Race 2 (2013)

Pretty Good

Great Film overall

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

After the Abbas Mastan hit of 2008 "Race", was waiting very patiently for the sequel and after much fanfare and hype Race 2 joins the long list of Bollywood sequels to hit cinema in the past few years.Sadly Race 2 comes no where near the original and disappoints big time.The only saving grace is Saif, his expressions, acting and charisma is what carried the movie. From the start of the movie when he bets millions on the roulette in the casino he truly does justice to his role. Sadly the Writer lets him down with the flawed script holes. One example is Omisha (Jacqueline) posing as Sonia's (Bipasha) sister, assuming that Saif's character has never seen her picture!!!. Also why no villain checks the bounty completely after the deal is made even if the amount is not in millions but billions!!! etc etc.John Abraham and Deepika lack the chemistry of brother and sister. Of course they cannot act either.Why did Anil Kapoor has to choose this role is beyond my wildest imaginations, i know his character loves fruits but the fruity jokes were one too many and got stale at the end. Amisha Patel is forgetful as the secretary Cherry, another bad character choice for her.Jacqueline Fernandez walks through her role like a robot, the girl can't act even if here life depends on it.Overall 4 stars due to some decent Songs and cinematography.

There is no imagination, or rather stupid imagination all through the movie. The amount of money thrown around is obscene...for the first time a bollywood movie talks in billions of Euros. The special effects are childish, the premise and the so called twists are crazy. Its all about being glamorous, the script proves that no brains have been applied. I cant think of enough bad adjectives for this movie. I couldn't avoid watching it, but do yourselves a favor and stay away from it. I was feeling embarrassed watching it, the makers should have been ashamed. Lets take one example of the multitude in this movie. a car is fitted with a bomb that would burst if the speed is reduced. So Saif removes it while the car is doing 100+, but lo and behold, the bomb has no wiring connected to anything in the car. its just stuck there, he pulls it and throws it away. So how would it have tripped if the speed was reduced? Just one of the hundreds of examples of asinine non logics in this movie. Stay AWAY!!

RACE 2 ( 2013 )I love watching thrillers, action movies. Movies that truly makes you go wow!! And you have the highest adrenaline rush while watching it. 'RACE' the previous part of 'RACE 2' was one such movie. It gave twist after twist and surprised me totally. So when heard about the second part of it, I had already made my mind to watch it. and I am equally thrilled as last time.'RACE 2' has a very stylish star cast. John Abraham in place of Akshaye Khanna. Jacqueline, Deepika padukone and Amisha patel in place of Katrina kaif, Sameera Reddy and Bipasha. Saif Ali Khan as Ranveer Singh and Anil Kapoor as his best buddy continues as in previous version. This is a revenge story of the characters and they all are blessed with lots of Greed. Money and Betrayal is there in full power which causes for the twists in the story. Except for Saif's and Anil Kapoor's character, we wont know who is whose who till the last minute. That uncertainty is the best part about 'RACE 2' as it was in 'RACE'.The movie is international and we shouldn't be logical when watching this. The money that these characters deal with is unimaginable in normal sense and little 'too much'. But this being a movie where its all for money, amount can be anything. So leave that. The director duo wanted it to be a bigger hit than the first part so they have repeated some 'ingredients' from the previous recipe. Atif aslam song, an exclusive song to woo Saif's character ( Touch me in RACE and Lat lag gayi in this) , a last scene between Saif and Anil where some last doubts of we the audience are cleared. Could have avoided these repetitions. Also the songs in number. 'Lat lag gayee' was unnecessary. Saif was already finding it hard to dance in previous songs and then came this. As same as Saif and they both have made the song dull. 'Be intehaan' in a typical romantic duet style didn't look good. But the title track 'Allah Duhai' was stunningly superb in making. The choreographer deserves a big thumbs up for it. Songs being good and groovy doesn't make you bored in between the movie or does it slow down the pace.The new characters introduced of John, Jacqueline, Deepika are really cool for the plot. Except for Jacqueline, impressive performance from the cast. John doesn't have any new expressions to show so he has been asked to show his body more. Jacqueline's dialogue delivery and expression does not seem to sync anywhere. Amisha patel was good with what she had to do but her character was limited in the script. She could have been given more to do on screen. The story being ultra-modern , the ladies are all stunningly hot in this flick. I would call this a rich script which is required essentially for an entertaining thriller. Though some action scenes were out of the world, I don't mind it that much. A good experience provided you are familiar with the nature of 'RACE'. Its all about Betrayal and Winning..

The collective IQ of all the people involved in this movie should measure less than 100. Vapid dialogs, sleaze, unbelievable special effects( really no one with half a brain can believe it). Abbas Mustan rely on the age old bollywood trick to copy movies from Hollywood with the ardent hope that no one has ever watched them. Scenes are shamelessly lifted from National Treasure, Oceans 11, Transporter and many more! The female leads are plastic. No surprises there. Anil Kapoor is asked to make a fool of himself. John is unconvincing as the conniving villain. Saif's acting skills are mostly not required to portray such a poorly written role. 2 points for a plot that might vaguely convince you to sit through 2.5 hours of bland troll.