Jawan (2023) Review: Shah Rukh Khan's Populist Blockbuster
★★★½☆
Jawan is Atlee's maximalist Hindi vigilante thriller, a Shah Rukh Khan showcase that is uneven as drama but hard to resist as crowd-pleasing spectacle.
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★★★½☆
Jawan is Atlee's maximalist Hindi vigilante thriller, a Shah Rukh Khan showcase that is uneven as drama but hard to resist as crowd-pleasing spectacle.
★★★★½
Jaws is Steven Spielberg's 1975 shark thriller, the film that created the summer blockbuster and still grips because it understands suspense better than spectacle.
★★★★☆
John Wick: Chapter 4 is Chad Stahelski's nearly three-hour globe-trotting action epic, stuffed with astonishing set pieces and a scene-stealing Donnie Yen.
★★★★☆
Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams is a seven-part Indonesian horror anthology on Netflix, uneven by episode but ambitious, striking and full of social anger.
★★★★☆
Joy of Life is a Chinese costume epic in which a young man with a modern mind navigates a deadly imperial court, a sprawling saga lifted by sly, disarming wit.
★★★★½
Joyland is Saim Sadiq's Cannes prize-winning Pakistani drama about a married man who falls for a trans dancer, a tender, devastating portrait of a family bound by duty.
★★★★☆
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is Sunghoo Park's anime prequel about a haunted teenager and the school that trains him to fight curses, with superb action and real emotional weight.
★★★★☆
Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat moves the hidden-camera hoax to a fake hot-sauce firm's retreat, and it works again thanks to its kind, unsuspecting star.
★★★★☆
K.G.F: Chapter 1 is Prashanth Neel's Kannada period action epic about a gangster's rise in the Kolar Gold Fields, a swaggering origin myth that made Yash a star.
★★★★☆
K.G.F: Chapter 2 is Prashanth Neel's bigger, louder conclusion to Rocky's saga, a Kannada action spectacle of rare swagger that sometimes drowns in its own noise.
★★★★½
Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum pairs Fahad Mustafa and Hania Aamir as mismatched newlyweds in a warm, funny Pakistani drama that trades toxic tropes for real partnership.
★★★☆☆
Kaisi Teri Khudgarzi is a hugely popular Pakistani drama about a tycoon's son fixated on a young woman, compelling as melodrama but troubling in how it frames love.
★★★½☆
Kalki 2898 AD is Nag Ashwin's Telugu sci-fi epic fusing Mahabharata myth with a dystopian future, dazzling in scale and Amitabh Bachchan's presence but uneven in tone.
★★★★☆
Kamar Kamariah is a 13-episode Malaysian domestic thriller about a woman trapped in an outwardly pious marriage, tense, brave and led by committed performances.
★★★½☆
Kamli is Sarmad Khoosat's bold Pakistani drama about a woman's repressed desire and religious guilt, led by a fearless Saba Qamar and as divisive as it is striking.
★★★★☆
Kang Mak from Pee Mak adalah remake Indonesia atas komedi horor Thailand Pee Mak. Herwin Novianto memberinya lawakan lokal tanpa membuang sisi romansanya.
★★★☆☆
Kapoor & Sons is Shakun Batra's Hindi family drama about estranged brothers returning home, messier and more honest than most, though uneven when it turns to tears.
★★★★☆
Khamosh Pani is Sabiha Sumar's quietly powerful Pakistani drama about a widow whose village is swept up by religious fervour, led by a superb Kirron Kher.
★★★★½
Khemjira is a Thai BL series that blends a family curse, Buddhist folklore and slow-burn romance, and it is one of the most ambitious and assured entries in the genre.
★★★★☆
Khuda Aur Mohabbat's third season pairs Feroze Khan and Iqra Aziz in a lavish Pakistani romance about class, faith and devotion, grand in scale and in emotion.
★★★★☆
Khuda Kay Liye is Shoaib Mansoor's ambitious post-9/11 Pakistani drama about two musician brothers pulled apart by extremism and suspicion, bold if often preachy.
★★★★☆
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 finishes Quentin Tarantino's revenge saga as a slower, talkier and sadder film than Vol. 1, trading swordplay spectacle for character.
★★★★☆
Killing Eve is a stylish British spy thriller about an MI5 officer and the assassin she hunts, dazzling in its early seasons even as later ones lose their grip.
★★★★½
King of Boys is Kemi Adetiba's sprawling Lagos crime saga, a Nollywood epic of politics and the underworld built around a towering Sola Sobowale performance.