set fire to the stars is a 2014 british semi-biographical drama film directed by andy goddard in his directorial debut .

co-written by goddard and celyn jones , the film stars elijah wood as poet john m. brinnin and jones as dylan thomas with supporting roles by kelly reilly , steven mackintosh , shirley henderson , and kevin eldon .

the film was released in the united kingdom on 7 november 2014 .

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elijah wood and celyn jones discuss their latest film , set fire to the stars .
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elijah wood has signed on to star in set fire to the stars , a period movie exploring the relationship between poets john malcolm brinnin and dylan thomas .
as tedious as
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gets , it remains watchable courtesy of the stunning black and white cinematography by chris seager .
set fire to the stars may be thematically uneven , but the aforementioned performances and chris seager ' s cinematography more than make up for it .
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nice angsty read . . . . but the hero did not grovel enough for me . omg . . . set the stars on fire ? . . . need to set his ass on fire . . . . that or a much better grovel . / sigh . . . . lol
of the controversy “dylan thomas in america” generated , brinnin said “i think i am as well - known as i deserve to be . ” “set fire to the stars” overplays just how much celebrity brinnin deserved .
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gruff rhys presents the soundtrack to the film set fire to the stars . although recorded around the same time as gruff’s last lp ( 2014’s hugely acclaimed american interior ) , set fire to the stars paints a very different picture to that of the welsh explorer john evans . equal parts cocktail jazz , hazy americana and atomic age bop , it’s a love letter to new york in all its hopeful , post war glory – a gorgeous diversion of a record to add to gruff’s increasingly brilliant solo catalogue .
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barely skims the surface of characters you wish had been given more dimension , but as a snapshot of postwar academia and its pretensions , it exerts a creepy fascination .
set fire to the stars is a semi - fictionalised drama about a university professor who invites his hero , dylan thomas , to america on a tour of the major cities , but finds it hard to control the poet ' s wild behaviour .
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set fire belongs to a genre that might be called close encounters with greatness . they ' re not biopics , but glancing views by nobodies in a position to observe the backstage workings of genius . it ' s a formula , and set fire never gets beyond that formula .
the stars are fire is about how a woman survived after a bush fire that destroyed everything . grace holland was unhappy with her life in small maine village , with an abusive and controlling husband and two small children . however , grace holland did not know how to change or fix her miserable life . however , this changed for grace when a bush fire destroyed her home and left her husband in hospital with severe burns . the readers of the stars are fire will follow graces journey to find freedom and happiness . the stars are fire is the first book i have read by anita shreve , and i did not engage with the story . i do not enjoy anita shreve writing style or the way she portrays her characters . i was very disappointed in this book . anita shreve did highlight the resilience of grace to change her life after the fire . i believe the stars are fire is about domestic violence because gene holland is a violent and controlling man . i do not think that anita shreve highlights this issue very well in the stars are fire . readers of the stars are fire will learn about another way to handle an unhappy marriage without fighting . also , the stars are fire highlights the dangers that bush fires have on a community , and we should be more careful in the summer months . i will not recommend this book . however , i will leave it up to the readers if they like to read the stars are fire .
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one thing the dialogue does do is set up hardy as anything but a man of the people .
set fire to the stars is a movie starring elijah wood , celyn jones , and kelly reilly . an aspiring poet in 1950s new york has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week - long retreat to save his hell raising hero , dylan thomas .
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set fire to the stars ' , directed by andy goddard . made using instruments only available during the films ' 1950 setting and recorded in live takes . track 24 is not listed on the sleeve and is silent for the first 21 seconds . timings not listed on sleeve or cd .
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dylan thomas knew the transcendent power of great art : “the world is never the same , ” he famously said , “once a good poem has been added to it . ” the world , it has to be said , does not look terribly different after viewing “set fire to the stars , ” a stylized biopic covering the alcoholic poet’s first american [ … ]
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the stars are fire is about how a woman survived after a bush fire that destroyed everything . grace holland was unhappy with her life in small maine village , with an abusive and controlling husband and two small children . however , grace holland did not know how to change or fix her miserable life . however , this changed for grace when a bush fire destroyed her home and left her husband in hospital with severe burns . the readers of the stars are fire will follow graces journey to find freedom and
“set fire to the stars” takes its title from a dylan thomas poem and its plot from “dylan thomas in america , ” the 1956 memoir by poetry scholar john malcolm brinnin . in 1950 , brinnin brought thomas to new york to kick off a multi - city tour of general audience poetry readings and meet - and - greets with the heads of ivy league universities . thomas’ reputation as a welshman who liked his liquor preceded him , and it was up to brinnin to keep it from succeeding him while on this tour . “set fire to the stars” hinges on whether brinnin ( elijah wood ) can keep thomas ( celyn jones ) sober long enough for him to perform a big show before a group of ivy league bigshots at yale .
