Dhoom 2 – Review

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If you go to the movie looking for some non-stop action, you might mostly end up disappointed. After all, Dhoom 2 is a bollywood movie and how can a bollywood movie that is looking to be a hit do without songs? And it is the songs that come in all sorts of odd places and start playing spoilsport. Many parts of the movie just drag on to add to the woes. There are a few good sequences …. for example the train robbery scene at the start, Hrithik’s escape after he commits the theft in the museum and the modus operandi of the theft itself.

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I think Dhoom 2 in its present form might have been a total disaster had it not been for Hrithik Roshan. Who knows … it might still end up as one. Without Hrithik, it would have been kind of difficult to sit through those scenes that seem to just drag on endlessly and those songs that have such an ordinary music that even dolby digital can’t do anything. Hrithik simply overshadows Abhishek who just doesn’t look capable enough to match him in anything. I was just thinking in the movie hall that the director and his crew had made a good decision not to bring Hrithik and Abhishek together in any of the songs, when this song suddenly came up that has both of them. Abhishek looks just short of stupid in it. He really needs to somehow improve his dancing skills. They are woefully inadequate.

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Bipasha Basu has been totally wasted … her presence in the second half seems to be just to give Uday Chopra some female company he is badly in search of. Aishwarya Rai at least has some role to be played in the movie. That being said, Uday has acted well I must say. Some of his day-dreaming scenes that appear on screen whenever he meets Bipasha are really funny.

About the story …. well I am not going to play spoilsport by revealing whatever little is there of it. If you like Hrithik, you should just go and watch this movie …. and thats probably all that is there to it too.

(Pictures courtesy www.dhoom-2.com

116 responses to “Dhoom 2 – Review”

  1. rhythm (fiji) Avatar
    rhythm (fiji)

    hi ,

    i guess after reading all ya pples comments…i dont wana watch this movie again…wat r u guys brain washers…

    the movie did average in all depts….acting on hrithik’s part is over done… i think that some scenes did not make sense and after all wat can u expect from a bollywood flick…

    Stunts were not conducted properly…while there was lack in bullets not hittin any of our super heroes…
    i wonder if the queens gured deserved a sniper when he was on top of the train….
    even a 7 yr old can throw a stone better ….the actions just doont make sense…

    and eventually where did ash come in…hehehehe…freakin gal…she looks better with clothes on while bhipasha knws her wardrobe no matter wat scene it is….

    i was just trippin bhipasha all the time…coz ash had no style and no looks to go with her dialogues…

    come on guys talk abt the story…. i dont see hw (Mr. A) got funds to initially be so capable…and where is his background…well he just happens to be a indian international thief with very good fighting skills…while being stupid enough to just fall in love with ash with little intell on her or hw she came to be in ….wat the hell……

    just…watch the damn movie in pirate…

  2. suresh Avatar

    I felt like Bollywood has finally caught up with Michael Mann (Miami Vide, the De Niro – Pacino flick…). They even copied those painfully sentimental scenes where each pair of characters catch up to shoot the breeze with elevator rock in the background! Without these scenes the movie would have been better.

    Ans whats with you folks… 41 comments for the Dhoom thread and virtually nothing for those carnatic concert reviews!

  3. Akshay Avatar
    Akshay

    I thought Dhoom 2 was a brilliant movie,hrithik was soo good in it, his dancing was amazing and him and aishwariya looked sooo good together!

  4. mech2 Avatar
    mech2

    AT LEAST IN THE END OF THIS YEAR WE SEE A GOOD ACTION MOVIE
    AND THE CHARACTERS ARE SUITABLY ALLOTED TO THE ACTOR & ACTRESS. THE HRITIK DANCE, ACTION , LOOK WAS AMAZING.
    ASH DANCE AND LOOK WAS FINE. HOOLYWOOD MOVIES DOING THE SAME THING AND EVERY INDIAN CLAPING AFTER SEEING THESE MOVIES. WITH LIMITED AND CHEAP TECHNOLOGY THE MOVIE HAS VERY GOD ACTION.

  5. Pamela Avatar
    Pamela

    Dhoom 2 was a wicked movie,good star cast and hrithik looking like a greek god stole the show! Hrithiks the best! i cant believe how multi talented he is. Hrithik is the best not only is he good at dancing and action he can act and on top of that he looks amazing! definetly the best in bollywood and hollywood!

  6. superman Avatar
    superman

    ..hr haters can go F**k Srk..Dhoom:2 Rulz..Mr.A Kicked DOn Ass..
    Watch the movie ..it was awesome!

  7. Mario Avatar
    Mario

    One has to be retarted to enjoy Dhoom 2. The movie was illogical and the script had too many flaws, bad acting. This movie is a total waste of time and money.

  8. axl rose Avatar
    axl rose

    wowwwwwww … this is one cool movie … cmon guys … all muvees have flaws … they are just meant for passing time and not for in-depth analysis!!! i dunno how u can say this movie sucks … it has raised the bar for bollywood action flicks. it is hritik’s movie rite frm reel 1. the stunts i thought were quite amazing … much more believable and real than a MI3 for ewxample … move over MI series … D2 is here … songs arent that great but the picturisation brings them alive. all in all … 4 out of 5

  9. Bobbie Avatar
    Bobbie

    I think dhoom 2 was an exellent movie, hrithik done a brilliant job, Shahruk won`t be able to pull it off the way hrithik has! Hrithik has the superstar quality which is lacking in Shahruk Khan. Shahrukh is only a good actor, but hrithik goes beyond that, he`s got the physique, dancing skills,he also does his own stunts, done challenging roles like in koi mil gaya, and on top of that looks like a greek god!I want to see hrithik in dhoom 3 too.

  10. Manisha Avatar
    Manisha

    Hey , people that didnt like Dhoom 2 diss to your face coz dhoom 2 is one of the biggest hits of this year! And i agree it deserves to be especially with hrithiks exellent performace!

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