Don 2 – Review

I got to admit the into look of SRK with long locks was impressive inspite of age catching up on his face.  Yes, the fans bursted into claps and whistles when the king walked like a Cheshire cat but as the movie went on the claps were far and very few or almost nil shortly.

By now in Don 2 has become the king of drug cartel in Asia pacific region and wants to spread his empire to Europe, so naturally he invites the wrath of the drug mafia there who wants him dead. He surrenders to Malaysian police headed by Malik (Om Puri) and his deputy Roma (Priyanka chopra) and goes to jail where Vardhaan (Bomman Irani) is cooling his heels.  Though Bomman Irani bays for Don’s blood, Don embraces him with peace offer and Don sets their escape from the Jail.  And why? Don plans a mega bank heist.  And then you get some moments of Italian Job, actions of Die Hard, Lethal weapon etc and then the movie concludes with how Don foxes everyone again including the dumbest Roma and Malik and the German police as well as his other enemies.

Kunal Kapoor comes as a computer geek who aids the don in his heist. He is convincing in his small role and the ladies Lara Dutta as don candy and Priyanka has nothing much to boast upon.  More pitiful is Bomman Irani who is clueless and lost with a side kick kind of role that never gives him an opportunity to come of his own.

Surprisingly for a SRK movie, the songs are just plain average and forgettable.

GingerChai verdict: Don 2 is your average bollywood action flick stylishly made with all the don-ism and SRK’s king-ism trademarks but fails short to its expectation. For a die hard SRK fan it has loads of elements to be happy and carries forward the Don brand king size. Yes you can watch it once, thankfully it is much better than Ra.One and of course you know what to expect from a Bollywood masala entertainer powered by a super star.