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ).

Based on the children’s book of the same name by Emma Yarlett, the story centers around young schoolboy Orion, who lives every day in constant irrational fear. He’s scared of tons of things: bees, dogs, the ocean, cell phone waves, murderous gutter clowns, and even falling off a cliff. But of all his fears, the thing he’s most afraid of is what he confronts on a nightly basis: the Dark. So when the literal embodiment of his worst fear pays him a visit, the Dark whisk Orion away on a roller coaster ride around the world to prove there is nothing to be afraid of in the night. As the unlikely pair grows closer, Orion must decide if he can learn to accept the unknown – to stop letting fear control his life and finally embrace the joy of living.

Featuring an intense cast of voice talent, the film stars Critics’ Choice Award winner Jacob Tremblay ( Luca , The Little Mermaid ) as young Orion. Tremblay previously voiced Elmer Elevator for Netflix’s original animated film My Father’s Dragon back in 2022. Alongside Tremblay, the film also stars Cobra Kai’s Paul Walter Hauser as Dark, Oscar nominee Angela Bassett as Sweet Dreams, MadTV’s Ike Barinholtz as Light, What We Do In The Shadows standout Natasia Demetriou as Sleep, Bridgerton’s Golda Rosheuvel as Unexplained Noises, German Filmmaker & Voice God Werner Herzog, Fall of the House of Usher’s Carla Gugino as Orion’s Mom, and Roswell’s Colin Hanks as Adult Orion.

While the big names in the cast might bring the adults to the party, the success of this film belongs to the creative subject matter and the always uniquely creative writing of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Picking up the mantle from seminal Pixar films like Inside Out and Finding Nemo , Orion and the Dark focuses on children who are plagued by the emotions that control them every day. In an educational world that increasingly focuses on social-emotional learning in the classroom at early ages, this story feels in touch with its audience in an impactful way – an audience that is not only the children who face adolescent anxiety but the adults who not only help their children cope with these issues, but also grew up in a generation that most likely didn’t have the support to help with their own anxieties from youth and into adulthood.

The safe hands of Kaufman, words not many would think to write if you’ve watched the outlandishly brilliant yet audacious films Kaufman has written over the years, guide us through generations of genetic predisposition to anxiety with a layered story told by a father through the prism of his younger self to his daughter who is facing the same issue of fearing the dark at bedtime. The construction of the script switches around from a narrated introduction to the world of Young Orion to an evolving bedtime from a father to daughter; one that the Father allows the daughter to help shape and mold as the movie progresses. The lessons of the story are imparted by the young and old alike, rallying around the notions of acknowledging & embracing fear while learning to not let those fears get in the way of living your life. Who knows? You may miss out on a new experience, a new love, or a new best friend.

While the life lessons are important, and the acknowledgment of adolescent mental health is paramount, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention how funny, sweet, & satisfying the film can be over its impressively tight 90-minute runtime. With lines like “Fun is just a word people made up to make danger sound more appealing,” even the anxious musings of a young child will make you laugh on a deeper level. The addition of the “Night Entities” – Insomnia, Quiet, Sleep, Sweet Dreams, & Unexplained Noises – to the story (not part of the original children’s book) give the older audiences a chance to take laugh at the things that keep them up at night while adding a layer of adventure & relationship building to the 24-hour excursion for Orion and the Dark . Also, if you don’t get a chuckle from hearing Werner Herzog narrate the films of The Dark, we can’t be friends. It is unquestionably amusing.

Orion and the Dark is another win for Netflix’s Original animated movies. With a brilliant script boldly constructed as one part bedtime story and one part coping mechanisms for anxiety disorders, the film feels present with our modern society and in touch with the emotions of a more sensitive culture. Inside Out 2 addressed anxiety as a follow-up to its fresh take on the feelings of dramatic change back in 2015, but don’t let this film get past you right now. Charlie Kaufman & first-time feature film director Sean Charmatz combine to make an entertaining ride that should be shown in schools.

Director: Richard Linklater Cast: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Evan Holtzman, Retta Rated: R

Hit Man Best New Movie On Netflix In 2024

Acquired by Netflix after a strong debut on the 2023 film festival circuit, Hit Man strikes at the perfect time for burgeoning leading man Glen Powell. After taking to the skies with Tom Cruise in 2022’s blockbuster smash Top Gun: Maverick, Powell’s stock has continued to rise in the past two years with his roles in the Korean War film Devotion and, of course, his major breakout role opposite Sydney Sweeney in the romantic comedy Anyone But You .

