Red Alert: The War Within

Red Alert: The War Within (2010)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (168 ratings)

'Red Alert: The War Within' is based on the true story of Narasimha (Suniel Shetty), a poor farm labourer who desperately needs money to fund the education of his children. To earn his way, he finds himself in the midst of the Naxalite movement, forced to make difficult, and morally questionable,… More

Unrated, 2 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
Anant Mahadevan, Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
Written By
Aruna Raje
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jul 9, 2010 Limited
Madhu Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Rachel Saltz, New York Times

    The film, much of it set in a rebel camp in Andhra Pradesh, seems torn between two storytelling modes: episodic with a documentary flavor and action-driven pulp. It makes a hash of both.

  • Nora Lee Mandel, Film-Forward.com

    Broadly uses the universality of melodramatic emotions to overwhelm specifically set moral and violent battles.

  • Adam Keleman, Slant Magazine

    Red Alert overtly hammers away ideas about corrupt bureaucracy squashing the little man.

  • Frank Lovece, Film Journal International

    Even charismatic star Suniel Shetty can't generate interest or excitement in this earnest drama of India's internal conflict with the Maoist "Naxalite" movement.

  • Louis Proyect, rec.arts.movies.reviews

    Despite obvious constraints from Indian censors, this movie provides a glimmer of insight into a powerful guerrilla movement sweeping the country's most impoverished regions in a real life version of Avatar.

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