Rocket Gang

"Rocket Gang" stumbles through its supernatural premise with the grace of a ouija board planchette moving without intention. The film's central conceit—five dead children seeking redemption through a Dance India Dance performance—could have been poignant in the hands of a more assured director, but instead it meanders between tonal registers without ever committing fully to either the horror or the heartfelt drama it's reaching for. The performances lack the nuance needed to ground such a conceptually ambitious narrative; what should feel like genuine emotional stakes instead registers as theatrical melodrama. Where films like "Bhool Bhulaiyaa" balanced supernatural elements with character depth, "Rocket Gang" treats its ghost children more as plot devices than as beings we're invested in saving.

The film's attempted pivot toward inspirational cinema in its final act—where determination and faith triumph over logistics—feels unearned given the shallow character work preceding it. The dance sequences themselves, presumably the film's centerpiece, lack the kinetic energy or visual inventiveness that might redeem the script's weaknesses. Director Sourabh Shrivastav seems uncertain whether this is a cautionary tale about recklessness, a supernatural thriller, or an uplifting sports-drama hybrid, resulting in a film that doesn't quite succeed as any of these. Even the touchstone of "Dance India Dance" fame cannot elevate material that mistakes sentimentality for genuine emotional