New Year, New You

"Ring in the New Year like it's your last"

Director: Sophia Takal Year: 2018 Runtime: 85 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.0
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Synopsis

A group of old friends gather for a girls’ night on New Years Eve. But as they begin to rehash old memories, many of the gripes they’ve been harboring manifest in murderous ways.

Chandramohan "Charlie" Manohar Sharma is a smalltime street boxer who has spent eight years plotting revenge on business tycoon Charan Grover, who was responsible for Charlie's father Manohar being falsely convicted and imprisoned as a thief. Charlie learns that some diamonds owned by Grover will be moved on Christmas Eve to the most secure safe in the world, Shalimar in Dubai. He finds out that Shalimar is located beneath the Atlantis Hotel, which is hosting the World Dance Championship. The night the diamonds come, Charlie plans to steal the diamonds and frame Grover. He assembles a team that includes hard-of-hearing strongman and explosives expert Jagmohan "Jag" Prakash, seizure-prone safecracker Tehamton "Tammy" Irani, Jag's nephew and master hacker Rohan Singh, and Nandu Bhide, who looks identical to Grover's son Vicky. Jag and Tammy also resent Grover, as they both were close to and worked with Manohar to build Shalimar, while Nandu agrees to join the heist because he needs money to pay for his mother's surgery. Charlie reveals to Nandu that eight years ago, Grover, who at the time was an African diamonds dealer, had hired Manohar to build the most secure safe in the world to store some diamonds. As the project had been completed, Grover drugged Manohar and stole his own diamonds for the insurance money. He framed Manohar for the theft, sending him to prison for 12 years. Nandu eventually enlists the help of Mohini, a bar dancer who aspires to open her own classical dance school, in order to teach them and represent Team India in the contest, and she develops feelings for Charlie. Thanks to Rohan's rigging and the men blackmailing the judges with evidence of their homosexuality, the team qualifies and travels to Dubai, where they are initially the subjects of controversy and ridicule. After a party for all the participants in the World Dance Championship, the gang excluding Mohini goes over the plan to rob the diamonds after the semis and camouflage them in Charile's drink for the flight home. During a rehearsal, Charlie sees Team Korea's leader bully the youngest member and sticks up for him, which results in a brawl between the two leaders. Charlie almost falls off the building but manages to get himself up, and Team Korea's leader almost falls but Charlie saves him. For the semis, Team India and Team Korea are paired against each other by Grover, in which Team India manages to impress the audience with their unorthodox moves. The youngest member on Team Korea loses his balance while doing an act, but Charlie runs to rescue him from falling, earning the other teams's respect. After the dance, the plan commences where Jag and Nandu go to the lift to trap Vicky, only to learn that the diamonds will be coming on New Year's Eve instead of Christmas. The gang is demoralized at losing the chance to get revenge on Grover since they will most likely get eliminated. However, as the judges announce the teams that are advancing, they decide to add Team India as a wild card entry due to Charlie's selfless act from earlier. They make it to the finals and end up becoming the favorites to win, but Charlie inadvertently reveals the heist to Mohini. Charlie explains his reasons, also revealing that his father had in fact committed suicide in prison after finding a blade after Grover bribed Manohar's attorneys to sabotage his parole hearing, which he had hidden from Jag and Tammy. Mohini joins the plan, and the group successfully steals the diamonds on the night of the finals. As the group prepares to flee by boat, Mohini refuses to join them, planning instead to dance in the finals for India. The group fights about whether to join her. When the diamonds are found missing and Team India fails to appear onstage, Grover accuses them of being the thieves; however, the entire group eventually joins Mohini in their final performance, convincing Grover's associates and the police that he stole his own diamonds, which were contracted to be sold after WDC. Team India wins the Championship. As they encounter Grover and Vicky being led away in handcuffs, Charlie reveals himself to Grover as Manohar's son and gives him the same razor blade Manohar used to commit suicide. The diamonds are unknowingly taken away at the customs but Charlie reveals to his team that he had secretly hidden them in the winning trophy. The story ends with the entire team becoming successful and Charlie proposing to Mohini with a ring made from one of the diamonds at the grand opening of her dance school. During the credits, a "Worst Dance Competition" is hosted.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
Yes
there's domestic violence
Yes
someone gets gaslighted
Yes
there's addiction
spoiler its not vividly shown but it is breifly mentioned that chloe has been “turning to drugs”
alcohol abuse
Yes
someone uses drugs
spoiler breif drug use mention “that is why you turn to drugs” or something similar.
someone is restrained
spoiler vivid tying up and restraining
there's shaving/cutting
Yes
someone struggles to breathe
spoiler two people are trapped in a sauna and the heat makes it hard to breathe
someone falls to their death
Yes
there's Achilles Tendon injury
spoiler leg injury, not achilles specifically
there's finger/toe mutilation
spoiler A character cuts her finger unintentionally.
there's torture
Yes
heads get squashed
Yes
a kid dies
spoiler flashbacks involve a young girl dying
someone is kidnapped
Yes
there are jump scares
spoiler I think a balloon pops in the beginning but no actual suspenseful jumpscares.
someone wets/soils themselves
spoiler mention of peeing ones self
there is copaganda
spoiler “i am NOT calling the police!” was the only real mention of it
someone dies by suicide
spoiler There is mention of a girl being driven to committing suicide in the past. They do not go very into detail or show it.
someone self harms
spoiler Early on in the movie, the main character cuts her finger on accident. Shortly afterwards, she punches a mirror purposefully.
someone has an eating disorder
spoiler One of the girls is mentioned to have struggled with bulimia in high school. No visuals involved.
someone suffers from PTSD
spoiler severe flashbacks of a sucide-like event
there's body dysmorphia
spoiler the main character looks into a very disorienting mirror at one point that i personally perceive as a dysmorphic/out of body/depersonalization type experience.
there's a claustrophobic scene
Yes
someone has an anxiety attack
Yes
the fourth wall is broken
spoiler very end zooms out to a screen that looks like you are watching the video on youtube.
there's fat jokes
spoiler talked about how a character was bullied for her weight
there are homophobic slurs
spoiler The word lesbian is used derisively, but no actual slurs are used
an LGBT person dies
spoiler Two lesbians.
someone speaks hate speech
Yes
the black guy dies first
spoiler A black woman dies first
there is sexual content
spoiler There are brief verbal discussions of sexual encounters (all consensual) during the "never have I ever" scene.
the ending is sad
spoiler Happy Ending is perspective...
a car crashes
spoiler The flashback/flash forward moments involve screeching and glass breaking but are not about a car crash.
there's blood/gore
spoiler PG-13 levels of blood are shown — there are no close-ups of wounds or anything particularly graphic.
someone drowns
spoiler visual of some one dead floating in a pool

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