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4 . 5 stars the stars are fire is a beautifully written story that is both heart - breaking and ultimately redemptive . the story is based on the true story of the 1947 fire that burned a significant portion of maine’s coastal towns . as the book opens , grace and her family live in a small coastal town that is in the midst of a drought . grace struggles with the discontent she feels with her life and her husband . as the drought continues , the land becomes so dry that fire becomes a giant fear for maine’
dylan thomas knew the transcendent power of great art : “the world is never the same , ” he famously said , “once a good poem has been added to it . ” the world , it has to be said , does not look terribly different after viewing “set fire to the stars , ” a stylized biopic covering the alcoholic poet’s first american tour in 1950 . shot in silky black - and - white , andy goddard’s debut feature
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i ' ve read 5 of shreve ' s best - known novels . this one has the same quiet and inexorable pacing , the same simplicity and accuracy of language . but somehow stars does not have the emotional impact of the earlier novels . it is like a passing conversation with a casual acquaintance , rather than an intimate and blazing argument with a lover . and . . . i know this is picky , but i expected the title to have a little more connection to the story . yes , fire plays a part in the story , but the stars don ' t . and the hinted connection between fire and the nature of stars is never explored .
“how much trouble can one poet be ? ” we’re asked early on in set fire to the stars , an account of a visit to the u . s . made by the welsh poet dylan thomas in 1950 . we then get a typical , ironic smash cut to thomas himself ( played by the disarmingly magnetic celyn jones , who also co - wrote the script ) at a crowded , raucous party , hoisting a woman on his back and carrying her around , both of them drunkenly screaming . it’s an alarming and all too predictable bit of filmmaking : we might worry that we’re about to see a cross between dead poets society and animal house , a no - holds - barred indulgence in the myth of the poet as irrepressible wild man . luckily , set fire to the stars turns out to be a more delicate , intelligent film than that .
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cleansing . for grace , when fire comes to her small coastal town in maine , it destroys everything in its path . she must flee to the comfort of the sea and pray to save her two small children , and her unborn baby . does the fire really destroy all ?
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when set fire to the stars doesn’t work , it’s because it fails to live up to that belief in the power of language . we sense john and dylan connecting over the course of the film , but a scene when they start to collaborate becomes a montage set to music — a cheap ploy for a film that doesn’t need one . the movie , we sense , is occasionally at odds with itself . it wants to tell a story about words , with words , but it seems constantly to be searching for ways to open itself up with images and cinematic conventions — which in turn threatens to obviate the very words that are its lifeblood . but these are minor quibbles : thanks to a fine script , mostly smart direction , and excellent performances , this is a literate miniature with a bold heart .
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the film received mixed reviews from critics . it currently holds a 52 % rating on review aggregator website rotten tomatoes based on 31 reviews . the consensus states :
set fire to the stars doesn ' t quite do justice to its legendary real - life protagonist , but thanks to celyn jones ' spirited performance , it occasionally comes close .
on metacritic , the film has a 48 out of 100 rating based on 7 critics , indicating
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the movie is set to begin filming at the end of the month and counts kelly reilly ( flight , sherlock holmes ) , shirley henderson ( the harry potter movies ) and steven mackintosh ( luther ) in its cast .
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the fire dealt a heavy blow to italy ' s ability to deal with a continuing flood of refugees from north africa in the wake of the popular revolts in tunisia and egypt and the civil war in libya .
free fire is one of those films which will almost certainly be studied by wannabe directors in years to come .
set fire to the stars has a whisper - thin premise — a week in the life of a dying poet and his new friend — but an ambitious inner life . it’s a movie about words — about the prisons we build from them , and about the liberation we can find through them . dylan refuses to even open a letter that arrives from his wife . he tries to get john to curse in his presence . the reception at yale becomes one where the language of old - boys ' - club chumminess collides with the transgression of dirty limericks — boola boola meets the man from nantucket .
