Force 2
Force 2 | |
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First look | |
Directed by | Abhinay Deo |
Produced by |
Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Viacom Motion Pictures, John Abraham |
Written by |
Parveez Shaikh, Jasmeet K. Reen |
Screenplay by | Abhinay Deo |
Story by | Abhinay Deo |
Starring |
John Abraham Sonakshi Sinha Tahir Raj Bhasin |
Music by | Ram Sampath |
Cinematography |
Imre Juhasz, Mohana Krishna |
Edited by |
Amitabh Shukla, Sanjay Sharma |
Production company |
Sunshine Pictures Pvt. Ltd J.A. Entertainment |
Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹45 crore[1] |
Box office | ₹55.97 crore[2][3] |
Force 2 is a 2016 Indian action thriller film written, and directed by Abhinay Deo which features John Abraham and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles.[4] It is a sequel to the 2011 film Force, and the second installment of Force (film series).[5] Principal photography of the film commenced in August 2015, and the film was released on 18 November 2016.[6][7][8][9] Upon release, the film received mixed to positive reviews and has grossed ₹ 6.6 crore on its first day, becoming John Abraham's highest opening grosser.[10][11][12]
Plot
The story continues with ACP Yashwardhan ( John Abraham), a mighty and no non-sense police officer who still has a passion of crime fighting despite of losing his wife Maya (Genelia D'Souza) 5 years ago and having her hallucination in present. He soon receives a news of murder of three R.A.W. agents, one of them was his best friend Harish.
Yash suddenly receives the clue from Harish before dying, the clue indicates that someone like a "SPY" working in Budapest embassy is planning to destroy R.A.W. team. Yash updates the information to Intelligence bureau director and R.A.W. head Anjan. Anjan suggest Yash to team-up with eastern European in-charge Kamaljeet Kaur( Sonakshi Sinha) to go Budapest. Yash and KK reach to safe house in Budapest but suddenly they escape a blast, at this process he tells her about the same clue (means someone from Budapest embassy is leaking information and location of RAW agents).
Yash and KK shift to hotel to find more about embassy employees, she finds 3 suspects from database while he investigates alone with 5 employees who were included in database and they have party in club. Yash gets 4th suspect in whom he believes to be real culprit as KK doesn't believe. 4th Suspect is revealed to be Shiv Sharma (Tahir Raj Bhasin), a mastermind terrorist who has a mission to destroy RAW by providing locations and informations of RAW agents to his chinese spies. Yash and KK decides to lure anyone in glass art museum by giving fake mail for chinese spy recruitment. Shiv decodes the location and reaches with 1st suspect. After some investigation KK realizes that Yash was right, Yash goes to Shiv's home to track him down but Shiv later runs away, KK tries to catch Shiv but gets knocked by him. They arrest Shiv after a chase and decides to bring him to India at any cost. In every attempt they have to fight Shiv's men. They're failed to save another RAW agent in train station underground. In final attempt Shiv gets shot and gets rushed to hospital. Yash later learns that Shiv is alive then gets taunted and hinted by him. Yash checks KK's watch and realizes that tracking chip was placed in it when she was knocked.
Yash and KK take help from club dancer Martinez, who is used to help her. He suspects Martinez that she might not help him but in order to get Shiv's location he accepts offer for having one night stand with her. After having location Yash and KK finds Shiv's hideout but in chase thay're failed to catch Shiv. Shiv then shifts another location and kills 2 more RAW agents. Yash's suspection turns true when Martinez is revealed to be working for Shiv.
After having another location Yash goes to another Hideout to collect a clue, a clue indicates a real birth date of Shiv. He learns from his colleague living in Mumbai that Shiv was dead 10 years ago and realizes that it was his fake identity. Yash sends whole intelligence bureau team to orphanage at where Shiv was raised and learns that Shiv's real name is Rudra Pratap Singh, a son of former RAW agent Karan Pratap Singh who has been working for RAW from 30 years, he was disowned by Cabinet minister Brijesh Yadav and was killed, Rudra's mother has also committed suicide in this shock,at this process Yash realizes that Rudra wanted revenge not from RAW but from Brijesh. Yash declines from going to Berlin when his suspection was right and goes for Indo-Hungarian summit meeting to hunt down Rudra.
