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Critics Review
2.50
Familiar War Fare
The name takes on new meaning in the climactic battle, where even the enemy senses the ferocity of the Indian soldiers, proclaiming that they seem 'possessed by the devil'. By the time we reach the climax, there's a poignant moment where the soldiers look straight at the camera with gentle smiles, as if watching from above. The plaintive music adds to the sombre mood and heightens the emotion. It's touching, and in this short silent moment the film finally lands emotionally. For the most part, though, 120 Bahadur is underwhelming, adding little fresh perspective and generally feeling like a standard war drama we have seen umpteen times before.(more)
Source: MAYUR SANAP, Rediff.com
3.00
Farhan Akhtar's Film Is Consistently Watchable
The actors around him, many of them unknown faces but every one of them perfect embodiments of the tough, unyielding men that they play, rise to the occasion. Each one of them treats his role with the respect it deserves. The physicality and energy that they endow the characters with is sustained almost all through the film, thanks to the focused writing. 120 Bahadur is consistently watchable because it is aware of where it is going and is able to get there without letting the pitfalls of the genre deflect it from its path.(more)
Source: Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV Movies
3.00
Farhan Akhtar film brims with action and emotion
The Chinese commanders are depicted as slit-eyed, seething-with-belligerence, even as their Indian counterparts (Ajinkya Deo and Eijaz Khan) refuse to initially believe that such a battle even happened. That comes off really strange, given that they are the ones giving orders from the other side of a crackling line, set up by a newbie radioman (Sparsh Walia, in a stand-out part, even if his accent wobbles in bits), the only one left standing at the end, frostbitten and nearly frozen.(more)
Source: Shubara Gupta, Indian Express