Please don't spend money on this.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Airlift follows a man as he attempts to evacuate 170,000 Indians from Kuwait after the Iraqi invade in search of Kuwaitis to kill. To start, I did not like this movie. At all. Maybe it's because its the first Bollywood movie I've seen and I'm not used to it, but I really just didn't enjoy it. There's this really weird scene at the beginning where the main character starts singing but it's so obvious that he's not. He can't even lip sync it well. And the voice of the singer is heavily auto-tuned, so it's super out of place and fake-looking and sounding. The rest of the music is all super upbeat and way out of place. There's no reason for any of the chosen music to be in the movie. Maybe that's just what Bollywood movies are like, but I don't care. It negatively affected the movie, so I don't see any reason to let it go simply because of the people behind the making of it. Also this movie advertises itself as an action movie, and yet I recall one action scene towards the end, and its just a crappy fist fight. It was actually one of the worst looking fights I've ever seen. I've seen better fights in other foreign movies that advertise themselves as dramas. Yeah that's right. Movies that consist of almost nothing but talking have more exciting fights than the one in this 'action' movie.On top of all that, the movie is boring. It moves at a slug's pace, and I really didn't find anything in this movie that could catch my attention. I've seen it all before, and it's extremely predictable. Overall I really didn't like Airlift. As I was trying to remember what I watched today I couldn't remember this movie. I even forgot to rate it on Netflix when I finished it. I just didn't care at all for it. In the end I wouldn't recommend this movie. It's a forgettable waste of 2 hours.

Airlift!!! What a movie...what a patriotism...excellent Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur The movie is superb or we can say excellent. Akshay Kumar has proved himself that he can do any kind of films let it be comedy, action or patriotic. Akshay Kumar as of always a very good actor. Nimrat Kaur was also good at many parts. Top emotions, top songs and top acting by the whole star-cast of the movie. It is based on a reality of the year 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait city and were killing the innocent lives. The movie is short and sweet of 2 hrs and 5 mins and is very enjoyable. The people loved it a lot after the release. The songs are superb with a bit of good music. The first part is based on the invasion of Iraq on the Kuwait city and is short and sweet. People will love it very much. The second part after the intermission is based on the evacuation of 1,50,000 Indians from the invaded Kuwait city by a true patriot Ranjit Katial (Akshay Kumar). The best part of the movie is its simplicity and swift flowing. The climax is great. The song "Tu Bhoola Jise" created goosebumps in the whole body when Ranjit realizes the importance of India and Tiranga. What a perfect 26th January entertainer patriotic movie. Hats off Akshay Kumar. You will love the movie do not matter how many times you watch. A superb Action/Emotion/Patriotic thriller of the year. I will give 10/10 for AIRLIFT JAI HIND!!! JAI BHARAT!!!

A Joint Secretary to the Government of India is a very senior position in the Indian Civil Service. This guy is a hotshot , who lives in a good accommodation, often a bungalow or a flat in a posh locality, a government vehicle exclusively in his service, his office is a strategically located spacious work station with an antechamber to filter the audience. I do not know who did the research for this movie. Apparently he did not do his job and presumed that a Joint Secretary level officer is akin to a mid-level clerk in a Municipal Corporation office ( although I must concede , both do the same kind of work). For a movie that is inspired from true events, it is glaringly unrealistic. The director tries to hard blow the patriotic trumpet but fails miserably. No actor seems convincing. Some due to the pathetic acting ( Nimrat Kaur ) and some due to the shoddy characters they are given to play ( The Iraqi Military Guy).The story changes gears abruptly and often without sufficient build up. There are very few scenes that hold the viewer's interest . For most part the film disappoints. There is no grip. One is compelled to compare movies from the same genre and Airlift is a dud. Even if one ignores the many factual inaccuracies in the movie , there are some sequences that are plain ridiculous. Like 1,70,000 ( a number repeated infinitely throughout the movies) people travelling in a convoy . Assuming each bus could carry 200 passengers , it would take at least 850 buses to achieve this feat. Just ridiculous. To add to the viewer's misery the director also tries to fit in elements of the self righteous Indian willing to sacrifice his life to save a Kuwaiti woman and her child. The movie becomes lamer and lamer with each passing scene . I would say avoid it .

The film follows Ranjit Katyal (Akshay Kumar), a Kuwait-based businessman, as he carries out the evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's Iraq.Akshay Kumar as the Indian Oskar Schindler? Sure. The guy has a very believable everyday man charm to pull this off. I love how he is portrayed from the start. Just like Liam Neeson in Schindler's List, he is no hero from the onset. He earns his way to being a hero as the story progresses. Katyal is a male chauvinist and a stubborn patriarch. But sad to say the movie just doesn't engage me in a deeper way. I find it so superficial and the whole story just maps out pre-determined emotional beats that I can see from a mile away. There are lots of missed opportunities here, like the character working in the ministry who steadfastly helps Katyal feels so under-developed. This can't be a heroic story of just one guy. How can it be?