Attack Indian Movie Part 2

[Lisbeth Balsiger]

AttackPart 1 is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language science fiction action film[4][5] directed by Lakshya Raj Anand, who co-wrote the film with Sumit Batheja and Vishal Kapoor, based on a story by John Abraham, who stars in the lead role, alongside Jacqueline Fernandez, Rakul Preet Singh, Prakash Raj and Ratna Pathak Shah in supporting roles.[6][7]

2010: Arjun Shergill, an Indian Army officer, and his team goes on a mission to capture terrorist Rehman Gul, who attacked an Indian army convoy two days before. After a shootout in Rehman's hideout, Arjun arrests Rehman and saves a suicide bomber, who is actually Rehman's son Hamid Gul.

12 years later: In the Mumbai Airport, Arjun meets Ayesha, an air hostess, and they fall in love. However, the airport is attacked by Hamid's men, where Ayesha is killed and Arjun gets paralysed from the neck down. V. K. Subramaniam, the Chief of Indian Intelligence and Arjun's superior officer, proposes an AI-operated supersoldier program to the PM. Sabaha Qureshi, a DRDO, has been modifying the supersoldiers program for 7 years and is on the verge of a major breakthrough.

The PM agrees and Subramaniam selects Arjun for the program. Arjun is hesitant, but agrees as he wants to avenge Ayesha's death. Arjun operates himself under the command of the Intelligent Robotic Assistant (IRA), which is restricted due to Arjun's trauma. The government discovers that Hamid is procuring chemical weapons in Eastern Europe. Sabaha arrives at the parliament to submit Arjun's progress to the Defence Minister. While conversing with IRA, Arjun learns that Hamid is planning to attack the parliament and informs Subramaniam, who is at the Sansad Marg.

Hamid and his fellow terrorists, disguised as Rapid Action Force personnel, hijack the parliament and capture the parliament ministry and Union Ministers, including the PM and Sabaha. Arjun leaves for the Parliament with NSG commandos, but Hamid demands that the NSG retreat from the parliament in exchange for the release of 50 hostages. Subramabiam insists to Digvijay Singh, the caretaker PM, to perform a partial extraction and sends Arjun to covertly infiltrate the parliament and relay information. Arjun sneaks into the Parliament with IRA's help and kills some guards as he enters the control room and provides live feed to Subramaniam.

Hamid demands the release of Rehman, while Sabaha gets caught by the terrorist Hussain and is about to be assaulted, but Arjun kills Hussain and rescues her. Arjun reveals himself to Hamid via walkie talkie and Hamid insists that Digvijay, Subramaniam and others command Arjun to surrender. Arjun agrees to surrender and is taken to Hamid, where one of Hamid's men knocks Arjun's neck, causing a malfunction in IRA. Hamid demands a safe passage to flee in an aeroplane to Ecuador and releases the hostages, but he activates a sarin gas bomb to explode in the parliament. Rehman is released from prison and is taken to the airport.

Sabaha retrieves her laptop and reboots IRA, enabling Arjun to kill all the terrorists. Arjun tells Subramaniam about the bomb and asks to intercept Hamid, but Hamid has already escaped via an old tunnel and leaves for the airport in an ambulance. Arjun tells Sabaha to retreat with the hostages and chases Hamid to the airport, where he crashes the flight. Arjun kills Hamid and deactivates the bomb. Sabaha rescues the hostages and the NSG commandos kill Rehman by throwing him out of the plane in mid-air. Arjun is appreciated by Subramaniam and the ministers, and leaves the parliament by ambulance.

Attack: Part 1 was originally scheduled for theatrical opening worldwide on 14 August 2020, but it was delayed due to the shooting suspension.[13][14] The film was scheduled for release on 28 January 2022, but it was postponed due to the surge in Omicron variant cases.[15][16] The film was theatrically released on 1 April 2022.[17]

Rachana Dubey of The Times of India gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Attack: Part One, is an engaging watch, from start to finish".[20] Shaheen Irani of OTTplay gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Attack is most definitely a film that should turn into a franchise. Part 1 of this movie is a thorough entertainer for people who enjoy action to the T. The film is a surprisingly cool and edge-of-the-seat thriller".[21] Grace Cyril of India Today gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Attack stands well with its VFX and new concepts, all coated in a layer of slick modern sci-fi".[22]

Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal gave 3/5 stars and wrote "'Attack - Part 1' might be a beginning of a new era in the Hindi film industry only if you ignore the long list of loopholes and clich sequences".[25] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "To the credit of director Lakshya Raj Anand, the fast-paced hostage drama stops short of being a dreadful assault on the senses".[26] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "We know exactly how things will pan out, no strain on the brain. Everything is straight-forward, no complicated characters, no morally ambiguous situations".[27]

Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times wrote "Attack is your high-on-action sci-fi flick which is slick and savvy. Watch it for John being at his best after a long time and don't care too much about the unrealistic world it takes you to".[31] Anuj Kumar of The Hindu wrote "Taut and fast-paced, the action choreography is closer to the stuff that Hollywood offers and the electric background score provides reason for the adrenaline glands to make their presence felt".[32] Onmanorama wrote "Overall, the film is well-written, but the story seems to be an amalgamation of many sci-fi English films. The film is slickly shot and the director wastes little time getting to the action".[33]

The incident was a jolt to the Indian-American community and underlined the trend of hate crimes against people of Indian origin in the US. Similar incidents have once again shifted focus to this very real threat faced by Indian-Americans or people of Indian origin studying or working in the US.

Among the more horrific incidents that have come to light in recent weeks is one involving Syed Mazahir Ali, who was chased, attacked and robbed near his house in Chicago. A video of the Hyderabad resident pleading for help, blood streaming down his face, was widely shared on social media.

What is also unfortunate is that while Indian Americans have now become an integral part of the American dream, from politics to business to healthcare and tech, little seems to have been done by authorities in the US to combat these racial tropes and false narratives targeting those of Indian descent.

With the Presidential elections around the corner, one can only hope that whichever party gets control of the White House will send a loud and clear message to the Indian American community: this is your country as much as it is ours and there is no reason for you to feel afraid.

Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they targeted the MSC Orion container ship in a drone attack in the Indian Ocean as part of their ongoing campaign against international shipping in solidarity with Palestinians against Israel's military actions in Gaza.

Reuters found conflicting information about the registered owner of the MSC Orion. According to LSEG and other data providers, the ship is owned by Zodiac Maritime, which is partly owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer.

Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched repeated drone and missile strikes in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait and Gulf of Aden since November, forcing shippers to re-route cargo to longer and more expensive journeys around Southern Africa and stoking fears that the Israel-Hamas war could spread and destabilise the Middle East.

British maritime security firm Ambrey reported earlier that a Malta-flagged container ship on Monday said it was targeted by three missiles while en route from Djibouti to the Saudi city of Jeddah. The Houthis said the Cyclades was on that route when they attacked the vessel.

Bacon's Rebellion was probably one of the most confusing yet intriguing chapters in Jamestown's history. For many years, historians considered the Virginia Rebellion of 1676 to be the first stirring of revolutionary sentiment in America, which culminated in the American Revolution almost exactly one hundred years later. However, in the past few decades, based on findings from a more distant viewpoint, historians have come to understand Bacon's Rebellion as a power struggle between two stubborn, selfish leaders rather than a glorious fight against tyranny.

The central figures in Bacon's Rebellion were opposites. Governor Sir William Berkeley, seventy when the crisis began, was a veteran of the English Civil Wars, a frontier Indian fighter, a King's favorite in his first term as Governor in the 1640's, and a playwright and scholar. His name and reputation as Governor of Virginia were well respected. Berkeley's antagonist, young Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., was actually Berkeley's cousin by marriage. Lady Berkeley, Frances Culpeper, was Bacon's cousin. Bacon was a troublemaker and schemer whose father sent him to Virginia in the hope that he would mature. Although disdainful of labor, Bacon was intelligent and eloquent. Upon Bacon's arrival, Berkeley treated his young cousin with respect and friendship, giving him both a substantial land grant and a seat on the council in 1675.

Bacon's Rebellion can be attributed to a myriad of causes, all of which led to dissent in the Virginia colony. Economic problems, such as declining tobacco prices, growing commercial competition from Maryland and the Carolinas, an increasingly restricted English market, and the rising prices from English manufactured goods (mercantilism) caused problems for the Virginians. There were heavy English losses in the latest series of naval wars with the Dutch and, closer to home, there were many problems caused by weather. Hailstorms, floods, dry spells, and hurricanes rocked the colony all in the course of a year and had a damaging effect on the colonists. These difficulties encouraged the colonists to find a scapegoat against whom they could vent their frustrations and place the blame for their misfortunes.

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