Rating:
January 25, 2013
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Amisha Patel, Jacqueline Fernandes
Director: Abbas-Mustan
Race 2 is the cinematic equivalent of a trashy novel. It never holds together as a sensible piece of work, but as an insensible piece of work, it's pretty enjoyable. Director-duo Abbas Mustan create a cocktail of glamorous stars, exotic foreign locations, slick action scenes, and an outrageous plot. At nearly two-and-a-half hours, the film is too long by at least 20 minutes, but I'll give this to Race 2: it's seldom boring.
Never deviating too far from the blueprint of the 2008 film of which this is a sequel, Race 2 pits two suave conmen against each other in a tale of friendship, double-crossings, and revenge. Saif Ali Khan returns as Ranvir Singh, a loaded tycoon with an agenda. John Abraham, meanwhile, is Armaan Malik, a criminal kingpin forever exploiting opportunities to expand his empire.
Set in Turkey, our heroes are surrounded by fast cars and sexy women, and they get rich by swindling casinos, cheating at high-value card games, and stealing prized artifacts from museums. Anil Kapoor is back as RD, former cop and ravenous fruit-eater, and Amisha Patel has replaced Sameera Reddy as his new bimbo assistant, Cherry, whose very name lends itself to a slew of double meaning jokes.
The earlier film, Race, wasn't a particularly smart thriller, but packed with so many unexpected twists it kept you on your toes. The big reveals in Race 2, however, can be guessed from a mile away, robbing the film of any unpredictability whatsoever.
What it's lacking in originality, the film tries to make up for in sheer ambition. Abbas-Mustan don't skimp on any effort to deliver a fast-paced, stylish entertainer, even if much of it turns out to be a hoot. From crazy gizmos that would make James Bond's trusted ally Q turn a shade of green, to the sheer gratuitous skin show on display, Race 2 is a guilty pleasure all the way. Leading ladies Deepika Padukone and Jacqueline Fernandes sportingly show up to show off cleavage and leg, and John Abraham and Saif Ali Khan frequently strip down to their waists in an unapologetic buffet of beefcake.
And yet, compared to so many lazy blockbusters recently, Race 2 is skillfully made and sincerely performed. It's not a film you'll remember years from now, but you won't be moaning and groaning through it either.
I'm going with two-and-a-half out of five for Abbas-Mustan's Race 2. The film has no intellectual pretensions; its only ambition is to offer a good time. In that, it mostly succeeds.
(This review first aired on CNN-IBN)
Exclusive.. Looking at today's performance #race2 seems 12+ atleast.. V.gud
Just been to watch this, very disapointed.
The first Race was great, one of the main reasons it was such a good movie was because it had many twists, which was unique, this however was so damn predictable, every single 'twist' in this movie i realised as soon it happend.
Saif did a good job though, wasn't too convinced with John.
Deepika is beautiful, as was Jackie.
Didn't like Anil's role in this, he was much better in the first one, ''Cherry' was awful.
The John cage fight was good, the climax of the movie was shockingly bad
SPOILER
The end scene where Deepika and Saif jump out of the plan, in their car.. which has a parachute attached to it 😆 was so bad and laughable, it rounded the movie up for me.
Overall i give this movie 4 out of 10 stars.
"Race 2" started with good occupancy in the morning and film improved during the course of the day. Film received mixed to negative reviews from most of the critics but film is still zooming ahead at box office at least on Day one. | ||
Friday, 25th January 11:50 PM IST
RACE 2 Scores On Day One
"Race 2" started with good occupancy in the morning and film improved during the course of the day. Film received mixed to negative reviews from most of the critics but film is still zooming ahead at box office at least on Day one. Film registered best occupancy in NCR, East Punjab and UP. East was the worst and central India was average. In metros, film picked up in a big way after evening and willcome up with big numbers on Day one.
Film should easily beat best Saif Ali's opening day figure of 10.80 cr of "Cocktail" and should equal or surpass John's best opening day of 13.50 cr nett of "Housefull 2". As per early estimates, film should collect 13.50 cr nett and occupancy of late evening shows will determine the final figure.
Tomorrow will be interesting as film will get national holiday boost on one hand but on contrary negative reviews will also play a role.
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