Movie Review: Gadar 2

 

Michael's Movie Grade: C

An okay action film from India.

Despite its major flaws, there is still enough here for Bollywood fans to enjoy. For an action movie like this, the main characters serve their jobs quite well. They do not come off as particularly deep here but they do not need to be. The main heroes are easy to like and root for and the villain is easy to hate. While this may be very basic stuff, it does makes us care about what happens to these characters. The action scenes are a lot of fun. Though it may take too long to get to the action scenes, when they come along they are simply too over the top not too enjoy. The pure gleeful absurdity of these scenes simply put a big smile on my face. The song numbers here are also really good. Not only are the songs well written and fun to listen to, but the visuals accompanying them on screen are just as delightful. 

The main problem with this film is that it is much longer than it needs to be. This is a simple action movie with a simple story, there is simply no need for it to be approaching three hours. Honestly this movie could have been an hour shorter and could have worked much better. Many of the early scenes in this film and the romantic scenes all could have been cut without losing anything. The romance scenes are also simply not very interesting at all. The attempts at humor in this film also mostly fall flat. 

This may not be a great film, but it makes for a decent trip to the movies.