The film is fine counterpoint to macho-man rodeo savage heroes that we are more used to, onscreen, watching their hair fly in the air as they swing on harnesses like circus clowns. While equally feisty, and very much an actioner still, Mardaani adds a suitably feminine energy with a heroine in the same part

As Spike joins Jimmy Crystal`s gang of Satanists and sadistic killers, and Kelson`s treatment begins eliminating Samson`s violent tendencies, the film questions innate humanity and pushes the audience to consider whether the infected are merely threats to be eliminated or broken souls caught between what they were and what they have become