‘Baaghi 4’ (2025) Movie Review - Testosterone Tantrums Meet Small Dick Energy

At one point in A. Harsha's Baaghi 4, the scene transitions from glasses of milk to bottles of alcohol. This simple cut tells you everything you need to know about this film's target audience: they should be either toddlers or very, very drunk individuals. Since Baaghi 4 has been given an A rating by the censor board, the former group won't be able to enter the movie theater. The latter group, though, will probably end up having a good time, thanks to their nearly unconscious mind that wouldn't be able to differentiate between stupidity and logic. I made the mistake of watching Baaghi 4 sober, which is equivalent to having heart surgery without anesthesia. For a brave heart like Ronny (Tiger Shroff), torture might be a warmup, but for mere mortals like us, Baaghi 4 becomes a near-death experience. It's a movie (though calling it that might be generous) filled with mystery and so many shocking twists that they don't just stretch believability — they send it home feeling ashamed and deeply uneasy. No wonder Ronny develops mental issues and starts hallucinating; he finds it difficult to accept that he has been called again for a story that's somehow even worse than other films in this Baaghi franchise (if someone had told me I never actually watched Baaghi 4 and just imagined the whole film, I would've breathed a sigh of relief and hugged them tightly). Shroff's weepy face might be genuine this time. His performance, however, remains inauthentic.

Is there any point in discussing Harsha's "craft," his "filmmaking?" Most of the dialogue seems dubbed, as there's a noticeable disconnect between the lines and the actors' lips. The so-called editing is clumsy — scenes are stitched together haphazardly. Shroff has a rubber-like body. He can twist and bend himself according to his (or the director's) will. Harsha, though, has no idea what to do with such flexibility. The Commando movies, which are as horrible as the Baaghi movies, at least give Vidyut Jammwal a platform to demonstrate his physical prowess and impressive agility. The same can be said about Baaghi 1-3. What about this fourth no-one-asked-for-it installment? It entirely squanders Shroff's physicality. Even diehard action movie enthusiasts will be bored out of their minds. There's no zeal, no adrenaline (Harsha is clearly inspired by Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal, but he doesn't have Vanga's chutzpah or even love for movies). One would be a fool to expect something like "beauty" from a Baaghi film — the beauty of filmmaking. This is why, in the name of beauty, all Baaghi 4 can do is cast Sonam Bajwa and Harnaaz Sandhu as female...should I call them sidekicks or leads? The movie — now this is the biggest twist — is written by Sajid Nadiadwala and Rajat Arora, and their idea of women is utterly childish. Bajwa's Olivia/Prathistha takes off her top to seduce Ronny. She is a sex worker, so when she does wear clothes, they're revealing. However, once she falls in love with Ronny, she (if only briefly) wears traditional Indian attire — a salwar suit — to signal that she has become... innocent? Pure? Sanskari?
 

Sandhu, as Alisha, is present so that Ronny can crack some outdated Gen Z jokes. She is a doctor, believe it or not (I didn't). When Ronny sees Alisha in uniform for the first time, she assures him that the clothes aren't rented and that she has a degree. This surprised me, because I had assumed the clothes were rented and that she didn't have a degree. (Spoilers from this point, but no one should care) On the other hand, Sandhu, as Avantika, is a pure male fantasy: a sexy, deadly woman in love with a man who, with his big hair and creepy smile, seems to belong to the world of The Conjuring. I am referring to Chacko (Sanjay Dutt), a character who reassures aging uncles that there are still young women desperate enough to become their brides. When Avantika dies, Chacko goes to the church and threatens Jesus Christ (now you know why he's not a Hindu, but a Christian). After coming out of the church, Chacko sees Alisha and thinks his threat worked on the almighty. One thing leads to another, and after a car accident, Chacko kidnaps Alisha and constantly refers to her as Avantika. Alisha always corrects him, but Chacko, in "love," is too deaf and blind. Who cares what she thinks? Even Baaghi 4 doesn't take its female characters seriously, reducing them to mere eye candy. Even when they're shooting or chopping up bodies, they cater to the lustful gaze of the male audience and their fantasies. In Baaghi 4, the violent men make, bend, or break the rules, while the women orbit around them like pretty dolls — like sex objects, enamored with mansplaining and male toxicity. What's Baaghi 4, then, if not an ungainly celebration of rage hormones and small dick energy?

Final Score- [1/10]
Reviewed by - Vikas Yadav
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Publisher at Midgard Times