New Delhi, July 3 -- Alia Bhatt's spy thriller Alpha was released in theatres on Friday, July 3, and viewers found it very weak. Most movie critics and the audience said that the movie is "impossible not to carry the Dhurandhar duology" to Alpha. "Those films have set a new benchmark for spy thrillers rooted in patriotism."

Film critic Taran Adarsh gave the movie 1.5 stars and called it the "weakest film in the #YRFSpyUniverse". Despite the "few well-executed sequences," Adarsh said, "The writing simply doesn't connect."

The critic bashed Alpha lead Alia Bhatt as a "miscast," while he felt Sharvari was "relegated to the background". "Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol deliver competent performances in their respective roles," he said. "Hrithik ...