Force 2: Same old force

Cast: John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Genelia D’Souza

Rated: 6/10

Had Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unannounced demonetisation drive not been under progress, Force 2 would have made more eyeballs and, hence, more money.

But despite daringly opening on a week that is more about queues to the bank rather than ones to the cinema halls (despite cashless transaction offers), it may not make the money it could have. Nevertheless, it is a slickly made, edgy, fast-paced spy thriller that comes with a lot of recall value — and, of course, the unrelenting muscle mania of John Abraham.

In this one, his wife is dead but not her memories, the villain is of an all new make, the chase hopping from China to Budapest and the plot full of suspense. Genelia has been replaced by a much thinned down Sonakshi Sinha who, by the way, has a can’t-shoot-down hang-up which RA&W agents can only ill afford. Her partner on the hunt, is as John Abraham generally is: Man of few words, lots of muscle and crinkly eyes, trying to overwhelm the world with his twitching body parts which you may or may not be the types to like. But then he is John and that’s the only way you will get him, take it or leave it.

The baby-faced villain Tahir Raj Bhasin has played his role to the hilt, making you love him, pity him, hate him and fear him, all in one go. He too, like our lady Sonakshi has a hang-up, an anti-India one which, as it turns out later in the day, is actually a niggle embedded in a dirty RA&W file in which there is a dead agent and a filthy disowning.

All in all, a force yes but not really to reckon with. 

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 20 November, 2016