The trouble with the film, which besets it every time we see sequences which belong more to the old-style mainstream movies of yore, is that it cannot check its bent towards melodrama.

Ikka isn’t smart but it’s twisty enough to keep you guessing.

In a nutshell, Ikka is a damp squib. Like a house of cards, it’s fragile at its core. The collapse is inevitable. Our advice? Skip this film, play teen patti or Uno instead.

Netflix’s Ikka pairs Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna in a tense courtroom thriller that explores justice, ethics and personal sacrifice.