The title song may seem to many as a dumbed-down version of the Floyd classic Money, but that needn't necessarily be a deterrent - Cash is a no-brainer "action" flick, in which the comic timing is more apparent than the stunts & the style, and would have been dubbed a decent family entertainer, if not for the excessive skin show.

The first half is passable, but it kind of salvages itself in the 2nd where the power lies - atleast in terms of acting. Even though it might not succeed as an out-and-out action film, it provides more genuine laughs than many a today's comedy (namely, Partner). Ajay, Zayed, Writesh (or whatever his spelling is nowadays) - zabardasti make a show of their bodies, but manage to make a decent show of their comic timing. Unlike a typical guy action flick, the female characters are not wasted (although that's partly due to the fact that none of the characters of either gender have well-defined purposes) - they have substantial roles, be it Shamita the cop (her uniform is reportedly under scrutiny), Esha the street criminal (or something like that), or Dia the mastermind. At times breathtaking, at other times utterly ridiculous, the actions scenes avoid gore using a novel albeit weird method - animation (Hum Tum anyone?). Sometimes it did seem to be a filler for the lack of enough quality shots (especially high-speed car chases), but mainly a ploy to reduce the rating - which's weird since they seem to...

have had a dearth of textiles, and it was supposed to be an action film. Maybe Anubhav Sinha wanted to warm up before Shloka. South Africa, though, looks brilliant - and that's credit to the cinematographers, who managed to capture a variety of locales and not just restrict themselves to the concrete jungles (a la Awarapan). The story narration method is, well, think Anthony Kaun Hai? aboard an aircraft.

Downers? Many - It's not brilliant in any sense of the word, and especially not as far as the story goes - it's got so many loopholes, it practically leaks. Suneil Shetty's (over)acting is not very convincing, and the songs were not really required - Ayesha Takia's self-spoof wasn't compelling enough. Overall, you won't miss anything if you don't watch it - but you'll enjoy it if you do; especially if you,like me, go expecting a wannabe slick action flick but end up getting something totally different than what you bargained for - a kiddie comedy. But releasing it with Simpsons and Gandhi My Father is bad strategy though.