2018 looks to be exciting year when it comes to small movies with original stories to say. In the past few weeks, we had some really different movies that we have enjoyed watching that were not grand in scope but had something substantial to say. We had one of the best horror movies come out a couple of weeks back in Anushka Sharma's Pari. Excel Entertainment's anthology, 3 Storeys, also surprised us with some really good story-telling. Though both the movies didn't work wonders at the box office, they did win our hearts. Now after horror and anthology, it is time for comedy to make an impression, going by the trailer of High Jack.

The comedy, produced by Phantom Films and online streaming service Viu, is directed by Akarsh Khurana who is making his debut here. Interestingly, he is also directing Karwaan, that stars Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan (in his first Bollywood movie) and Mithila Palkar in the lead.

Talking about High Jack, the movie stars Sumeet Vyas, Sonnalli Seygall, and Mantra Mugdh in the lead. Like the classic Hollywood movie Airplane!, most of the scenes in High Jack is set in an airplane, with some incompetent crooks trying to hijack the flight with no discernible reason. But that certainly leads to some hilarious gags, including the female pilot telling one hijacker to not be sexist, while the hero reminding the hijackers if they have decided why they have hijacked the flight. The gag I loved the most was that of a passenger who finds out he has been carrying the wrong child all along.

Watch the trailer here,

Earlier Vishal Maheshwari, Country Head, Viu India, said in a statement, about the movie “Being a digital content creator, Viu has continuously moved ahead with the diligence of creating path-breaking content and provided an enriched experience to its viewers. With the evolution of OTT platforms and consumers’ tastes, quality content rules and that’s why collaborating for a film like ‘High Jack’ is apt for us. Phantom Films is known for giving its audiences an exceptional movie-going experience and it gives us great pleasure to partner in with them. The film will definitely enhance the original content catalogue on our platform.”

High Jack is scheduled to release on April 20.

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