It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

In some ways, "Shootout at Lokhandwala" is typical of many Bollywood films. Even thought it's about gangsters and terrorists, these killers take time out for huge song and dance numbers! I really don't think these worked very well considering the subject matter in this film. However, in another way the movie is very unusual. It is one of the most violent Indian films I have seen--with a few particularly grisly deaths (such as seeing a close up of a woman being run over). In this sense, it certainly isn't typical!The film is based on actual real life events--so to some degree it had to be violent. After all, the thugs were horrible and violent people--there's no denying that. And, the ultimate showdown between them and the police DID result in a long standoff during which more than 1500 shots were fired! So, making it non-violent wouldn't have worked...though the film doesn't shy away from violence in the least. It's not a film to show small kids, that's for sure.As for the quality of the film, it's quite nice. The acting is fine and it was unusual to see Amitabh Bachchan playing a cop who is at times difficult to like. But the film, despite being exciting and well acted does occasionally degenerate into macho theatrics-- especially during the big finale--though I must admit that the cigarette scene and the coat rack was amazingly cool. Overall, it's a film best for folks who want a lot of action and killing. It might seem a strange film to folks outside India, as its end justifying the means angle is unusual to say the least.

So they are making a sequel & I watched the prequel first to have that flow. I am impressed by Apoorva Lakhia & Sanjay Gupta for creating a very good thriller plot. Do not listen to these IMDb board members, they seriously despise Bollywood movies.Set in the 90s, the drama involving gangsters & Mumbai Police is a very fine watch and when it reaches the crescendo, the enjoyment triples. Performances are great by the whole cast & specially by Vivek Oberoi. Music is chunky & screenplay is amazing with special mention to the scene where it all the gangsters are involved with different policemen. Simply superb!If you are a die-hard action fan, go for it, because this one has cylinder explosions, gun fires & RPG.Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NOProfanity: Strong | Sex: No | Nudity: Mild | Violence: Infinity | Gore: Infinity | Smoking: Strong | Alcohol: Critical | Drugs: No | Vulgarity: Mild Traumatizing Factor: Critical

Shootout at Lokhandwala is a fantastic movie that is full of violence. The movie has many famous actors all in one movie. Amitabh Bachchan stars in a small role as the lawyer who is listening to what has happened. Abishek is in a 2 minute scene and both father son give a standard performance. Sanjay Dutt the main lead of this film gives a good performance as the Police officer. Sunil Shetty and Arbaaz Khan give decent performances as Police officers. Tusshar Kapoor is great as a gangster, and he even improves on his childish voice. The star of this movie has to be Vivek Oberoi who has delivers a Superb performance an Maya the deadly gangster. The film has many other actresses like Amrita Singh who did a good job as the hot headed mother. Aarti Chabria looks sexy in the song and I would like to play with that jism of hers like Tusshar does. Neha looks pretty kaash mein suhaag raat karta us ki saat.

I would like the director of this movie to read this, because its for him. Dude do you know in your wildest dream what exactly you were trying to make, or its just by fluke this happened? Gawd !!! if i start then i would need a complete register to mark out all the flaws in this movie. To begin with, the movie was made only for star cast. nothing else !!! The only reason the movie is running is only due to the star cast !! man what a waste of time and talent. and the sheer motive of the movie is not cleared at all. And why the hell the Rock music as the background score???? The slo-mo walking of the goons, Rap song, meaningless Bar songs thrown in between to stretch the movie, and there is no creativity in the director at all, the direction falls flat throughout the movie, example the News reporter shown in the TV, without the channel logo, looks like the TV was directly connected to a VCD player, atlest something could have been shown as if it would have looked like a news channel, the ending was the worst part, constables shooting at the building without any reasons, and if u notice, it was like a typical cheap masala bollywood flick as all the heroes got there share of the goons, that is Suniel shetty getting Tushhar, Suni getting Vivek, Arbaaz getting Rohit, i mean what exactly the was suppose to mean, that was absolute bullshit!!! vivek and sunil throwing pistol and engaging in wrestling sort of fight instead of guns, arbaaz killing the guy with knife copied from Saving Private Ryan, and it goes on and on and on.......Direction : 2.5 out of 10 Acting : 4 out of 10 Overall : 1.5 out of 10Such a good and exciting topic was ruined by amateur director boasting only of star cast, nothing else, RGV would have done umpteen times better than this blindfolded !!!! watch company, Shiva and satya to learn whats Gangsta filmaking instead!!!