New York - Review

A Yashraj release after long, a fresh starcast & an interesting subject, does it deliver?
Lets find out..

New York is the story of an Indian student Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh), who goes to America for his further education. New to the country, he finds a friend in Maya (Katrina Kaif) & also gets to know the college favourite Sam (John Abraham). All goes along well, until one day an incident occurs that changes their lives forever.
In comes FBI agent Roshan (Irrfan Khan) who puts Omar in a situation he never expected & then sets off a series of events that lead to some shocking revelations.
The story takes the 9/11 WTC attacks as its base theme & deals with incidents that take place in the lives of these three friends. It also plays on the religious chord & brings to light the reasons why people are pushed to taking certain extreme decisions.

The first half of the film moves swiftly and keeps you fairly engrossed, but it is the second half which disappoints. The story seems flawed and the climax, which is built up very well, just falls flat.
The film has a very international feel to it & right from the opening credits, one can see the lustre of a Yashraj product, but unfortunately, it is not supported by the content.
Of the performances, Irrfan Khan takes the cake, playing the role of the FBI cop effortlessly.
Katrina Kaif looks great and fits the role. John Abraham delivers one of his better performances & shows that he can emote. Neil Nitin Mukesh disappoints, even after having the meatiest role. He struggles in many of the emotional scenes.
The music of the film is strictly ok. Director Kabir Khan's attempt to make a slick movie falls short as his story does not support him. The movie is very lengthy and the second half is unnecessarily dragged.
All in all, New York is a movie that could have been great, starting off on the right foot, but ending up in the dumps. Yashraj faulters yet again, in a movie that can definitely be relegated to a cable TV watch. For this week, do yourself a favour, give it a miss and watch The Hangover instead.

Critical - 2/5
Commercial - 2.5/5