Films releasing on Friday, October 17, 2014

Suspense, comedy and drama rules the movie theatres this weekend. With the unique story of Sonali Cable set to quench the tastes of those looking for some fresh cinema, there are many more choices too. Mumbai 125 KM is a promising nail-biting horror film releasing with Sonali Cable. Hollywood gets bigger this weekend as Dracula Untold releases. Cameron Diaz’s Sex Tape and Daniel Radcliffe’s What If can also be good choices for rom-com lovers. Read on before you buy the tickets for your weekend fix.

Kill The Messenger
Kill The Messenger is a suspense thriller starring Jeremy Renner, Ray Liotta, Barry Pepper and others. The film is based on the book of the same name by Nick Schou and the book Dark Alliance by Gary Webb. As the name suggests, it seems to be a gripping tale of a reporter who discovers a conspiracy in the CIA and tries to bring it to the light. Hinting at its subject of the whistleblower, Kill The Messenger can be a choice for the drama lovers.

Mumbai 125 KM
Mumbai 125 KM is a horror film starring Veena Malik as the ghost. Starring Karanvir Bohra, Vedita Pratap Singh, Joey Debroy, Vije Bhatia, the film is about a road trip gone awry. Shot entirely on Stereoscopic 3D cameras, the scary thriller can be enjoyed in both 2D and 3D format. It is a nail-biting tale of a single night. Mumbai 125 KM is the story of five friends who are on their way home from Pune but their road trip goes awry and they get stuck 125 kms away from Mumbai due to a bizarre incident.

What If
What If, also called The F Word, is a romantic comedy starring Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame. The actor romances Zoe Kazan in the film which questions if friends can become lovers. Daniel who is a school dropout, accompanies his friend to a party and meets his cousin Chantry (Zoe Kazan). She reveals that she has a boyfriend and asks him if they can be friends. They bond over a puzzle game and come close to each other. Can a boy and girl afford to be just good friends? Watch this one if you are fond of romantic flicks.

Dracula Untold
Dracula Untold is one of the most awaited dark Hollywood fantasy thriller of the year. It is the story of the transformation of Vlad III Țepeș into the dreaded Dracula. The film tells the untold tale of Vlad who is hired by the Sultan of Turkey to kill without any ethical obligations. He kills people in the name of psychological warfare and is popularly called as ‘Impaler’. He escapes one day and goes on to become the prince of Transylvania. But he faces lack of power against the Turks who are a threat to his empire. He approaches the Vampire in a cave and turns into a vampire for three days. But does he become a human again or remains a monster forever? The answers are better found in the movie theatres.

The Judge
The Judge is a drama film starring Robert Downey, Jr. as Henry ‘Hank’ Palmer and Robert Duvall as Judge Joseph Palmer. Henry is a successful lawyer who returns to his hometown of Carlinville, Indiana, for his mother's funeral. But he discovers that his estranged father, Judge Joseph Palmer, is suspected of murder. He is now required to defend his father in court against Dwight Dickham, a prosecutor determined to see Joseph put away. Will Henry be able to choose the truth?

Sex Tape
Fans of Cameron Diaz in India were long awaiting the release of her much-hyped Sex Tape. Jason Segel plays her husband in the film which revolves around what happens when a private sex tape goes public. Jason and Cameron film themselves while having sex in the sex positions from a book The Joy of Sex. Things go awry when the video is mistakenly sent to all the iPads they gave away to people. They track them to get the iPads back, leading to tricky situations. Once they succeed, their neighbour's son threatens to upload their sex tape to YouPorn unless they give him $25,000. Do they succeed or does the video gets public, find out in the movie theatres.

Sonali Cable
Sonali Cable is one of the critically acclaimed Bollywood movie's first script from an international film institute screenwriters' lab to be made into a film. It revolves around the cable internet turf war of Mumbai and the survival of an underdog. Actress Rhea Chakraborty is a ghetto girl who works with her gang of ‘internet boys’ and takes on the greedy businessman (Anupam Kher). She puts everything at stake as she fights against India's largest corporation. It highlights the cause of the small businessmen amid rising capitalization.