Director: Aejaz Gulab
Cast: Nana Patekar, Ashutosh Rana, Gul Panag
There's a golden rule with sequels, they're never as good as the original. The rule attains a platinum status when the directorial responsibility changes hands. So a sequel not directed by the original filmmaker is a certain disaster. The latest film to validate that rule is Ab Tak Chappan 2. Shoddily put together, utterly pointless and a thoroughly boring action film. God alone knows why someone of the calibre of Nana Patekar would participate in such mediocrity.
The key word really is mediocre. The story as it would seem was drafted after watching the 500th episode of Crime Patrol on Television. Sadhu Agashe, the famous encounter cop from Shimit Amin's Ab Tak Chappan is redrafted to Mumbai police. His gang of sharp shooting cops are reinstated for a war against gangsters. Along the way, Sadhu and his wellwishers get embroiled in a Mafia and Political nexus. And one of the good guys turns out to be the bad guy. If the harebrained plotline wasn't enough, this film is shot in the legendary '5D-type' digital format that has earned Ram Gopal Varma and his team a bad name. The twisted camera angles and their grainy, pixelated quality will test the patience of any viewer in the world.
Aejaz Gulab, has never directed a film before, that trend should not have changed. Nonetheless, it has and the result does great disservice to the original film this shoddy movie tries to ape. The movie never recovers from the aftereffects of its appalling camera quality, amateurish dialogue and the ear piercing background score. The stunts look authentic and the action which is scarce, entertains for a few seconds.
Rest of the way, there's just one feature of this film that allows the viewer to sit through its agonizing two hours - Nana Patekar. The veteran actor pulls out all stops in action, dialogue delivery and even scenes of sparse comedy. But how long can even the most industrious captain sail a sinking ship? Ab Tak Chappan 2 goes down without a trace. Even Ram Gopal Varma's worst film has more cinematic nuance than this rookie mistake.
Cast: Nana Patekar, Ashutosh Rana, Gul Panag
There's a golden rule with sequels, they're never as good as the original. The rule attains a platinum status when the directorial responsibility changes hands. So a sequel not directed by the original filmmaker is a certain disaster. The latest film to validate that rule is Ab Tak Chappan 2. Shoddily put together, utterly pointless and a thoroughly boring action film. God alone knows why someone of the calibre of Nana Patekar would participate in such mediocrity.
The key word really is mediocre. The story as it would seem was drafted after watching the 500th episode of Crime Patrol on Television. Sadhu Agashe, the famous encounter cop from Shimit Amin's Ab Tak Chappan is redrafted to Mumbai police. His gang of sharp shooting cops are reinstated for a war against gangsters. Along the way, Sadhu and his wellwishers get embroiled in a Mafia and Political nexus. And one of the good guys turns out to be the bad guy. If the harebrained plotline wasn't enough, this film is shot in the legendary '5D-type' digital format that has earned Ram Gopal Varma and his team a bad name. The twisted camera angles and their grainy, pixelated quality will test the patience of any viewer in the world.
Aejaz Gulab, has never directed a film before, that trend should not have changed. Nonetheless, it has and the result does great disservice to the original film this shoddy movie tries to ape. The movie never recovers from the aftereffects of its appalling camera quality, amateurish dialogue and the ear piercing background score. The stunts look authentic and the action which is scarce, entertains for a few seconds.
Rest of the way, there's just one feature of this film that allows the viewer to sit through its agonizing two hours - Nana Patekar. The veteran actor pulls out all stops in action, dialogue delivery and even scenes of sparse comedy. But how long can even the most industrious captain sail a sinking ship? Ab Tak Chappan 2 goes down without a trace. Even Ram Gopal Varma's worst film has more cinematic nuance than this rookie mistake.
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