The latter film really connected with audiences as it took in nearly 220 million dollars at the worldwide box office and became a staple of the Netflix Top 10 upon its streaming release on the platform. With a major summer theatrical release in Twisters coming in mid-July, Powell drops a crime-based comedy in Hit Man to satisfy his audience who seemingly just can’t get enough.

Co-written by Powell along with the prolific, Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater ( Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, School of Rock ), the film adapts the 2001 Texas Monthly magazine article of the same name by Skip Hollandsworth that profiled the real-life story of Houston-based college professor Gary Johnson, a man who posed as a professional killer and worked with the local police department to take down his would-be clients.

In this iteration of the story, the setting has changed to New Orleans as philosophy professor Gary (Powell) helps out as part of the technical staff on sting operations for the local police. However, when the regular undercover officer Jasper (Austin Amelio) doesn’t show up, Gary is called upon to step in and pose as a prominent hitman in the area to arrest those trying to hire him.

Using his philosophy background and experience with law enforcement, Gary discovers that not only does he have the skills to pull it off, but he also has the talent and know-how to theatrically match the expectations of his “clients,” often with costumes, makeup, and accents.

However, while undercover as the charming, composed, yet deadly hitman “Ron”, Gary encounters Maddy (6 Underground’s Adria Arjona), a woman seeking to escape from her abusive relationship with her husband Ray (Evan Holtzman); empathizing with her story and developing feelings for her, Gary advises her to seek out better options instead of taking her down and the two soon become romantically involved.

Just as their courtship starts to blossom truly, the police inform Gary that Maddy’s soon-to-be ex-husband Ray has been found dead, and Maddy is the prime suspect. Torn between his obligation to his police colleagues and his love for Maddy, Gary must find out the truth and do what he thinks is right.

While the movie is not flawless in its plot construction or pace, not a soul who came for its stars or the resurgence of the crime comedy genre will care. Powell and Arjona ooze sex appeal and lead a charm offensive that would take down the ‘85 Bears defense. The film comfortably blends wish fulfillment, meditations on identity, and exposing the underbelly of society in a package of silliness, raw magnetism, and charisma.

While Powell and Arjona steal the show, it has to be stated that this is an odd choice that strangely works for co-writer/director Richard Linklater. Delighting in character-driven sight gags with an undeniable star at the center of the frame hasn’t really been seen much from Linklater since unleashing Jack Black on us in full force with School of Rock almost 2 decades ago. One could definitely imagine that the more sophisticated & thought-provoking moral/philosophical themes added to a more straightforward genre could be the added flavor of an artist who made the “Before” trilogy and Boyhood.

Hit Man is a surefire win for Powell, Linklater, & Netflix. Laughs, sex appeal, a little philosophical debate, & a darkly playful moral quandary make the film intriguing all the way through. While the ending may feel a bit too breezy or divisive considering the subject matter, the talented cast & creators will help you smile through the potential unease. It’s Powell & Arjona at their absolute best with Linklater doing his most entertaining work since Everybody Wants Some! .

Honorable Mentions

A FAMILY AFFAIR
THE KITCHEN
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Counted as a 2023 Release despite its Netflix debut in early January)

What’s been your favorite new movie of 2024? Let us know in the comments.

Andrew Morgan is a film critic & podcaster with 20 years of experience on the sets & offices of film & television. Current podcast host of the entertainment review show, Recent Activity. He lives in the Northeast of the United States.

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The 5 worst Netflix shows of 2024 so far, ranked

By this time in 2023, Netflix was swimming in a wide variety of original shows almost on a weekly basis. Things are very different in 2024 because of last year’s Hollywood strikes and subsequent production delays. Netflix has been far more reliant on acquired series like Dexter and Lost , while originals have been few and far between.

5. Avatar: The Last Airbender

4. alexander: the making of a god, 3. a man in full, 1. good times.

The good news is that most of this year’s meager crop of Netflix shows has been pretty decent, although I feel that Baby Reindeer gets a disproportionate amount of attention simply because there haven’t been a lot of other new series to stream. However, not everything is destined to be good, and that’s why we’ve put together this list of the five worst Netflix shows of 2024 so far.

