2 URI: THE SURGICAL STRIKE tabloid! rating: 3.5 out of 5

Actor Vicky Kaushal as a valiant army officer is infallible in the war drama. Displaying a blend of restraint and rage, Kaushal — who won the Indian National Award for this role — is in top form in a movie that dramatises a covert operation undertaken by the Indian Army in 2016. It’s a thriller that could have easily been reduced to pulpy sloganeering and chest-thumping patriotism. Fortunately, it never goes down that route, presenting a refreshingly clinical approach in the way the men in uniform face their enemy.