This one is a suspense thriller which does keep you engrossed with some " edge of the seat" moments as an investigation into a double murder progresses. In the movie the title HIT is an acronym for "Homicide intervention team." Intervention normally means preventive action to reduce harm or damage but what the team actually shows is good old crime investigation after two young women are missing, suspected murdered. The setting is the Jaipur highways in Rajasthan. At one point Rajkummar says that scenes look straight out of serial " Crime patrol" and he is right. The director has given a fast pace to the movie and the suspense is well maintained with some twists included. There are scenes of third degree, dead bodies, DNA checks and Narco test. Heading the team is Rajkummar Rao who plays the brooding, serious, angry young cop, sports a beard, doesn't wear uniform, suffers trauma of a tragic event which gives him hallucinations, is on a short fuse all the time, smokes continuously, keeps bending the police rules, barks orders to all his subordinates, takes a confrontational view when discussing with superiors, and generally intimidates all those he works with or suspects. Surely some good acting there and he is there in all scenes, so it won't be wrong to say that there is an overdose of Rajkummar Rao in his curt and sharp demeanour. The others are all in bit roles. After a number of suspenseful and exciting scenes what brings down the movie is a poor muddled up , unconvincing climax where the unraveled plot is thrown at the audience in a hurried way. The movie deserved a better designed climax.
Review of Hit: The First Case