There’s every chance that most of these series we’ve picked could be displaced from the top five worst Netflix shows at the end of the year. But somehow, we suspect our choice for No. 1 will have the same ranking at the end of December 2024.

Netflix has yet to learn the lesson that just because a show was successful in animation, it doesn’t mean that a live-action remake is necessary or welcome. Avatar: The Last Airbender ‘s animated series was one of the very best of the 21st century. But somehow, that just doesn’t fully translate to this show.

The young cast, including Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, and Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko, all try their best to live up to their animated counterparts. But most of the time, the kids seem painfully aware that they’re just actors on a show rather than real inhabitants of this fantasy world. Awkward scripted dialogue sounds completely unnatural in their mouths, and the stakes of the series just don’t land with the same impact that they had in animation.

Considering that Avatar ‘s animated series had 20 episodes per season, everything seems a bit rushed when the first book is crammed into eight episodes. Make no mistake, this show has a better take on the material than M. Night Shyamalan’s 2010 adaptation, The Last Airbender . But that’s damning it with faint praise.

Don’t watch Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix .

Is Alexander: The Making of a God a scripted drama or a historical documentary? It’s kind of both, but it just doesn’t do either one particularly well. But don’t blame the leading man, Buck Braithwaite, who portrays Alexander in the flashbacks that depict his rise to power. If the show had simply decided to focus on being a traditional drama, it could have been better.

Instead, the historical experts are used to provide context for Alexander’s life while skipping ahead haphazardly. Without the show’s recreations filling in those gaps in Alexander’s life, the entire thing feels like it was never completed in the first place.

Don’t watch Alexander: The Making of a God on Netflix .

David E. Kelley had an amazing cast to work with in A Man in Full , with Jeff Daniels in the lead in addition to performers like Diane Lane, William Jackson Harper, Jon Michael Hill, Aml Ameen, Lucy Liu, and Tom Pelphrey. Kelley also had the original novel by Tom Wolfe to work from. So Kelley has no one to blame but himself for letting down these actors and actresses with scripts that give them one-note characters at best.

Daniels plays a very Trump-like real estate tycoon, Charlie Croker, who is on the verge of losing everything after some disastrous financial moves. Raymond Peepgrass (Tom Pelphrey) is eager to tear down Charlie and take everything he has, and yet neither of them has enough spark to be interesting or compelling.

The lone actor who really does come off well on this show is Hill, who portrays Conrad Hensley, a Black man who is tangentially connected to Charlie. Conrad’s story finds him unjustly facing years in prison for defending himself against a violent cop. That part of the show resembles some of Kelley’s earlier legal dramas. The rest of it we can do without.

Don’t watch A Man in Full on Netflix .

Netflix gave Tires a season 2 renewal days before the show even premiered. And inexplicably, the series performed well and landed just behind Bridgerton in the streaming rankings for the week. Who knew that a sitcom that feels ripped from CBS’ 2004 TV schedule would be a hit? The only explanation that comes to mind is that series co-creator and co-headlining star, Shane Gillis, has a real following.

Unfortunately, the premise of Tires can’t seem to mine its material for enough good jokes to carry an episode. Gillis plays Shane, an employee at his family-run automotive repair business who now has to work for his cousin, Will (Steve Gerben). Shane resents that so much that he actively sabotages and undermines Will’s attempt to save the struggling business. Most sitcoms tend to give their leading characters at least some redemptive qualities. But for the most part, Shane is just a jerk and he’s unpleasant to watch.

Don’t watch Tires on Netflix .

The words “dumpster fire” get tossed around so often that they no longer have the same impact they once had. But Good Times is the one show on Netflix in the first half of 2024 that has truly earned the dumpster fire description. The original Good Times sitcom ended 45 years ago, so there weren’t too many people clamoring for a comeback. And the surviving fanbase certainly wasn’t asking for an animated series that plays more like a weak clone of Family Guy and The Cleveland Show than a homage to the sitcom that very loosely inspired it.

