WFG RATING: C

A Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment production. Directed by A. Harsha. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. Written by Sajid Nadiadwala and Rajat Aroraa. Cinematography by Swamy J. Gowda. Edited by Kiran Gowda and Nitin Pathak.

Stars Tiger Shroff. Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu, Sonam Bajwa, Shreyas Talpedes, Mahesh Thakur, Saurabh Sachdeva, Sunit Morarjee, and Sanjay Dutt.

Tiger Shroff returns to his iconic role of Ronny Singh in this fourth installment of the franchise that began to show cracks in the foundation.

Ronny and Alisha had a happy relationship until a car accident results in killing Alisha and Ronny put into a coma for a year. When he awakens, he is informed of the terrible news concerning Alisha, but then something seems completely wrong. Ronny believes Alisha is real, but people around him begin to convince him that Alisha never existed but all of it is in his head.

As Ronny finds himself in predicament after another, he finds himself taking on corrupt police as well as a deadly gang led by Chacko. While he finds solace in Olivia, a woman he meets, he soon discovers the shocking truth about what happened on that fateful day. He soon realizes that his “hallucinations” may not be there after all and when he comes upon a more shocking revelation, he is ready to do whatever it takes to make things right the only way he knows how…and that is to fight!

Five years after Tiger Shroff brought back his Ronny in Baaghi 3, where he became a literal one-man army to rescue his brother, he returns in this new film and this is where we see Ronny at his lowest point. The second film of the series was inspired by the 2016 Telugu film Kshanam. For this installment, the 2013 Tamil film Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu was the inspiration. However, from the execution of the film, it is clear the series is showing cracks in the foundation.

The blame doesn’t fall on Shroff at all. As a matter of fact, he is the reason to see the film when it comes to acting. He definitely channels his iconic dad, Jackie Shroff, as a broken man who tries to convince everyone that his lover was not a figment of his imagination. Of course, in the action department, Shroff once again delivers with his skills. However, the issue with the action is the overdosing of unnecessary slow-motion at times that just seems a bit tiring.

The big surprise of the film is the appearance of Bollywood legend Sanjay Dutt as Chacko, the leader of a ruthless gang who is so brutal that he doesn’t care who he has to beat or kill, as long as he gets the satisfaction of getting his way. His backstory is of importance because it has a connection to why Ronny is dealing with so much in his story. The connection is quite shocking and it leads to the final action set piece (involving four different action directors including Panna Rittikrai protégé Kecha Khamphakdee) that even has Ronny take on an entire gang reminiscent of Kung Fu Hustle’s Axe Gang and ninja-like killers with curved knives. What will shock many here is that it seems like the film needed to amp up the graphic violence and there is a lot and I do mean a lot of blood in this film, with one point both Shroff and Dutt covered in crimson as if they came out of a horror film.

Baaghi 4 is not completely bad, but it is showing that while for one reason or another, why they had to amp up the graphic violence and bloodletting, and overkill the slow motion in fight scenes shows the steam running out. However, on the plus side, we have not one but two emotionally charged performances from Tiger Shroff and Sanjay Dutt that saves the film from complete failure. Here is hoping if there is a Baaghi 5, it goes back to the basics of the original film in terms of execution of action.

The film is streaming on Amazon Prime.