In summit KK is now able to shoot Brijesh but leaves him alive, Yash then defeats all Rudra's men. Rudra kills all men guarding Brijesh but gets stopped by KK before shooting Brijesh dead,Rudra tells his real identity to Brijesh and his plan to kill total 17 RAW agents in Hong Kong. Yash confronts and shoots Rudra, Yash then forces Brijesh in the process to remove negative label from all RAW agents and Rudra dies. Brijesh completes the work and gets interviewed. Maya's vision tells Yash that KK is his better love then her. This film ends with Yash and KK reunited together happily and watching Brijesh in news. This message shows about unsung heroes or RAW agents who died for saving India.
Cast
- John Abraham as ACP Yashvardhan
- Sonakshi Sinha as Kamaljit Kaur/KK
- Tahir Raj Bhasin[13] as Shiv Sharma/Rudra Pratap Singh
- Narendra Jha as RAW Head Anjan Das
- Adil Hussain as Brijesh Yadav
- Vikram Kapadia as Naren Kaushik
- Patricia Hittler as Martinez
- Genelia D'Souza as Maya (Cameo) [14]
- Raj Babbar as Zonal Director (cameo)
- Freddy Daruwala as Harris (cameo)
- Boman Irani as Karan Pratap Singh - Rudra's father and former RAW agent (Cameo)
Reception
Critical reception
India Today gave the film 3 stars out of five.[15] The Times of India gave the film 3 stars out of five.[16] Forbes gave the film 2.5 stars out of five.[17] Mid-day gave the film 2 stars out of five.[18] Hindustan Times gave the film 1.5 stars out of five.[19]
Box office
The film has grossed ₹ 6.6 crore on its first day, becoming John Abraham's highest opening grosser.[10] At the first weekend the film grossed ₹ 20 crore in India and collected ₹ 33.6 crore from worldwide (surpassing it's predecessor's all time gross.).[1]
Game
An official game based on the film has been launched after the release of the film by Hungama Digital Media.[20]
Sequel
After release of the film, actor John Abraham (who is also producer of the film) confirms that they will soon start working on Force 3, with Abhinay Deo returning as director.[21] Filming will start from the middle of 2017, John confirmed to reporters.[22][23]
References
- 1 2 http://indiatoday.in/story/force-2-box-office-collection-day-2-john-abraham-sonakshi-sinha/1/815027.html
- ↑ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-worldwide-collections-day-wise-breakup-force-2/
- ↑ http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/Force-2-box-office-collection-Day-5-John-Sonakshis-film-dips-further/articleshow/55580490.cms
- ↑ "Force 2 review: John-Sonakshi put country above all else in this thriller".
- ↑ "Sonakshi Sinha to romance John Abraham in 'Force 2'". Daily News and Analysis. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Force 2". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "'Force 2′ to go on the floors in August". BizAsia. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ Thakur, Charu (19 May 2016). "Force 2: Sonakshi Sinha and John Abraham-starrer to release in November". India Today. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ↑ "OMG! John Abraham will lift a car in 'Force 2'". Daily News and Analysis. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Force 2 punches demonetisation away, becomes John Abraham's biggest opener". 19 November 2016.
- ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (19 November 2016). "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Force 2 - Bollywood Hungama".
- ↑ "Force 2 review: John-Sonakshi put country above all else in this thriller".
- ↑ "Viacom18 to present John Abraham's Force 2". The Indian Express. IANS. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ↑ "Genelia D'Souza does a cameo in Force 2". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ↑ http://indiatoday.in/story/force-2-movie-review-john-abraham-sonakshi-sinha/1/813589.html
- ↑ "Force 2 Movie Review: John Abraham is intense and impressive; the action won't disappoint. 3/5 Star.".
- ↑ http://firstpost.com/bollywood/force-2-review-slick-mix-of-action-john-abraham-suspense-and-an-appealing-villain-3111702.html
- ↑ http://mid-day.com/articles/force-2-movie-review-john-abraham-sonakshi-sinha-tahir-raj-bhasin-bollywood-film-review/17766176
- ↑ http://hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/force-2-review-logic-is-inversely-proportional-to-john-abraham-s-muscles/story-JdEHCNYBhWM0YswcAxW5mM.html
- ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/official-game-of-force-2-starring-john-abraham-sonakshi-sinha-launched-4388283/
- ↑ http://m.indiatoday.in/story/force-2-review-box-office-collection-john-abraham-force-3-sequel/1/820406.html
- ↑ http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood-john-abraham-force-3-confirmation-358352
- ↑ http://hindustantimes.com/bollywood/john-abraham-confirms-a-third-part-to-the-franchise-after-the-success-of-force-2/story-oGrzLFS7LzQ4fEKm3QfpIN.html
External links
- Force 2 at Bollywood Hungama
- Force 2 on Twitter
- Force 2 at the Internet Movie Database