Nothing about this show works, from the drug-dealing baby, Dalvin (Slink Johnson), to the awful character designs and art style or the uninspired and humorless stories. Seth MacFarlane was one of the executive producers for Good Times , and he should have been the first one to point out that rehashing Family Guy was a bad choice for everything that came after American Dad . J.B. Smoove (Reggie), Yvette Nicole Brown (Beverly), and Jay Pharoah (Junior) are all gifted comedic performers, and even they can’t salvage this messy attempt to be relevant. There’s been no renewal notice for this series, so don’t be too surprised if Good Times is done in one. This show used up all of its good will with lightning speed.

Don’t watch Good Times on Netflix .

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MaXXXine First Reviews: A Gnarly, Potent Satire with a Magnetic Mia Goth at Her Best

Critics say ti west's trilogy-capper is a stylized, nightarish vision of the '80s that benefits from an unflinching performance from its star, even if it doesn't quite stick the landing..

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Mia Goth returns as the title character in MaXXXine , the third installment of Ti West’ s hit horror trilogy involving a murderous adult film actress. This time, Maxine Minx has to deal with the threat of a real historical serial killer who terrorized Los Angeles in the 1980s: the Night Stalker. Following the acclaim of X (94%) and its prequel, Pearl (92%), does this sequel continue the critical success of the franchise? The first reviews of MaXXXine mostly say yes, though some are saying it’s still the lesser of the three. The main reason to see it remains Goth, who may deliver her best performance yet, while many reviews nevertheless agree that the movie falters in its climax.

Here’s what critics are saying about MaXXXine :

Is it as good as the first two movies?

West might have saved the best entry for last, with MaXXXine a neon-tinted Hollywood nightmare filled with ambition, cut-throat action, and an excellent depiction of the final girl. — Kat Hughes, THN

Ti West goes three for three. — Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

Like its predecessors, X and Pearl , this is a gleeful dive into retro movie tropes with vivid period evocation, this time featuring a deluxe supporting cast. — David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

Vibrant in sleaze, satire, and shocking violence, MaXXXine was on the brink of being the best West and Goth have made yet. But a bungled ending leaves a sour taste. — Kristy Puchko, Mashable

MaXXXine [is] the least of the trilogy, [but] not a bad film in and of itself. — Dan Bayer, Next Best Picture

It’s no Pearl . — Owen Gleiberman, Variety

MaXXXine is not as good as Pearl , but it is better than X . — Clarisse Loughrey, Independent

Does it stand on its own?

One has to give tremendous kudos for West’s ability to create a film trilogy where each installment is so different from the last one, which means you don’t necessarily have to watch the other two movies before seeing this one. — Edward Douglas, The Weekend Warrior

The best part is that newcomers can enjoy it as a standalone, but watching X and Pearl beforehand exponentially enhances the experience, creating a nearly perfect sequel. — Tatiana Hullender, Screen Rant

MaXXXine is as different to its predecessors as they are to one another. The constant reinvention of West’s work is to be commended with each film working as both a standalone project, as well as a cohesive whole. — Kat Hughes, THN

It takes a while for MaXXXine to start feeling like a direct sequel to X . This is, surprisingly, one of its strengths; it tries to stand on its own before reaching into the past. — Siddhant Adlakha, IGN Movies

Does it honor old slasher movies?

West and cinematographer Eliot Rockett have worked tirelessly to create a movie that feels of the era, and the end result is a sultry and dirty delight. — Kat Hughes, THN

Pushing the showbiz homages further, West stages scenes on the Universal backlot and serves meta-exchanges about actors who got their starts in horror films. All this is fun, if slightly blatant in its nostalgia baiting. — James Mottram, Total Film

The trick is this. West wants to pay homage to their utter junkiness — and, at the same time, to make a version of one of them that’s ironically “good”… MaXXXine is a grisly exploitation thriller set between quotation marks, with an anachronistically empowered heroine at its center. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety

MaXXXine commits a bit too much to recreating the genre storytelling of the period… West has borrowed too much of the writing style of ‘80s slashers, which were not exactly known for being well-written. — Dan Bayer, Next Best Picture

The movie is almost too much of a parody to work as a horror film in its own right. — Chris Bumbray, JoBlo’s Movie Network

How are the kills?

