Apart from "Coolie", the audience had another choice to feast their eyes in this extended weekend. It happened to be "War 2", the sixth installment of the YRF Spy Universe. However, unlike its prequel, the project was helmed by Ayan Mukherji instead of Siddharth Anand. This time around, Jr NTR rubbed shoulders with Hrithik Roshan in the hope that it will sweep the South Indian box office as well. Well the trailer was far from impressive & I hoped that the movie would be much better. So was my hope ill placed???
After having gone rogue, Kabir (Hrithik) presently plied his trade as a freelance mercenary who was much sought after by different groups. This put him in the radar of the Kali cartel, a crime syndicate that comprised of powerful individual members from India and neighbouring nations. Their mission was to eliminate governments & put it under their control, with India being their latest target. Kabir agreed to take up the assignment, though unknown to the cartel, he was entrusted by Colonel Luthra (Ashutosh Rana), a couple of years back to infiltrate the organization. But he had to take a tough decision since the first task that was given to him by the cartel to prove his loyalty was to eliminate Colonel Luthra.
Apparently, the story was penned by Aditya Chopra with the screenplay and dialogues worked upon by Sridhar Raghavan & Abbas Tyrewala. Seriously, did he actually write anything? It was nothing more than a hare brained predictable plot without an iota of creativity. To make matters worse, the VFX was shoddy as it looked damn artificial while the action sequences which was expected to be the USP failed to wow and struggled for authenticity. None of the technical aspects deserves special mention except for Benjamin Japser's cinematography which was good. Even more surprising was that the dance choreography for the Janaab-e-Aali track that featured two fantastic dancers like Hrithik & Jr. NTR, failed to evoke awe.
It would be hard to fault the actors for such a poorly written script. However, Hrithik did justice to his part while Jr NTR was just about ok, since he did struggle in the emotional sequences. Kiara didnt have much scope to perform (as expected) in this testosterone flick while Anil Kapoor was fine, with Ashutosh providing adequate support in a brief role.
Verdict: Apart from the fact that the story was a huge letdown, the making of it left a lot to be desired especially when it came to VFX and action set pieces. They need to do turn the tide effectively & emphatically in the next installment which for their benefit would have to hopefully happen in "Alpha" (as shown in the post credits) or else, I doubt whether this spy universe will survive!!!
Rating: 1.5/5
Regards...Ben
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