Ayan Mukerji’s ‘War 2’ (Hrithik Roshan, NTR Jr) is flabby but also kinda fun and watchable

The stars are fine, the stunts are fine, the globetrotting is fine, the spy stuff is fine, the twists are fine – but the film’s big enemy is that it goes on and on. The rest of this review may contain spoilers.

I liked the first War installment quite a bit, and one of the nicest things about War 2 is that it deepens the world of Kabir, the globetrotting protagonist played by Hrithik Roshan. We get to know about his childhood, which returns to haunt him in a big way. We get to know that he has ties with Khalid’s mother from the first film. The Vaani Kapoor character’s daughter returns, and it’s fun to note that this young adult has inherited Kabir’s James Bond traits. Even the so-called romantic interest played by Kiara Advani (called Kavya) is not someone Kabir just met. They go back to when they were children, and they have someone in common. The director Ayan Mukerji and the writers (Shridhar Raghavan, Abbas Tyrewala) come with solid masala credentials. They could have just spun a new adventure with a new villain. Instead, they show us how the past never really leaves us, even if you are a rogue spy who cannot afford to have attachments.

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