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i started off giving the stars are fire 4 stars , however while writing my review i realized that there was a few things that were missing for me or did not really work for me . when we first meet grace holland she is in a dutiful and loveless marriage to sour gene who is a man of few words . the setting is based on the real life fires from october 1947 that raged in maine following months of severe drought . i thought anita shreve gave me a good feel of the daily life in 1947 and the impact the fire
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the film about the life and work of the welsh poet dylan thomas and stars elijah wood , who also makes an appearance on the soundtrack . a press release reveals that the film ' s musical companion was recorded around the same time as
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the stars are fire was my first by anita shreve and whilst the writing its self was exceptional and beautiful to read the storyline let me down . i wasn’t moved ! i had intended to write a huge spoiler ridden rant about the “convenience” of the plot but i hate spoilers in reviews so here is a condensed version . every event that happened throughout the story , even though at the time some seemed like great hardship , turned out to be very convenient to the storyline and so far removed from real life it
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there ' s perhaps little of free fire that will linger too long in the memory after the credits roll , but there ' s still fun to be had .
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for a harlequin ' s rating , this was excellent . it really was - very little cheesy instalust and the misconceptions were convincing on the reasoning behind it . the heroine was likeable , the hero also , and neither of them were too unrealistic . the set was a movie set and intriguing with the demands of cost production , the heat , the animosity of the crew because of the rumors about her , the leading man ' s struggles . hard to put down , read in one sitting , books like this are reasons i enjoy harlequins
to see this review and others please visit urltoken the stars are fire by anita shreve is a novel of fiction that takes place around the disastrous fire that ravaged maine ' s coast in 1947 . this is the first book i ' ve read by this author . i listened to this on audible and enjoyed the narrator , suzanne elite freeman . may contain a mild spoiler . . . the main character , grace holland , is suffering with a less than mediocre marriage with little to no attention from her husband , gene . sh
bs fire emblem : akaneia senki hen , ( simplified as bs fire emblem ) is a collection of four standalone chapters released episodically on the japan - exclusive super famicom satellaview service in 1997 . the game takes place once more on the continent of archanea , some time before marth’s adventure in ankoku ryū to hikari no tsurugi . while gameplay is largely the same as the mainline fire emblem titles , the objective of each map is to score as many points possible before the timer runs out . [ 5 ]
free fire may seem like it sprays bullets indiscriminately but that distraction masks a technically smart film .
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the star are fire did not set my interest on fire . grace hollond is living a less than exciting life in maine during 1947 . she is in a strained marriage with a less than stellar sex life . she has two young children , and becomes pregnant with her third child and has resigned herself to that fact that this is how her life is going to be . her happiness comes form her children and her best friend who lives next door . her husband is a volunteer firefighter who gets called into action when a fire break
for a harlequin ' s rating , this was excellent . it really was - very little cheesy instalust and the misconceptions were convincing on the reasoning behind it . the heroine was likeable , the hero also , and neither of them were too unrealistic . the set was a movie set and intriguing with the demands of cost production , the heat , the animosity of the crew because of the rumors about her , the leading man ' s struggles . hard to put down , read in one sitting , books like this are reasons i enjoy harlequins . i have to wonder , did the movie make a decent amount ? it never says .
anita shreve has done it again , giving us an absorbing story that i would have finished in one night but decided that sleep needed to become a priority . the setting is maine , during the late 40 ' s when grace holland , a young mother in a loveless marriage , tries to rescue her two young children when a huge forest fire breaks out . homes are burnt to the ground as she struggles to the ocean , burying them in the sand to try to help them stay alive . meanwhile her husband has gone to the front to try to
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wood does the best he can in this thankless role , but he’s mostly a blank slate throughout . the story lends itself to many dramatically potent opportunities as brinnin grows more and more tired and weary with the poet’s behavior . unfortunately , the movie falls flat each time . “set fire to the stars” goes way too easy on dylan thomas ; he may have his reasons for behaving so erratically , but the movie never attempts to figure out why . instead , we’re left with an emotionally - neutered brinnin who simply sends his hero away when the going gets too tough . the actual john brinnin may have been an interesting man , but elijah wood’s portrayal is too tame and polite to have this movie revolve solely around him , especially when compared to a fascinating figure like thomas .
