Jan 26, 2013 06:14 PM
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(Updated Jan 26, 2013 06:27 PM)
SPOILERS AHEAD
Arman Malik (John Abraham) is a street fighter who somehow becomes rich. I say, somehow because, detailing is not one of the strengths of the movie. He has a casino in a yacht and guess how he wins? His sister Ellena (Deepika Padukone) wears glasses which scan cards from the heat of the opponent’s hands. What’s more, it even magically pops on the glasses. Hey, if you think this is impossible, she can even change the cards that Arman is holding through her phone.
That’s Race 2 for you. Filled with such scenes which make you laugh not because they are funny but you because they startle you with their stupidity. You have no option but to laugh. Trust me, what I described in the previous paragraph is just the tip of the iceberg. In the movie, technology is blown out of proportion to the point that it is plain ridiculous.
The non veg jokes directly lifted from the various Comedy shows on TV don’t help the cause either. R.D, (Anil Kapoor), says things like, “I don’t have time to pop your cherries” (something like that) to his secretary, ”Cherry”(Amisha Patel), who looks and acts like his teenage daughter. My eight year old niece will be smarter than her.
And then there is Arman’s girl friend who can steal anything and manages to look horny always. Oh, of course, how can we forget our man, Ranveer (Saif Ali Khan)? He can chase men, fall down from buildings, steal stuff, find out password from a seven letter combination in seconds. Spiderman, Superman, Batman feeling jealous? I hope not!
Arman kills Sonia ( Ranveer’s girlfriend from Race) for no apparent reason. The movie revolves around the idea that Ranveer has come to take revenge for Sonia’s death. In the end, we never come to know as to why Arman killed Sonia. I guess betraying the audience is survival in the Bollywood industry.
What saves the movie are the beautiful locales, performances of Saif , Deepika, and John ,of course the hot bodies flaunted in the entire movie by the entire cast except Anil Kapoor, and the music of the movie.
Race was not an intelligent movie but it still was entertaining. It had something that kept you interested. Race 2 is stupid, silly, ridiculous and filled with sub plots that don’t have any meaning and therefore fails to entertain you.
I have kept my review short because there is nothing much to say about the movie. Go for it if you are a fan of lack luster dialogues ( tum na bade kameene ho), flying cars, cheap non veg jokes, skin show and of course a completely illogical plot.
To summarize, I want my money back and some free headache tablets.
