'Race2' vrooms back into theatres powered by
the Abbas-Mustan fuel of style, slickness and sexiness. yes, it has all
the fast cars, lambhorghinis blowing up even, jet planes, Audis (most
decidedly Audis) & bikes & horses too. Exotic Turkey made to
look even more exotic & beckoning. Yes, it has dollops of hot gals
and bronzed bikini bodies, and plenty of testosterone & 6 packs
thrown in too. Saif is back as Ranveer
Singh, the man with the plan. he joins hands with John (Arman Mallick)
Abraham & his step-sista Deepika Padukone (Elena) and John's gal
Jacqueline Fernandez. Anil Kapoor plays the corrupt cop, now retired,
and doubling up as a corrupt bar-runner RD with his blonde assistant
Sameera Reddy replaced by a blonder Amisha Patel (Cherry). Of course,
there are even double-meaning, sleazy jokes on 'popping the Cherry',
fruit shapes and juicy frootees. What is sadly slowing down this race is
the fuel needed from a good story. The characters are not as twisted as
in the earlier part, and are predictable. The story is slow and the 2nd
part falls apart, turning into a spy-kids flick with gizmos and
outlandish plots to steal artefacts worth 20 billion dollars no less.
Deepika looks smoking hot, sensatonal but has not much to do. Jacqueline
ecen less, apart from a stylish fencing sequence with Saif. Amisha
plays the fruitcake blonde to perfection. Saif is very good, John is
wasted and Anil gets more obscene but still carries it off inspite of a
small role. Music falls short of part 1 and overall a lot is missing.
But watchable for its style and slickness, so what if a story is missing
and the twists are predictable. Still a watchable 3 stars from me.
Boxoffice Collections
Hindi movie Race 2, which is a sequel to big hit movie Race, has
concluded the first weekend with a fantastic collection at the Indian
Box Office. The Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Anil Kapoor starrer has
topped the business chart, while another new release Akaash Vani landed
in the second place. It has surpassed Rs 50 crore mark at the domestic
business centres in three days and has become the biggest opener of
2013.
Race 2, which was released in 3,200 screens across the country on
January 25, opened to a robust response at the domestic Box Office on
the first day of its release on Friday with its occupancy ranging
between 70% and 80%. The Abbas-Mastan-directed action thriller witnessed
a big jump in its business on Saturday due to Republic day holiday. It
showed further improvement on Sunday.
The much-hyped and much-awaited film Race 2 has collected Rs 51.35
crores nett at the domestic Box Office in the (3 days) first weekend and
fast heading towards Rs 100 crore mark. Its breakup is Rs 15.12 cr on
Fri, Rs 20.72 cr on Sat and Rs 15.51 cr on Sun. It has beaten the first
weekend collection record of Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham's big hits
like Cocktail (Rs 36 crores) and Housefull 2 (Rs 43.5 crores).
However, Race 2 is set to become the first Rs 100 crore grosser movie in
2013. Will it cross this mark in the first week? Trade experts say that
usually, the business of a movie drops by 50%. If this Race 2 also
stick to this rule, it will not be able to cross this mark. It might
achieve this magic figure in the second weekend.
Stay locked to this space to know whether Race 2 crosses Rs 100 cr mark
at the domestic Box Office
