Thevaya enakku indha vendatha vedhanai?...despite scores of warnings, I watched Dhoom 2...pls...I know, appadi andha padathula enna thaan irukunu paaka poi maatikitten :(
Plus en janma virodhi(I've put a reward on his head now) said that you just might catch a glimpse of John Abraham...so there!
I think the whole of Yashraj shouldn't be allowed to produce movies. It's turning out to be quite a threat to mankind. Now to the punch bag which i just love doing...I got loads for this movie, let me get to them one at a time:

Hrithik: Flaring ugly nostrils are his idea of gr8 acting. Thank god he doesn't do that in this movie. What he does manage to do is dance; I thought we were going to witness someone like the ice cool Kabir, but what do we have; Michael Jackson meets Mcqueen? Oh boy...this conman can actually spend time trying out those john players outfits, wierd wigs and shaking a leg. I hope Danny Ocean is listening. And did you say acting?...c'mon when did this guy EVER act? Kudos to Hrithik for making a lover boy even out of this character... *barf*!

P.S: Most hillarious sequence I've seen in recent times; Hrithik wearing an old man get up melts a man hole cover
(yawn) and jumps in only to emerge on the other side in that 'fountain' and viola, dressed in that body hugging black whatever. Now I can really picture him ripping his clothes and beard off him as he was running underground; guess the last time someone did that was in one of those scary movies (some dumb blonde!). They should have shown that; it would have given all the comic flicks a run for their money.

Ash-tray: Wow, I just love thrashing this one; that's the only thing it's fit for :) She's lost so much weight (inspiration Bips?) that she looks like one of those famished pale women from the German concentration camp; and of course over aged for the role. Does a couple of unnecessary good dances and lip synchs to that irritating 'crazy kiya re' (how do they come up with lyrics like that?). And her attempt at acting is just as pathetic as ever; really even the dumbest of bimbos learned to act by the time they were her age; I mean look at Raveena in films like Mohra...and then look at what she did 10 years later. Look at our very own Simran in films like Nerukku ner and VIP and then kannathil muthamittal. But ash...wow, she only gets worse with time. And this time she attempts to be the glamourous siren with loads of attitude, something that comes naturally to a lot of other actresses...it's almost enraging! :D
'Are you like checking me out?' I never felt like killing an actress before, but looking at the way this was delivered, I am re-thinking!

Bipasha: I like this actress. Guess she along with Sush are the only ones who have some brains in mainstream bollywood. And both of them spell attitude. She's been completely wasted in this movie. Bips dont sign movies with yashraj; ditto for ur beau. She's in this movie for skimpy clothes and god...they had to create a twin out of her character obviously coz they can't get a police officer to walk (read pose) around Rio clad in an itsy bitsy bikini. Pathetic!

Abhishek Bachan: He's ugly. He's dull. He sucks...big time. Worst line 'tumse milkar bada maza ayega mr A' yeah yeah. Abhishek should stick to RGV and Mani Ratnam only. They're the only ones who can make him look good, and more so make him act. Otherwise he's so trying to be his papa-like that's it's annoying.
P.S: Another funny one here. Did you know that they make submarines that look like water scooters? A.B uses one such thing in this movie, he appears from nowhere from under the water, flies over a boat and shoots down a couple of guys in the meantime before getting back on water. And yeah, there's also a hitch hiking on a parachute.

Chopra guy: He's in this movie because they wanted some jackass on steroids for this movie and since he's completely jobless being the loser that he is and since no one else would sign him and since he's a chopra and probably they dont have to pay him (cost cutting ya see). I've got no more lines to waste on this one.

That's all that this film has to offer?...not really. There's more. Some really 'brilliant' cons like the one at the museum, train.Dhoom 2 would have been a cult hit had it been officially released as a spoof; but then the director thought that it's possible to pass this off as a serious con movie in India and I must say he has succeeded in doing that. It's always house full!...I dont believe the number of morons in our country. After watching a movie called Aankhen I thought this genre can get a following in Indian film industry, but Dhoom series gives that hope a lethal blow. There would be more such plastic films coming our way, may be a ghoom or a jhoom or god forbid a Dhoom 3...but pls...the likes of RGV, Kamal and Mani Ratnam, pls make a world class con movie....puhlease!

P.S: That reminds me...There's a movie called The Italian Job; not the one starring Ed Norton, Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron...but the original Italian Job starring a much younger and handsome Michael Caine. It's one of the best cons I've ever seen. And a world class parody ...try and get a DVD from one of those lending libraries; might be difficult to get, but worth all that trouble. Truly a gem and has one of the best endings.
'You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!'
P.P.S: Guess Yashraj will soon be back in town with another no brainer Kabul Express…the promos feature a John Abraham looking absurdly happy (is that lip gloss he’s wearing?....shudder!) and an Arshad Warsi who seems to have the larger half of the Pizza…But I like circuit so I just might watch this one :)

Song on: I don't feel like dancing
Mood: Okay

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