Don 2 is definitely entertaining and gripping thorughout most of its
length.Interesting Storyline, Tight Direction Decent performances by
all, Very Stylized treatment, International Standards in filming and
very hollywood-ie treatment overall but the soul of the movie is not in
the script/story but rather in just chasing hollywood and seeking
acceptance internationally. Its just another Mission Impossible served
for Indian audience. A Definite Recommend if you are an SRK fan and
don't watch a lot of hollywood action movies. Also, to see how quickly
the gap is being bridged in the quality of filming and not to mention
its very tight and gripping treatment throughout the most length to keep
you engrossed and does not let you bore.
The plot
revolves around Don wanting to steal Euro Printing Plates from a Bank in
Berlin and in the process get Immunity from Various International
police forces around the world for the acts done by him in the past. He
ropes in his old arch rival Vardhaan (Boman Irani), A contract killer
Jabbar and Ali (Kunal Kapoor). The rest of the plot revolves around
'how' he manages to do it and has its own share of twists and turns
almost every 20 minutes, which keep you in your seat and provide you the
'Ab kya hoga' moments.
The best part about the movie is
its overall look and feel. The cinematography is definitely
International Standards and you don't get a feeling of watching a
Bollywood movie. Well, almost if you ignore the same old Rahul/Raj SRK
donning the Don Cap.The Action Sequences are also very neat and done in a
very spectacular fashion. No complaints there either.
On
the negative part, there are two things i can't ignore. One is a
perennial SRK problem, He NEVER plays a character, It doesn't matter if
he is Raj or Rahul or Don, he is still the same SRK playing himself. The
arms wide open, the knee half bent romancing the female lead. I'm sure
all of us want him to go back to his Darr, Baazigar days when he was not
the ever-romancing Rahul and please stick with the character in the
next if possible.
Secondly, the whole idea of the movie is
to prove a point to hollywood, just like Ra.One. Hollywood is a billion
years away from us in terms of quality of filmmaking, Scale and
Originality. No matter how good a copy you make, it is still a copy. It
would definitely be considered a spectacular movie in the Tier 2
cities. But for metros where audience (may) see more hollywood movies in
an year than bollywood, it is just another hollywood action/thriller
rip off. There is too much Mission Impossible in it in almost all
sequences. On One hand it's good that the mainstream bollywood fan would
be able to see the hollywood quality in a bollywood movie, but it takes
away from the soul of indian film making. We should be telling stories
rather than chasing something done already. But yeah, that's a macro
point not related to this movie per se. So ignore it anyways.
Overall:
A very Tightly treated and gripping narrative providing edge of the
seat excitement (for bollywood standards) with very International look
and feel, though has too much of Chasing Hollywood. Recommended Surely
(if you haven't already)
Feel-O-Meter: 7/10