Hocus Focus Review: Tacky and amateurish crime drama

HOCUS FOCUS

Producers: Aashish Rego and Ajit Pendurkar

Director: Paierry Dodeja

Cast: Succhi Kumar, Satinder Singh Gahlot, Sona Bhandari

Released at theatres

Rating:

By Jyothi Venkatesh

Though the film begins on a note of promise, as it goes on dragging, you see eight people, each with their own reasons, coming together for a plan they think is foolproof. But what they don’t know is that they are just pieces in a much bigger, more dangerous game! This forms the crux of the ambiguous plot that this tacky and mundane film has to offer.

The crime scene footage reveals chilling events, but a terrible truth emerges that someone who is behind the scene, has been watching them all, the entire time. This carefully planned heist, meant to make them rich, falls apart as the real mastermind’s nefarious intentions are exposed.

Each vicious crime leads to another and then yet another and the characters are caught in a loop. Get ready for a thrilling ride where every move is watched, and every betrayal is caught on tape. In a shocking as well as bizarre discovery, video footage from multiple hidden cameras unveils a chilling conspiracy surrounding a bank robbery. As the pieces come together, the footage paints a gruesome picture of the heist. “You Being watched and recorded”.

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The narrative centers on a man who uses some spy cameras to plan a criminal act. He sets out to place a few cameras outside and in someone’s home with the assistance of one of his friends. He begins by installing the spycam inside Miss Khan, his neighbor who engages in paid sex. At various times, she has regrettably been observed calling potential clients at her house for the same reason.

Each crime leads to another and then yet another, and the characters are caught in a loop. Does he really become successful in blackmailing all of them? Will this bank robbery become successful? This forms the crux of the plot.

As far as the performances are concerned, all that I can say is that Satinder Singh Gahlot’s performance impresses. He has done justice to his part, and apart from him, other actors like Succhi Kumar, Sona Bhandari etc are also okay and passable. To sum up, the film is nothing but tacky and amateurish right from the beginning till the end.