‘Race 3’ Critics’ Verdict: Salman Stars In a Brainless Snoozefest

Critics aren’t very impressed with Salman Khan’s new ‘Race 3’.

Film: Race 3
Director: Remo D’souza
Cast: Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Bobby Deol, Daisy Shah, Saqib Saleem

Read excerpts from reviews of Race 3:

“Race 3 is an example of a franchise failing to recognise its own strengths and shooting itself in the foot in the bargain.One Khan’s entry into this money-spinning series resulted in another Khan’s exit. And Abbas-Mustan have been replaced by D’souza. The loss is the film’s, entirely. In the matter of acting, it goes without saying that Salman is no match for Saif. In Race 3, his face appears even more immobile than it has been in his earlier films. That alone might have been excusable since Salman has in recent years made up for what he lacks in the histrionics department with charming self-deprecation and amusing quirks. Not here.

Anna MM Vetticad, Firstpost.com

Race 3 – which becomes Lace 3 when any of its two ladies appear on screen – is an atrociously brainless movie. Even by our appallingly low standards of popular entertainment, this one takes the beefy cake. Its existence single-handedly diminishes the intellectual capacity of humankind over 160 minutes. Bobby Deol, who along with Khan can put the static faces of Mount Rushmore to shame, plays Sikandar’s loyal bodyguard Yash. Saleem and Shah are Shamsher’s bro-spouting twins, perpetually jealous and “sick of Sikku”.

Rahul Desai, Filmcompanion.in

At two and a half hours, it is a scattershot snoozefest, perking up only when Salman Khan shows up. I never thought, constant readers, that I’d say this, but it has to be said: the only time Race 3 revs up is when Bhai and his lady love exchange a bit of banter: the hell-for-leather parts take a back seat. Race 3 is nothing but a recycled bin of too many car chases, explosions, buffed up characters strutting in slo-mo, and wilted lines. The same character who had a ‘bad feeling’, also uses the word ‘so tacky’. Well, what else would you call a film which doesn’t do justice to its finest asset, Anil Kapoor?

Shubhra Gupta, Indianexpress.com