Gnarly. — BJ Colangelo, Slashfilm

It delivers some of the series’ most extreme kills. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire

There are testicles stomped on and heads exploded in scarlet-red, visceral detail. — Clarisse Loughrey, Independent

If you’ve come for the carnage — faces are branded, eyes are slashed, bodies crushed — then MaXXXine should satisfy your bloodlust. — James Mottram, Total Film

MaXXXine’ s one gnarly kill and its one instance of cartoonish violence aren’t nearly enough. — Siddhant Adlakha, IGN Movies

What about the script?

West’s film is actually an abstract think-piece about women in cinema… MaXXXine has things to say about the objectification and humiliation of women in Hollywood, as actors and directors, and, alongside that, the belittling of horror as a genre too. — Damon Wise, Deadline Hollywood Daily

There’s humor in the use of famous landmarks, from strategic action unfolding around the Hollywood sign to a splashy premiere at Mann’s Chinese Theatre, as it was then known. — David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

Unfortunately, West’s storytelling is not as exciting here… It underwhelms, lacking the cleverness of the previous films. — Dan Bayer, Next Best Picture

It’s more dramatically sterile, thanks to a story that quickly falls apart and mounting references that add up to very little (if anything at all). — Siddhant Adlakha, IGN Movies

Does it have a great soundtrack?

Nostalgists will eat up the soundtrack’s bangers, among them tracks by ZZ Top, New Order, Judas Priest and Kim Carnes, along with the indispensable synth-pop groove of Animotion’s “Obsession.” And Tyler Bates’ bone-chilling score helps ratchet up the suspense. — David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

It is the soundtrack that cements MaXXXine as from the decade. Opening with ZZ Top’s “Gimme All Your Lovin”, and featuring Frankie Goes to Hollywood, John Parr, Kim Carnes, and Animotion, this soundtrack couldn’t be more authentically ‘80s. — Kat Hughes, THN

How is Mia Goth this time?

Goth is once more at the top of her game. — Kat Hughes, THN

MaXXXine is Goth’s most well-rounded performance yet, blending elements of her mesmeric X characters with the modern villainy she brought to Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool for a singular genre role. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire

She plays Maxine with a come-hither aggression that’s direct and compelling enough to let us wonder if Maxine could be hardcore porn’s hidden answer to Vivien Leigh. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Here, she takes the tender-hearted mania of Pearl and turns it colder, and more determined. As an actor, she’s very good at maintaining the separation between what she wants her audience to see and what she doesn’t. — Clarisse Loughrey, Independent

This is the Mia Goth show and fans wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s a magnetic presence who fortifies her command as a new breed of scream queen, tough enough to dish out punishment as well as receive it. — David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

Watching her take center stage in this trilogy and grow from a promising up-and-comer to one of the all-time greats has been a thrill all on its own, but watching her take Maxine to ever greater highs of self-possessed ferocity is the kind of thing movies were made for. — Dan Bayer, Next Best Picture

She is undeniable, unstoppable, and we should all consider ourselves lucky to even catch a random sighting of the formidable talent. — BJ Colangelo, Slashfilm

Mia Goth and Elizabeth Debicki in MaXXXine (2024)

What about the rest of the cast?

The movie gets plenty of juice out of its ensemble cast. — David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

MaXXXine boasts the strongest supporting cast of the trilogy… Giancarlo Esposito steals the show as Maxine’s cutthroat agent-lawyer Teddy Knight, and Elizabeth Debicki is an absolute vision as a no-nonsense director who is beyond done with the patriarchal playground of moviemaking. — BJ Colangelo, Slashfilm

Giancarlo Esposito is the biggest standout, and he’s clearly having the time of his life playing loyal-to-the-core agent Teddy Night, but Elizabeth Debicki’s director role gives her plenty to chew on as well. — Tatiana Hullender, Screen Rant

The film is almost stolen by the statuesque and charismatic Elizabeth Debicki in giant padded shoulders. — Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

In terms of the new characters, the real standout is Kevin Bacon as a sleazy private detective. — Edward Douglas, The Weekend Warrior

Kevin Bacon… is on Wild Things level comedic gold. — Kat Hughes, THN

Does the movie stick the landing?

