The Fix Review: 3/5 for Action, Not Story
Filmfare's review of The Fix gives the Zachary Levi-Liam Neeson actioner 3/5: strong gunfights and camaraderie, but a screenplay that fails to connect.
Filmfare’s review of The Fix is measured rather than damning: a 3.0/5 with clear praise for the action and the ensemble, and equal frustration with a screenplay that cannot hold its locations together. For action fans, that split is the whole story.
The action does the heavy lifting
The gunfights are the strongest part of the film. Zachary Levi and his squad are described as handling their weapons like seasoned professionals, and the buddy-soldier banter among Quincy Isaiah, Wes Chatham, Jake Choi, Augusto Aguilera and Grant Harvey is singled out as the film’s most convincing emotion. The framing and production design also give Kabul and Tehran real texture.
The script loses the plot
The story follows a group of disgraced ex-CIA operatives, led by Levi’s Tucker and mentored by Liam Neeson’s Larry, who learn of a $24 million score in Hotel Tehran. Filmfare says the setup has promise, but the screenplay leaps between Afghanistan, the US, Iran and the Iran-Azerbaijan border without earning those shifts. Director Guy Moshe piles on twists that the review compares to 1990s Abbas-Mustan films — not as a compliment. The central Levi-Neeson arc, in the review’s framing, feels like a Michael Bay premise dropped into a Soderbergh film, and the two stars never quite gel.
- Strongest: action choreography, team chemistry, Neeson’s brief impact, Norouzi’s performance.
- Weakest: screenplay, VFX, the final over-the-top twist and the villain’s writing.
Why it matters for Indian viewers
Elnaaz Norouzi is named the other standout. The review argues Bollywood has underused her by not looking past her appearance, and it says her final scene with Levi short-changes an arc that deserved better. Navid Negahban brings menace as Qasim, though the script hands him a less interesting villain than his performance deserves. Liam Neeson takes the shortest role but leaves the biggest impression, even if the character makes little sense and the corny dialogue pushes him towards lampoon territory.
Should you watch it?
Watch it for the clean gunfights, the squad’s chemistry and Norouzi’s screen time. Skip it if you need a tightly written thriller; the review says the screenplay, VFX and final twist are the weak spots. Filmfare’s verdict: “The Fix has the firepower. It just lacks a story worth aiming it at.”
Source: Filmfare
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