Forced.

Hey guys I am finally back from a relaxing cum shopping madness Holiday, went to Thailand and like a normal girl went crazy with the endless shopping streets and the super yum street food. Soon will share my vacation details and some cool pictures on the blog. After coming back next morning went straight to the theatre and watched the long due film Force 2. One more sequel this month after Rock On 2, second edition of Force came out almost after five years. John Abraham is back as the Psycho cum more powerful Mumbai cop, Genelia (his wife) is seen in few flashes and looks like a girl next door. Sonakshi Sinha plays the role of RAW agent as K.K aka Kamaljeet Kaur and Tahir Raj Bhasin is seen playing the negative role in the film in the role of Shiv and Rudra Pratap Singh.

Film as always opens up with full Bollywood style heroism flaunting Yash’s body and action punching skills. Moving on to how his best friend played by Freddy Daruwala who is also a RAW agent is killed in China. Certain signs and proofs lead Yash to go to RAW officers and then an assignment to find out same old villain who is a traitor. K.K is Yash’s partner in this mission. They head to Budapest to find the Bad Guy and all the chase and run begins. After a point the running car scenes get too long and predictable. Finally there is some decoding happening and the reason for all the actions by Shiv cum Rudra is revealed. Boman Irani is seen in a small role of Rudra’s father who was also a RAW agent and was murdered and all this was a revenge for his father’s murder and false accusations of being a traitor.

The message behind the film has a great meaning to it, but fails to transfer it well to the audience. Action thriller genre director Abhinay Deo who has directed films and also the famous Indian Television series, 24, directs the film. Poor direction skills are quite obviously visible through out the film. The villainous gestures of Shiv remind you of Joker from Batman series. John looks quite repetitive like Dishoom, angry psycho poker faced cop and not to forget our Martial arts queen who is back again doing Maar Dhaad after Akira and has this weird relationship with Guns, I mean come on if you are one of the best RAW agents how can you have gun phobia, Weird. Music and Camera work of the film have nothing great to offer.

Costumes of the film are done by Zsófi Ferencz and Moiz Kapadia. Being a RAW and Cop related film Costumes had to be quite simple and recognizable. Yash was seen in tight fitted T-Shirts with regular cargos and jeans in fixed muted browns and greys. Looks were layered with leather jackets and army jackets with those woodland kind suede shoes. Hairstyle was pretty regular John Abraham style, which he usually maintains. K.K was seen wearing formal trousers with crisp fitted shirts and trench with boots. Eventually which shifts to skinny jeans, v-neck tees and leather jackets. Asli Sona has lost a lot of weight, which was quite visible, and she looked good with that short hairstyle. I wish her make up was not too sharp, with those bright lips and those contoured cheeks.

Shiv’s look again was quite simple as he played a hidden RAW agent cum spy and tried to portray a complete regular life. Living in Europe, one could see the influence with those consistent clothing with a hint of those English checkered berets, jackets and mufflers and those nerd glasses. Continuity bit of the film was pretty crucial as there were too long scenes and major fight scenes. So make up and look was pretty well intact except for the fact Sona Ma’am’s make up never came off and was perfect all the time.

Sometimes I really sit and wonder, Bollywood wants to create realism in the films but fails miserably because of these minute details, which really needs to be taken care of. There needs to be some balance between Heroism and Realism to make the film work.

Now looking forward to Dear Zindagi by the English Vinglish director Gauri Shinde, guys come back on Sunday for my views on it, till then have a great weekend.

Love,

Cine Closet.