Sadly Over-hyped

ridiculous rating

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Tightly done action sequences, lots of glamour and one liners that cater to the classes and the masses is what makes Race 2 worth a watch. While the ensemble cast has done a super job of making a gripping thriller -- would call it a thriller rather than a suspense-thriller because the suspense is very predictable -- after a long time in Bollywood, the climax and music are the two sore points of the movie.One must then watch Race 2 for Saif, who with his polished dialogue deliveries and smart one-liners, Abraham, who has played a scheming businessman with aplomb and of course for all the three ravishing ladies who also know how to act. First blockbuster of 2013!

I loved Race !! The 1st part was so entertaining plus well written and directed. It kept me hooked till the last scene.Race 2 is a pain to watch!! Easily one of the worst sequels made in Bollywood. While there was style and substance in Race, the sequel is only style. Pity this comes from Abbas-Mustan duo who gave us good action thrillers in past like Khiladi, Bazigaar, Soldier, etc. It seems like the duo have lost form. Their previous outing 'Players' was a complete bore and easily should win hands down the award for the worst remake of a Hollywood film i.e. Italian job.Comin to Race 2. It is a revenge story this time. Fine but somewhere in the middle, I felt that Saif's character was a James Bond. His character plays poker and has 3 aces, excellent archer, so good at fencing that Jacqueline is semi nude at the end of the duel, chases a contract killer across town on feet, performs some unbelievable stunts, steals the Shroud of Turin and saves himself by driving the car from a plane in mid air. Wow..see it to believe it.Except of Saif and John, others put up a horrible show. Even Anil Kapoor is not in form and delivers only one good dialogue abt popping the cherry. There will be a Race 3 for sure. Hope its as good as part 1.

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..

Abbas-Mustan has made their career churning thrillers which worked earlier but off recent their films were badly made ones like 36 China Town, Naqaab and Players. Race(2008) however succeeded though it was a bad rehash of Goodbye Lover with so many twists that it got messy in the end.But as per the current trend there decided to make a sequel. The problem with bollywood thrillers, is that there try to mix masala,songs and try to make the film appeal to everyone thus loosing it's essence. Race 2 follows the same template of the original, it has twists which keep coming, so much that you're sure in advance that the twist will happen. The film starts off well, John's character is well handled, even Saif's character is well introduced. Just like the original, here too it starts with a voice-over by Anil Kapoor. The film does get attention grabbing initially one awaits what will happen next, There are some irritants, one being Anil and Amisha's characters which try too hard to make you laugh at the wrong places. In AM's earlier films Johny Lever was used to evoke laughter,he also was in the original but here the director uses Anil and Amisha for comic relief which does get irritating. Even for people who watch Hollywood films, like Skyfall, will be disappointed as the CGI in the stunts all come across as laughable, even there will laugh throughout at the film at the poor attempt at aping the west. But that apart, the first half has a smooth sailing, but there are several loopholes in the script, the heist looks too easy paling compared to the ones witnessed in recent Hollywood films, though this comparison maybe wrong but yet the way the heist is conducted looks pathetic. John's fight is well handled though I don't understand what was the use of making it look like a fight from Dabaang in between with close ups of John's chest getting bashed and the Matrix Inspired flying. The fight in the plane looks so laughable it makes you cringe, also the CGI reminds you of films made in the 1990s, The climax leaves a window open for a part III, Be warned. The film ends just like the original.Direction by Abbas Mustan is good in parts Music is superb, most songs retain the same kinda style of the original, The Party song is superb, Lat Lag Gayi is superb too, Allah Duhai is a fantastic number but it looks forced in the film. John can't dance, even Saif and Anil aren't that great dancers and it makes it laughable. Camera-work is superb, the various locales add spunk to the film, like in all AM films, SFX is terrible Dialogues range from laughable to some smart ones.Saif Ali Khan reprises his role from the original and yet again does a superb job though it's hardly too demanding for his calibre. In his intro he has a blonde hair look which is never seen in the film, perhaps for his next film Go Goa Gone. John Abraham looks cool and returns to villainy after ages, perhaps his last being Zinda, he plays his part well though it doesn't demand much from him either, Though he does tend to get laughable when he screams especially during the fight scenes. Deepika Padukone after her superb act in Cocktail(with Saif again) is quite good in her part, though it doesn't demand much from her either. Jackqueline Fernandez is terrible, she looks also very terrible except in the Lat Lag Gayi song, with her uncontrolled hair. Her voice is dubbed(Surprisingly like in the original where Katrina's voice was dubbed awfully too), she makes you cringe with her bad performance, she has never been known as an actress and has to work hard on. Anil Kapoor is wasted in his role though he does add some funny moments but from the actor of his calibre it looks disgusting, also some of the PJS are in bad taste. Amisha Patel is headache inducing, in her role an equally pathetic Sameera Reddy had done in the original. She has billed as a special appearance though her role is throughout. Amongst rest Aditya Panscholi in a cameo, does the same role he has been doing off recently in most films, he has hardly 2-3 scenes though he does his job well yet it is getting repetitive. Amongst rest Rajesh Khattar is okay.Bipasha has a blink and miss role.