Hrithik and Jr NTR clash head-on in a headless actioner

Why do we lap up action films? A biological reason would be mirror neurons. They fire up inside the brain both when an action is performed and when you observe someone executing the action.

- KARTIK BHARDWAJ

So, for instance, if a movie hero performs a somersault kick, it feels like you are making the flip yourself. Or, if he suffers a bloody gash, you flinch a bit. You would have felt these things while watching War 2 if your brain cells had survived.

War 2 is an unnecessary addition to an already bloated YRF Spy Universe. It is a factory-line product, assembled purely to cash in on an established franchise. You take a Bollywood star, add a South Indian star to make things 'Pan-Indian', mix it with multiple foreign locations and action sequences in a car, atop a train, and even a plane, and finally garnish it with an actress in a glamorous role, and voila! Blockbuster is ready. Only that it is bland, because neither food nor film can yield an experience by mere compilation.

Hrithik Roshan reprises his role as India's best soldier/best agent Kabir. From a rogue operative in the previous installment, Kabir is now a mercenary, executing kills purely for money and not ideology.