First, people need to understand the situation in the NE before watching this film . Only then will they understand.

Second, this is not for masses. It is for the audience of the highest class. So please, if you come across reviews saying "slow", "boring" etc, prolly they are masala film fans. You are watching a film that requires your utmost attention otherwise everything will go over head and this is where the highest class audience excel at, that is, paying attention.

Now coming to the main film, the makers have tried to include literally 3-4 plots into a 2hr 30 mins film, an operation to keep peace, a sports angle, the Tiger Sangha angle etc. Had they focused on only the rebels story, this film would have been terrific but sadly juggling between one plot to another, you really cannot digest everything, even the best audience can't. They come to watch a film with a proper one plot and at the max 2 plot film but this one has too many to digest, this is where Anek falters big time.

Setting of this film is great. Gives off proper NE vibes . The action sequences are few but are well choreographed despite limited budget. The one where the Johnson rebels get cornered in a small jungle, that part is really well made. The sequence following that made me emotional.

The 1st half requires your utmost attention while the 2nd half is quite interesting.

Ayushmann khurana has finally ventured into a different kind of social message film. A first timer as an agent , he does a commendable job. Rest everyone have also done a terrific job, especially that little boy who joins the Johnson army.

Another negative is it gets too preachy often and they disrupt the flow of the film.

Overall, a good one time watch only if you are ready to watch patiently about an important topic.

The movie touches a great subject and looks into the violence in NE with a human perspective. The screenplay, is very bad though and scenes and sequences are inconsistent.

In short: What's good: The shots, the cinematography, the locations, the cast, certain chase sequences, dialogue(s) in the climax.

What's not: Writing - the story is more of a rotten documentary sympathizing with the North East Indians in general. The dialogues are too over dramatic especially the one between Ayshman & Chakravarthy about North India & South India. That dialogue didn't make any difference to the scene, movie, character(s) or story. The music is poor.

People in general give films with north east/ army/ true stories a 10/10. These people do not know what giving 10/10 means. It means this film is perfect, not near perfect but 100% perfect. The moment someone picks an idea that hasn't been explored a lot people go gaga over it. They don't rate the film for it's creativity & technicalities but they rate the idea & thus give it a 10/10. They don't rate the film's writing, they rate the true story/ the real life character it is inspired from etc. This film is way overrated & is a 2hours 26 minutes of waste.