In 2013’s film Commando, Vidyut Jammwal enthralled everyone
with his gravity-defying stunt sequences and kick-ass action scenes, so when it
was pronounced that the makers are planning a bigger and better sequel, hopes
were sky-high.
The Home Minister of India (Shefali Shah) assigns a four
member special unit, comprising a dedicated police officer (Freddy Daruwala),
ex-commando turned encounter specialist (Vidyut Jammwal), corrupt cop obsessed
with brands (Adah Sharma) and a hacker to undertake a covert operation.
Ex- Army Commando-turned- Special Cell operative Karan Dogra
(Jammwal) is on the trail of Vicky Chadda (Thakur Anoop Singh), an alleged
middle man of people holding hoards of black money in the post-demonetisation
scenario. Dogra jets off to Malaysia with brand-conscious encounter specialist
Bhawna Reddy (Adah Sharma), the robotic ACP Bakhtawar (Freddy Daruwala) and
geeky Zafar (Sumit Gulati), a hacker extraordinaire to bring back Vicky and his
wife Maria (Esha Gupta) to face trial in India.
But, the mission is compromised from day one and how Karan
manages to win the day despite the countless double crosses and twists, forms
the rest of the plot.
Vidyut Jammwal looks flamboyant with his unruly mane and
bulging muscles and he can pull off overwhelming action scenes with effortless
ease. Vidyut still has a long way to go if he wants to be a good actor. Adah
Sharma has overdone the Hyderabadi pronunciation and has nothing much to offer
in terms of act while Freddy confines himself to staring threateningly at the
camera. Esha is beautiful.
Film Commando 2 may be better in terms of budget, but when
it comes to content, the previous version is better than this sequel version.
Commando was made with simplicity and decency, which appealed to audiences, but
with Commando 2, the makers have gone out of their ways to cook up a forced
plot, which combined with a feeble screenplay, poor acts and ordinary
dialogues, makes an average film. There are a lot of needless endorsement of
Government campaigns like 'Swachh Bharat' and Demonetisation, which may make
you irritating. Director Deven Bhojani tries too hard to evoke intrigue but the
feeble script leaves no room for thrill.
Commando 2 takes us to global hotspots in its tracking of
the black money and the well-dressed criminals who handle the cash, but is
hampered by an absence of freshness.
Overall, it is worthy to watch once for its beautiful exotic
settings and high octane action sequences.
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