RACE
2 ~ A PowerPack Entertainment with the Powerless Plot ~
Movie Review: RACE 2 (2013) *** Rating
Theatre Release: 25 January 2013 (India)
Language: Hindi
Direction : UTV Motion
Pictures | TIPS Films
Genre: Action Thriller
Viewers Group: 13+
The Critique Lab Score
Board
AVA Score: 7 (Max 10)
AVA Medal
Honor™© : Silver
Recommended Level : High
Reference
(Ŏ BRONZE Medal Ŏ SILVER Medal Ŏ Titanium Medal Ŏ GOLD Medal Ŏ PLATINUM Medal)
(L-Low M-Moderate H-High D-Don’t Miss it)
(Ŏ BRONZE Medal Ŏ SILVER Medal Ŏ Titanium Medal Ŏ GOLD Medal Ŏ PLATINUM Medal)
(L-Low M-Moderate H-High D-Don’t Miss it)
Race 2 starts
with a motto ‘Betrayal is survival’ and it justifies the same beautifully in
style. Also the production design and value of this movie is equivalent to
those of Hollywood movies without any compromise, Director Duo Abbas Mastan has
done a fabulous job in making their movie highly stylish, sleek and sexy but it
lacks the excitement. Why? Read on
Race 2 begins
with a new player Armaan Malik (John Abraham) , an ex-boyfriend of the previous
race player. A revenge starts with
another and thus Race begins. Race 2 like its predecessor is sleek and stylish
shot in exotic locations of Istanbul but it has a screenplay very similar to the RACE (2008).
Those who have seen RACE (2008) will not find many things unpredictable; since
beginning every move played has a
pre-revealed sense to the audience and thus whether it’s the approaching of RD
(Anil Kapoor) to the Armaan Malik, chameleon characters of Lady leads almost
everything was predictable.
Abbas- Mustan,
Duo Director of RACE(2008) and RACE 2 must be congratulate first for brining
the absolute International production value to this particular movie whether it
was a colour changing of playing cards, the classic chase between Saif Ali Khan
and the assassinatior ,stealing from Church,John Abraham fighting sequence in
the ring and climax all were supremely shot without compromise in quality
unlike stupid ‘Prince’ ;in recent years
I haven’t seen many Hollywood
movie of this genre which promise more than this in terms of production value. But the basic
plot of the movie is very hollow, it is badly asking for a strong screenplay
and the story. Also at few places technology like security cameras becomes a
hindrance to a thriller like this where the
audience starts expecting hidden camera
or microphone in each twisting plot. A human brain is more thrilling than
gadgets many a times.
Performances ,
well Saif Ali Khan has been exceptionally well since his entry as a shrewd and calculative
player . John Abraham as Armaan Malik did a decent job and both lady leads , Deepika
Padukone and Jacqueline Fernandez look hot as demanded by the script. Anil
Kapoor and Amisha Patel were good comic paired. But definitely Aditya Pancholi
in cameo appearance successfully made his presence felt impressively.
Background
score by Salim Sulaiman is good but the
songs are more average than the earlier
RACE (2008) thou Cinematography by Ravi Yadav is exceptionally good. Shiraz
Ahmad the script writer could be blamed for the stale and weak plot, he was
expected to design the murder of Ranvir singh wife logically , just one linear
explanation ‘woh mere paise lekar bhag gaye thee (she ran away with my money)’
to the core plot of the movie looks silly.
Director Duo
Abbas Mastan gives their more than 100% to make Race 2 much bigger than before,
more stylish,more grandeur, more sexier than before; if you haven’t seen
RACE(2008) this RACE2 is definitely for you, If yes then still it’s a paisa
vasool movie comparing other releases of January 2013. Go for it!
Regards
Your’s AvA
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