Film

Chase

Name: Chase
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 2010
Cast: Anuj Saxena, Udita Goswami, Tarina Patel, Sameer Kochhar, Rajesh Khattar

A tense cat-and-mouse thriller set in a Mumbai hospital where a captured terrorist in a coma mysteriously escapes, taking a nurse hostage. Chase trades plot coherence for breakneck pacing and committed action set pieces. It's for viewers who prioritize spectacle and suspense over logic, and who don't mind a film that occasionally loses itself chasing its own momentum.

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