Commando 2

Commando 2: The Black Money Trail wants to be a slick, socially conscious thriller about financial corruption, but it's really just a vehicle for Vidyut Jammwal to showcase his undeniable physical prowess. And that's both the film's saving grace and its fundamental problem. Jammwal remains one of Bollywood's most impressive action performers, his martial arts background evident in every meticulously choreographed fight sequence. When he's flipping through the air, disarming opponents with brutal efficiency, or navigating impossible physical situations, the film crackles with kinetic energy. Director Deven Bhojani clearly knows he has a genuine action star on his hands, and the opening sequence delivers on that promise with spectacular intensity. But the moment the story demands anything beyond physicality, the entire enterprise starts to buckle under the weight of its convoluted plotting and half-baked social commentary. The script attempts to tackle the timely issue of black money laundering, positioning our heroes as a specialized unit tasked with bringing down a financial criminal who's moved his ill-gotten gains overseas. It's a premise with potential, especially in the context of India's real-world struggles with economic corruption. But the execution is frustratingly superficial. The narrative pretends toward complexity, layering twist upon twist, but none of it coheres into anything resembling genuine intrigue. Instead, you get a cat-and-mouse chase that feels arbitrary, with characters making baffling decisions purely to service the next action setpiece or manufactured revelation. Logic takes a backseat so frequently that you stop questioning the absurdities and just wait for the next fight scene. The supporting cast struggles with material that gives them almost nothing to work with. Freddy Daruwala as the dedicated police officer, Adah Sharma as the supposedly comic-relief corrupt cop, and the rest of the four-member team are sketched so thinly they barely register as characters. Sharma's attempt at Hyderabadi-inflected humor lands with a thud, the writing unable to decide if she's meant to be funny, morally compromised, or both. Esha Gupta appears intermittently, looking glamorous but serving little narrative purpose beyond being a distraction. Shefali Shah, a consistently excellent actress, is wasted in a role that reduces her to making phone calls and delivering exposition. The Home Minister character feels like a narrative convenience rather than a person, someone who exists solely to push the plot forward whenever it stalls. Visually, the film has moments. The Malaysia locations provide some gloss, and certain action sequences are framed with competence. But Bhojani's direction often feels derivative, borrowing heavily from the Mission Impossible playbook and various American action franchises without adding a distinctive voice. The background score, particularly the repetitive "Commando commando" chant during fight scenes, becomes grating rather than rousing. It's the kind of filmmaking that mistakes loudness for intensity, hoping bombast will compensate for lack of substance. At over two hours, the film overstays its welcome significantly. Sequences drag, the pacing lurches unevenly, and by the third act, even the action starts to feel monotonous. There's a decent 90-minute action thriller buried somewhere in here, but it's been stretched and padded until the whole thing sags. Commando 2 isn't without entertainment value if you're willing to completely shut off your brain and just absorb Jammwal's impressive physicality, there's enjoyment to be had. But as a thriller, as social commentary, or as anything requiring narrative coherence, it's a frustrating misfire.

Vidyut Jammwal step in again as Commando with bigger mission but script let down him. Director Deven Bhojani failed to engage the audience from beginning to Climax. Script has some many twist and turns so it look like Abbas Mastan's flick. Adah Sharma was totally usually with her Hyderabadi ascent. Esha Gupta was good in her role. Freddy Daruwala and Shefali Shah's character were so confusing till the end.Music was totally unimpressive."Commando- Commando" as background was totally wasted. It is better to watch previous installment Commando at home with family.

Continuation of the action hit with Vidyut Jammwal

Four years after the first film, Karan (Vidyut Jammwal), the one-man army, is back. This time he is on the hunt for black money that is withheld from poor Indian farmers. This time, lone fighter Karan has to prove himself as a team player, because he can't even handle this huge task alone. The team includes: a real computer geek (Sumit Gulati as Zafar), a shopping-crazy combat expert (Adah Sharma as Bhavna Reddy) and an obscure chief strategist (Freddy Daruwala as Bakhtawar Khan). Can they all cooperate with fighting machine Karan? Well, we'll see.

First we go to Malaysia, where the main person responsible for the black money scandal, a bank employee named Vicky Chaddha, was arrested. The responsible minister (Shefali Shah) from the Indian government can hardly believe her luck if there weren't some problems in her private household... In Malaysia, Karan and his colleagues meet the beautiful wife of the arrested Vicky. Not even the otherwise ascetic Karan can take his eyes off this absolute dream woman named Maria (Esha Gupta). And she too - despite the presence of her husband, who sits in a wheelchair - seems very impressed by the battle-hardened muscle mountain. A short time later, an unexpected event occurs that reshuffles all the cards...

You can already tell that a lot has changed, especially in the character drawing of protagonist Karan. But that creates room for bizarre secondary characters. Bhavna Reddy's shopping addiction is good for many a laugh. And Freddy Daruwala, who briefly appeared in "Force 2" (also produced by Reliance Entertainment) as Yash's (John Abraham) old friend, is convincing as an obscure colleague/antagonist. Esha Gupta as Maria is pure eye candy, but is also good for surprises.

As in the first part, the action is outstanding. Vidyut Jammwal simply delivers, all his fights are absolute blasts. The only thing that stands out is his fight with bodybuilder KP (Thakur Anoop Singh). Vidyut Jammwal should actually be much better known by now, his agility is simply phenomenal.

The South African Franz Spilhaus, who rightly received a nomination (for Best Action) at the Filmfare Awards, was once again responsible for the stunt coordination.

Well worth seeing for action fans! There is no singing either, only the Commando theme from the first film is played.

Others might have reviewed this movie as oh-so-cool, Hollywood-ish, lots-of- TWISTS, etc but this movie doesn't live up to the standards of Commando 1 by the same hero - Vidyut. Well, there are NO TWISTS - the entire movie is CLEARLY PREDICTABLE - start to finish - and looks naive from audience point of view.

Vidyut is a great stunt actor and can be called the "Jackie Chan of India" but the director failed to leave any impression with the story or screenplay. The Jackie- Chan/Tony-Jha style flipping-over-automobiles, sliding-under-tucks, jumping- through-tiny-windows, running and chasing through the city is average at best and you won't get impressed. What is sad is that there are way too many DEADLY stunts in this movie (in Bangkok and Malaysia) compared to Commando 1 but they fail to impress as much as Commando 1 stunts did. Hero dodging hundreds of bullets from dozens of goons is exaggerated while another police officer simply DIES from a bullet to his SHOULDER!!! Seriously?? How can anyone die from a bullet wound to a shoulder???? I'm sure any other director with the same action scenes would have left a lasting and memorable impression - higher than Commando 1. Don't miss the old Commando 1 and watch it from the START and see all the beautiful and magnificent Camera work!!

Some viewers commented this movie has lots of twists - that's too naive and obviously they haven't watched any great movies. It is called a twist when one character fools another character in the movie but not when the characters fool the AUDIENCE all through the movie to reveal the facts at the end!! That's as dumb as 1960's story-writing. If you consider these tricks as twists, you need help :)

Some hilarious comedy in the form of heroine speaking Telugu and broken English is refreshing but again things are stretched too far.

Script was dull and boring. So this one failed to entertain.