Sunny Deol is back but this time in the garb of James Bond. The Hero is a love story of a spy. It is a follow up project by Gadar fame Anil Sharma and as far as the film is considered, it is a regular action fare but its presentation is ten times more suprerior to any Bollywood film. Arun (Sunny Deol) is an army intelligence officer who is assigned the tough task of exposing the ISI of Pakistan.

With his team and a Kashmiri girl Reshma (Preity Zinta), he manages to break the wall insulating the ISI. She is sent across the border as part of a strategy, but soon the plan fails and Preity finds herself exposed to the militants – Amrish Puri, Khalid Mohammed and Rajat Bedi. She escapes from their clutches and is saved by Sunny (he loves bashing Pakis in their territory) in the nick of time.

Sunny and Preity get engaged but during the celebrations, the militants explode the place and Preity is feared dead.However, Preity is very much alive and has reached the shores of Pakistan. She is saved by Parvin Dabas, but due to a shock, she cannot use her limbs. Parvin takes her to Canada (with which passport, Indian or Pakistani, no one knows) for treatment and coincidentally, Sunny also reaches there to accomplish his mission (you see its Bollywood). The doctor treating on Preity is none other than Priyanka Chopra, who happens to be the daughter of business tycoon Zakaria (Kabir Bedi), an accomplice of Ishaq Khan (Amrish Puri).

Shaktimaan's story is mainly based on Pak bashing but while doing so he takes care that he picks at the ISI and it's goons and not at the innocent citizens. Director Anil Sharma takes a step forward when it comes to providing larger-than-life visuals. The money spent is visible in every frame, the grand look of the film just cannot be overlooked. Uttam Singh's music is yet another letdown. Cinematography by Kabir Lall is extraordinary and enhances the grandeur of the film. Computer graphics are truly terrific. Editing by Suresh Urs is crisp. Action by Allan Amin is first-rate. Not to miss the hilarious moments accompanied by good dialogues. In short, this movie has something for everyone.

Sunny Deol does well in a role that seems tailormade for him. He's good at his job. He danced for 10 seconds in this movie. He seemed to have worked hard on his get-ups and that's commendable.Preity Zinta is competent, radiating charm all through. Priyanka Chopra's role could've been properly developed. Yet, despite the shortcoming, the newcomer oozes confidence. Amrish Puri as usual excels. Kabir Bedi is equally convincing. Rajpal Yadav is passable. Shahbaaz Khan is fair. Khalid Mohammed is first-rate. On the whole, The Hero, with its good first half, excellent interval point and grandeur second-half is a good fare.