Review: Mr X a heavy-handed action fantasy

The hero of Vikram Bhatt's Mr X is an invisible vengeance-seeker who is on a dual mission. While he is out to settle scores with the nasty men who have wronged him, he is also committed to winning back the trust of his lady love who has been led to believe that he is a killer. But the film is not half as riveting as its plot might sound. Mr X is sci-fi thriller that gets neither its science nor its fiction right. The pivotal plot premise is too feeble and heavy-handed to hold the laboured action fantasy together. For lead actor Emraan Hashmi, Mr X offers yet another off-the-beaten-track role. He plunges into it with apparent vigour, but for want of a credible screenplay, he is unable to translate his effort into something substantial. The only point of interest for an audience that is already aware what the film is about hinges on how the male protagonist, an anti-terror agent betrayed by his own men, acquires the power of invisibility.