way back in 1990 when i dug this book out of a grab - bag from the local library sale , tween me thought this was the height of romance and i was sure that once i had read it i ' d have the secrets of adulthood all figured out . the heroine is 22 and i remember thinking how old that was and surely romance writers should have younger characters . let us pause for the laughter . like any harlequin , it might as well take place in narnia for all of the reality involved but set the stars on fire remains a fa
the biggest problem with “set fire to the stars” is its style . it’s just too elegant and well - dressed . it’s too safe . like the main character , brinnin , the movie seems as if it’s afraid of truly exposing dylan thomas for the man he really is . it’s too focused on what this tour will do to brinnin , when what really matters is what it will do to thomas . dylan thomas died three years after this movie took place , but we don’t get that sense of doom . we see thomas’s drunken behavior and we know he’s going down an unsavory path , but we don’t feel it . the movie never draws us in .
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it was interesting to me . i didn ' t know about such a huge fire happening in maine . also , the ways other people did things in different time periods is fun to me sometimes .
“set fire to the stars” marks the second tactful , tasteful thomas study that is less than equal to its subject’s notoriously fiery recklessness . still , this one at least comes with a certain dying - of - the - light urgency , finding the poet just three years shy of his early grave . ( he’s 35 , but as played in roaring , robust fashion by co - scribe celyn jones , he seems far more saltily weathered than that . ) it’s all too easy to forget just how young thomas was . indeed , his centenary is only approaching on oct . 27 this year , a date that enterprising distributors would do well to circle in red .
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if this sounds familiar , you’ve probably seen “my favorite year , ” the 1982 comedy where mark - linn baker was tasked with babysitting chronic drinker peter o’toole before o’toole’s big comeback on live television . “set fire to the stars” also evokes memories of “my week with marilyn , ” the dismal michelle williams biopic where the boring story of a nobody overshadowed its more famous subject . instead of a fleshed out , complex portrait of the artist as a tortured soul , we get to meditate on brinnin and his clichéd quest for success . brinnin even gets a nemesis named jack ( steven mackintosh ) , whose sole purpose is to sneer with pleasure whenever brinnin screws up .
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this is the second time in just over two years that the reception centre has been torched . a large fire in february 2009 caused serious structural damage .
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4 . 5 stars few people can write like anita shreve . once she determines a topic she takes control . this is the story of a woman not only surviving but prospering . due to a fast moving wild fire following a drought in maine in 1947 , many towns and cities were totally wiped out . grace , pregnant , is alone with her two children to make her way to safety , her husband gene has left to fight the fires . nothing is saved . the small family is rescued , none to soon , and given shelter by a loving couple whose
the stars are fire by anita shreve is a one sitting read . once you pick up the book and read the first sentence , you will not want to or be able to put it down . a five star book of engaging historical fiction . shreve transports us to coastal maine in 1947 where we meet grace , a mother of two and married to gene . her best friend rosie lives next door with her two children and husband tim . all summer there has been a drought and now wildfires are raging across the state . grace and rosie’s husbands
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★★★ in the stars are fire , anita shreve writes with a simple and minimal style but surprisingly succeeds at developing characters , a historical time period , a traumatizing setting , and a variety of relationships . this story follows the female lead character : grace while life leads her through several situations and relationships that occur before , during , but mostly after a horrific state - wide fire . some are happy and some severely unhappy , but the journey remains engaging through its entirety . i
running at a brisk 95 minutes , perhaps the movie could’ve benefitted from an expanded runtime . as it is , “set fire to the stars” ultimately feels like a trifle when it could’ve been so much more . goddard and his co - writer / star celyn jones clearly admire dylan thomas and wanted to shed light on a particularly fascinating time in his life . it’s a nice enough , pleasant enough film with a couple solid performances . but when you’re making a movie about a man as unique , profound , and complex as dylan thomas , and you have nothing to say about him , you don’t have much of a movie . [ c ]
for 75 % of the book he was slut shaming her then finally he let up . everything started to go swimmingly then he did it again ! ! ! solid 2 stars but decided to add another star since the heroine was decent she did her work against all odds and despite the bullys . of whom hero was # 1 .
“each house has its own signature , unknown to all except the grown children who go back to visit . ”
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an unhappy marriage , a missing husband , the loss of her home and all her belongings , combined with the loss of an unborn child to the raving effects of a fire may just be the cleansing that grace needed . can she rebuild after so much chaos ?