West uses the final leg of Maxine’s story to imagine how a final girl’s trauma might fracture into a (wildly entertaining) vitriolic spray of revenge. The result is an outrageous display of toxicity with a bubbly appeal. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire

The film’s last act is where things go a bit wonky… It may leave some viewers wanting because there has been so much proper build-up to a resolution that just doesn’t quite work. — Edward Douglas, The Weekend Warrior

Something gets lost as West and Goth hurtle toward a climax that feels undeserving of the movie that leads up to it. — Kristy Puchko, Mashable

The reveal of the killer’s identity is not only obvious but presented in a disappointingly straightforward way. — Dan Bayer, Next Best Picture

When we’re finally hit with the revelation of who the killer is, it’s supposed to be the Babylon heart of darkness. But instead, you just think, “Sorry, I’m not buying that for a moment.” — Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Will it leave us wanting more of the X movies?

If they make another movie in the series, I’d still be on board. — Chris Bumbray, JoBlo’s Movie Network

You might find yourself hoping we haven’t seen the last of [Maxine]. — David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

At this point, we should all welcome as many movies as possible with Goth in the lead role. If Freddy, Jason, and Michael, are allowed massive franchises, no rule says we can’t have more of the X -factor. — BJ Colangelo, Slashfilm

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Family movie reviews: ‘fly me to the moon,’ ‘star trek: prodigy,’ and ‘space cadet’.

Plugged In reviews take us to the moon and back this week

“Fly Me to the Moon” is a stylish, high-flying, and fun rom-com. But some bits will likely leave young family audiences grounded. Designed with kids in mind, the animated “Star Trek: Prodigy” show might have some parents over the moon. “Space Cadet” has its merits. But even as some of its messages reach a comfortable orbit, its problems pull it back to earth.

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Fly Me to the Moon – In Theaters

Here we have a very natty romantic comedy that lightly plays around with history while delivering an enjoyable late-‘60s vibe.

“Fly Me to the Moon” looks great, it keeps its booster rockets engaged for a brisk pace, and it features Scarlett Johansson in a very appealing role. In fact, in many ways this pic harkens back to the enjoyable romcoms that would draw eager crowds back in the time frame it portrays. There’s romance, silliness, humor, duplicitous choices and, of course, a sweet comeuppance.

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The one unfortunate stumble here is the foul language that materializes late in the film like an unpleasant time-machine package from the future. It’s completely unnecessary stuff that earns this pic’s PG-13 rating while spoiling the fun for families that might otherwise have rocketed in with the kids in tow.

Read the rest of the review here . Watch the trailer here .

Space Cadet – Streaming on Prime Video

“Space Cadet,” now streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video, is a mildly entertaining film that comes with a few kinda nice messages. It reminds us that we can pursue our dreams and goals—even if we’ve wasted a little more time than we should’ve. The story also stresses that reaching those dreams and goals requires some hard work. And it tells us that we shouldn’t be afraid to fail—a prerequisite to, as Rex does, reach for the stars.

Sure, it undercuts some of these messages for comedic purposes. Yeah, Rex works really hard for a few weeks—but that really can’t make up for 10 years of wasted time , right? But I think we can forgive “Space Cadet” for its literal flights of fancy.

What families might not find so forgivable, though, is its content issues.

While Rex may be looking to launch her own life and career into the stratosphere, she doesn’t turn away from some pretty revealing outfits, or her alcoholic crutches, or language that escapes an R-rating by just a couple of letters. Even as some messages reach a comfortable orbit, its problems pull it back down to earth. And as likable as star Emma Roberts might be, I kinda wish that her character went through a greater metamorphosis—one that encouraged her to grow up in more ways than in just her work ethic.

“Space Cadet” has its merits. And I think it can be an encouragement to some viewers to use our God-given talents more fully. But the movie’s misfires will keep it from many a family—even those that could use the encouragement.

Star Trek: Prodigy – Streaming on Netflix

“Star Trek: Prodigy” carries on the legacy of its predecessors, boldly going where no one has gone before. This computer-animated series features new characters (as well as several old ones), new adventures and new alien species, all targeted toward kids.

The makers seem to be mindful of the show’s intended audience, because there’s no language, no graphic violence (though there are several battle scenes) and no sexual content of any kind. In fact, the only thing that might cause concern are the aliens themselves. Some look and act a bit rougher than others. And Zero is a Medusan—a noncorporeal, genderless, energy-based lifeform.

But otherwise, fans of the “Star Trek” franchise may discover that this is a good show to help introduce their kids to strange new worlds, new life and new civilizations, with plenty of nods to the original shows.

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