Conic Moment: Whenever a character in the film utters a tacky dialogue, you just can’t help yourself from bursting into bouts of laughter for all the wrong reasons! PlotFew seconds into the film and we get treated to the lushery of North India where we see Sarah Thapar ( Kiara Advani) indulging in some charity work at an orphanage. The next moment, the high-heeled lady is zooming past the roads off the valleysin her car only to get it skid over an oil spill. But for the saviour that she is, she prevents another car from meeting a similar fate. Turns out the man is a Prince Charming named Ransh ( Mustafa) who now only has eyes for Ms Thapar who has already occupied the driving seat of his car while taking a lift from him to reach her hostel. Their next meeting happens at a car racing event where both of them are the participants. As expected, Ransh wins the race and throws in a Baazigar moment when the leading lady asks him the secret of his truimph. ’Main break par paaon nahi rakhtaa.kyunki mujhe maut se daar nahi lagtaa’, the boy says with a straight face and you suddenly wish that this scene never existed in the first place.After a sub-plot involving a creepy stalker, a done-to-death Romeo Juliet play and filler songs with the leads donning some color-cordinated costumes, Sarah and Ransh get hitched. Of course, with the permission of Sarah’s daddy dearest Mr Thapar ( Ronit Roy) . The newly married couple go on a honeymoon trip where they break into a romantic song. And then comes a big shocker the next morning, when post their loveconfession towards each other, Ranshtosses Sarah off the cliff of a mountain in the most ridiculous way. ( Just throw the laws of physics out of the window at this juncture, please! )The rest of the film unravels the mystery behind the reason for Ransh’sshocking act of crime.DirectionIt is quite disheartening to see this flick churned out from the Abbas-Mustan stable who are known for their forte in the genre of thrillers! Machine borrows heavily from the duo’s previous works but sadly the story is never gripping enough to keepyou hooked with its predictable twists and turns. The super cheesy dialogues add more to your woes as you struggle to invest yourself in this boring fest.