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as john brinnin , the buttoned - up harvard grad swiftly overwhelmed by the welsh hellraiser . yet its appreciation of thomas’ work remains superficial , while the polished filmmaking never quite finds its own poetry . perhaps the most universally distributable of this year’s edinburgh world premieres , “stars” should twinkle only modestly
anita shreve is one of my favorite authors . she has the gift of creating a backdrop of a given era and situation that sets the stage for a tragic love story . the emotions that she is able to conjure in the reader is truly an art . the stars are fire takes place in the late 40 ' s just after the war . we meet grace and gene . a couple who are in a loveless marriage but make do with the situation . grace knows there is something wrong in her marriage yet she stays because of their two young children and
the stars are fire by anita shreve is a 2017 random house publication . i must confess , i had this book sitting on my tbr pile for a while , not in any big hurry to read it , until i heard the news of anita shreve’s passing . i decided to do a blog post in her honor and wanted to include the first book i’d read of hers - “the pilot’s wife” and thought it would be fitting , in a way , to feature the last book she published . so , i while i was re - reading tpw , i slowly worked my way through this one , as we
the stars are fire was my first by anita shreve and whilst the writing its self was exceptional and beautiful to read the storyline let me down . i wasn’t moved ! i had intended to write a huge spoiler ridden rant about the “convenience” of the plot but i hate spoilers in reviews so here is a condensed version . every event that happened throughout the story , even though at the time some seemed like great hardship , turned out to be very convenient to the storyline and so far removed from real life it just lost all credibility for me . it’s very hard to elaborate more on this without spoilers . i found grace sullen and spoilt . nothing pleased her and by the time i finished the book i actually disliked her immensely . the ending was too well tied up as though the author didn’t want to disappoint anyone . i finished the book thinking i would still be happy to give shreve another go as her writing is moving even if the story wasn’t . what should i try , any recommendations ?
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as tedious as “set fire to the stars” gets , it remains watchable courtesy of the stunning black and white cinematography by chris seager . it has a meditative quality that had me scanning the frame for hidden treasures . i kept getting lost in the gorgeous wisps of smoke rising from the cigarettes of thomas and a diner patron as they recited shakespeare and flirted with a waitress named rosie ( maimie mccoy , who’s a hoot as she slings both hash and torrents of diner lingo ) . the film’s early scenes of winter in new york beautifully capture snow falling past the characters’ faces . with this , “gueros” and last year’s oscar winner , “ ida ” , i hold out hope for the re - emergence of the art of black and white cinematography . it can save almost anything , or at the very least , it can valiantly try .
the stars are fire by anita shreve is a one sitting read . once you pick up the book and read the first sentence , you will not want to or be able to put it down . a five star book of engaging historical fiction . shreve transports us to coastal maine in 1947 where we meet grace , a mother of two and married to gene . her best friend rosie lives next door with her two children and husband tim . all summer there has been a drought and now wildfires are raging across the state . grace and rosie’s husbands have gone to fight the fire and left the women and children at home . the fire is escalating and the women must rely on their instincts to save their children and themselves . at this pivotal moment grace’s life is changed forever . nothing she knew or depended on can help her when the winds of change come . grace must now light the fire that has been buried deep inside of her in order to survive . grace is a character of deep emotions and resilience . in the beginning of the book she is very meek and quiet . in time we come to see her fierceness and drive that compels her to live . rosie is another favorite character of mine . she is not quite as well developed , but i loved her from the beginning . she is everyones best friend and ally . my least favorite is gene for many reasons . he is a self - centered egotistical man that cares nothing for his family !
what “set fire to the stars” does have is great turns by supporting players , especially shirley henderson and kevin eldon . as stanley and his wife shirley , the duo steal the film during a drunken dinner party that turns into a campfire - style swapping of ghost stories . henderson’s tale is a great moment for the actress , and she gets to utter the preston sturges - worthy line “a man needs a hobby like a cat needs a bicycle . ” whether playfully boxing with thomas in the background while her husband and brinnin ramble on , or silently registering regret with her entire body in her final scene , henderson grabs our attention by slyly shifting between overplaying and underplaying . her choices are impeccable ; i’d rather have seen a week with her and thomas instead of brinnin .


18.11 a code of secrecy is a 2014 indian hindi action film written and directed by mohibul haque and produced by merina hauque .

under the banner of ultimate pictures , the film stars rehal khan , gulshan grover and mukesh tiwari in the lead roles .

the movie has been listed as one of the worst hindi movies ever by many critics .

