The First (2014)

The First: Directed by Jacobo Rispa. With Vivi Pineda, Eva Tamargo, Manuel Uriza, Joss Waleska. Sara returns to the island looking for her missing sister. She’ll have to decide whether to save her family or stop the invasion.

“Two film school slackers, Ali (Vatsal Sheth) and Sameer (Sohail Khan), are required to make a movie to graduate. They decide theyu0026#39;ll make it on u0026quot;why not to join the Indian Armed Forcesu0026quot;. To help with their movie, a war correspondent gives them three letters, each from a Killed In Action soldier, to deliver to the respective families.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne is for Kuljeet Kaur (Preity Zinta), widow of Balkar Singh (Salman Khan). The second is for former Air Force pilot Vikram Shergill (Sunny Deol), from his Army officer brother, Dhananjay (played by Sunnyu0026#39;s real-life brother, Bobby Deol). The final letter is to be delivered to a Regiment commander, who in turn gives them one to take to Mr. and Mrs. Naqvi (played by Mithun Chakraborty and Prateeksha Lonkar) from their son Sahil (Dino Morea).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAli and Sameer find the delivery of these letters takes their film in a direction they never suspected.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film starts well, but then when our slackers are introduced, becomes a disagreeable slapstick. However, if you get past minutes 8 through 17 (fast forward is my recommendation), you are in for a solidly acted, well-written movie. Most of the songs leave something to be desired, but the love song is quite nice. Itu0026#39;s obvious early on that this star-studded tear-jerker is a paean to Mother India, but that agenda doesnu0026#39;t lessen the power of the movie. The viewer is left with both the blatant message u0026quot;you donu0026#39;t have to be a soldier to love your countryu0026quot;, and the satisfaction of a good film.”