God. Forgive me that I thought Ghajini was illogical, for I was yet to watch CC2C then.
Honestly, I have never been a big fan of Akshay Kumar comedies. They are mostly about a dumb guy doing dumb stuffs. (I hardly find them funny, but obviously rest of India doesn’t think so, or they wouldn’t have been the huge hits that they are) Such a movie does two things: either it actually makes you laugh or it makes you wonder how the hell anyone can be that dumb. In this case, it makes you want to pull your hair out! This movie is a mish-mash of every hit formula you have seen in movies till now. It has a little bit of Sholay (Gordon Liu playing a Chinese Gabbar), a little bit of Kung-Fu Panda (A clumsy lovable ‘Poo’ Akshay Kumar learning Kung Fu from ‘Master Chifu’ Roger Yuan) and a little bit of Seeta Aur Geeta(please, don’t ask me to explain that one)
Well.... the story goes like this (those still interested may continue reading, others continue to next paragraph) Hojo (Gordon Liu) terrorizes some village in China. Those Chinese villagers always scared. They find a dumb buffoon Sidhu in India and bring him to their village, as they believe he is the reincarnation of some warrior hero and hope that he can save them from Hojo.
What ensues is an endless journey of hell. The movie uses all clichés known in movies, defying every logic on its way. The movie jumps from one absurd scene to another. From a killing hat (yup, you got to see to believe it) to Akshay’s scary ability to make people fly and a song in mid-air – you name it, CC2C has it. Some scenes evoke genuine laughs , but sadly they don’t make up for the misery that rest of them cause. (Seriously, I noticed a guy sitting in front of me bang his head quite a few times).
And finally, the performances – Akshay hams (yup, he has finally done it), Deepika cries, looks beautiful, fights, looks beautiful, smiles, looks beautiful, and cries again. Ranvir is likeable. Gordon Liu has only one expression throughout. Roger Yuan fails to impress.
If you are wondering, what Deepika does in the movie – she dons the Seeta Aur Geeta act, but lesser said the better.
My advice: Just run. Run away from any theater showing this movie. Trust me, I am doing a great service to you.
Thanks for the heads up :D
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