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verdict : the production if 18 . 11…a code of secrecy was decent but the idea of science and crime wasn’t good . it’s better to skip .
the promo posters of a new bollywood movie entitled 18 . 11 a code of secrecy look to have drawn much inspiration from ubisoft ' s massively successful watch dogs .
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the film 18 . 11 a code of secrecy . . ! ! is based on science & technology and packed with romance , comedy , action . thrill and specially the suspense lies in the name title - 18 . 11 . . . which is revealed at the end . rehal khan , the hero of the film is a software engineer in america , during
promotional posters of 18 . 11 show the movie ' s protagonist in an outfit very similar to that of aiden pierce , the lead character of watch dogs , with a black trench coat and cap on and holding a gun and a phone in either hand .
a shoot schedule of ultimate pictures’ 18 . 11…… . a code of secrecy ? recently concluded in kashmir and another schedule is underway in assam and meghalaya . produced and directed by mohibul haque , the film features rehal khan , suhana irani , prem chopra , asrani , mukesh tiwari , gulshan grover and priya sethi . cinematography : prathik deora . music : jaanissar lone
the film 18 . 11 a code of secrecy . . ! ! is based on science & technology and packed with romance , comedy , action . thrill and specially the suspense lies in the name title - 18 . 11 . . . which is revealed at the end . rehal khan , the hero of the film is a software engineer in america , during his course he made a software which generates an alarm and sends a danger signal about bomb / explosive plan in every mobile phone within the radius area of 1k . m . he did not experiment the same in america .
the film 18 . 11 a code of secrecy . . ! ! is based on science & amp ; technology and packed with romance , comedy , action . thrill and specially the suspense lies in the name title - 18 . 11 . . . which is revealed at the end . rehal khan , the hero of the film is a software engineer in america , during his course he made a software which generates an alarm and sends a danger signal about bomb / explosive plan in every mobile phone within the radius area of 1k . m . he did not experiment the same in america .
the only reference that 18 . 11 ' s trailer makes that could connect it to the concept of watch dogs is a reference to
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which evokes the video game ' s hacking theme .
a software engineer creates a program that triggers a warning text to everyone in the vicinity whenever a bomb explodes . as he continues to develop it , corrupt enemies try to snatch it from him .
the trailer for 18 . 11 reveals a movie that doesn ' t resemble the video game much though . watch dogs focuses on a character that aims to stay out of the eyes of the public and surveillance , hacking his way around an open - world environment where gamers can freely explore . 18 . 11 , on the other hand , is about a character that uses technology to stop terrorists from carrying out their plans . the trailer uses the hacking graphics found in watch dogs , but it seems that the film focuses more on explosions and heroic jumping .
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however , in both mentioned instances , they came along after the video games had already become popular . for 18 . 11 , the inspired promo posters were released just days after watch dogs was released to the public on may 27 .
watch dogs bears similarities to rockstar ' s grand theft auto series , but it has its own unique identity as a video game . it takes place in a highly realistic and detailed digital version of the city of chicago , several years into the future where hacking is prevalent .
bollywood has been known to take inspiration from various sources for the movies that they create , sometimes even drawing criticism for a lack of originality . the sources of inspiration are often hollywood movies , but video games have also been used in the past . examples of such instances were the ek tha tigher promo posters which resembled naughty dog ' s uncharted 3 and velayutham which was a tamil reimagining of ubisoft ' s assassin ' s creed .
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rehal khan did a good job with his presence as a lead actor but highly ambitious story failed him . supporting roles by nipon khan , gulshan and mukesh tiwari also did well in the film .
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the film had potential , decent production values but merging science and crime wasn’t a smart decision after all .
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the film had potential , decent production values but merging science and crime wasn ' t a smart decision after all .
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but this happens in this film . few men chant ‘terrorism zindabad’ slogans in afghan accent which is very hilarious . all the dialogues exceed action and all the characters speak a lot and do nothing . moreover , the songs are terrible . these are placed badly .
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this film produced by merina haque . gulshan grover visit assam first time for this movie shooting . [ 7 ] this film shot in dhubri , hajo , guwahati and shillong . [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
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the story is set in the year 2008 and the film is all about anti - bomb blast . the movie’s heart is placed at right place but its execution is too idealistic and may not be liked by the audience . terrorism can’t be dealt so lightly and the real terrorists don’t acknowledge their identity .
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