The Lost City is a timepass entertainer and rests on a great premise. Despite being in the similar zone as Red Notice, Jungle Cruise, Uncharted etc, it doesn’t give a déjà vu of any of these films. The characters of Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are well fleshed out and their chemistry adds to the fun. A few comic moments and dialogues also stand out. On the flipside, the action scenes don’t have the ‘Wow’ factor. Hollywood big budget films have set a certain benchmark when it comes to action and The Lost City fails to reach there in this regard, except for the Brad Pitt sequence. The villain track is also weak and the finale is a bit underwhelming. Speaking of performances, Sandra Bullock is wonderful and underplays nicely. Channing Tatum, meanwhile, goes all out and is impressive as he plays to the gallery. Daniel Radcliffe is okay and is let down by the writing. Brad Pitt is dashing and rocks the show with a 10-minute appearance. Da'Vine Joy Randolph is quite good. All in all, The Lost City is a nice, one-time watch.

My rating - *** out of 5!

HOLLYWOOD, ABHISHEK BACHCHAN'S NETFLIX FILM, DELAYED HINDI MOVIE TO DOMINATE THIS WEEK

The trade and industry are gearing up for the release of KGF 2 next week, along with Jersey and Vijay's Tamil film, Beast. Due to the clash of these films and also because of the start of Ramzan, this week would not see the release of any major Hindi film.

The major film hitting cinemas is Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore. This is the third Fantastic Beasts film and it is a part of the Harry Potter universe. The first part opened at Rs. 1.50 crore and had lifetime collections of Rs. 15 crore approx. The sequel opened at Rs. 2.75 crore and ended its run by collecting around Rs. 22 crore.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore would not collect so much as the second part. An opening of Rs. 1-1.75 crore would be ideal. For exhibitors, it'll be an apt film this week to fill cinemas before the big films release on April 13.

The other release is The Lost City. The awareness and hype are minimal though it can get some audiences due to its star cast (Channing Tatum, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Radcliffe and Brad Pitt). Chris Pine-starrer The Contractor, meanwhile, would suffer due to zero awareness.

Speaking of Bollywood, Hurdang starring Sunny Kaushal, Nushrratt Bharuccha and Vijay Verma would arrive in cinemas. The awareness is there but the hype is negligible. It has got a very limited release and hence, its collections would be disastrous.

On Netflix and Jio Cinema, Dasvi was released today. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Yami Gautam and Nimrat Kaur. It tells a hilarious story of a chief minister who goes to jail and who then decides to complete his education. It looks like a clean family film and hence, it might get decent viewership.