India, July 10 -- From the get-go, Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna get into a legal tussle in the courtroom in Ikka. Sunny is an intense and resolute lawyer, and Akshaye is a calm, confident and witty one. Over the course of the film, the two actors have an interesting screen presence, but the film doesn't really make much of their face-off. The story follows a typical trajectory, and the ending doesn't drop until late in the movie, after much delay at the end.

A Slow-Burning Plot That Takes Its Time to Reach the Big Reveal

The film's pacing is a bit morbid, sedate, and measured, and sometimes it works against it. The story doesn't build the tension up so much as it cycles through the same scenes and numerous minor storylines that have li...