The film is based on the real-life conflict and bloodshed that took place twenty five years back in Kuwait.
And the way it is done—with a sense of urgency.
And immediacy, bringing alive a city over-run and under siege—sends out a crucial message to star-driven-yet-drivel-producing Bollywood. That given the backing of an A-list star, anything is possible: Well done, Akshay Kumar, for donning the producer-with-conviction hat to create a crackling film.