Singam 2 movie review

Stars- Suriya, Hansika Motwani, Anushka Shetty: Director: Hari Gopalakrishnan; From Singam to Duraisingam, there are expectations that it has to be double of all the masala elements. Duraisingam possess romance, drama and a high voltage action sequences but the flick misses its soul.What we anticipated from director Hari was a sheer entertainment from the sequel of the trend setting Singam with the similar breed of actors Soorya. The no-sense entertainment appears to be his trademark as we have seen in his earlier films. But sadly he has taken that no-sense entertainment to another level which might also disappoint the genuine Singam audience. A minor change in the narration is all we notice as a deviation in Hari's Duraisingam from the Singam.In its prequel we saw Duraisingam resigning from his post of police officer and goes back to his village after ending big-time extortionist Mayil Vaaganam's mafia dealings. But Home Minister by judging his capabilities assigns him a new duty of detecting weapon smuggling. This is short recap of Singam and thereafter begins a new passage. Duraisingam goes undercover to find out the international don behind these alleged activities in Thoothukudi where he pretends to be as an NCC teacher at a school. Sooner he unearths a dangerous criminal network and sets up 'Operation D' to nab international drug dealer Danny. How he deals with all this? That is how the story deals. Director Hari has designed Duraisingam for his mass audience which is clearly seen in the flick. He has reloaded the old version to strike gold. He might be successful in this but he partially entertains with this drama.You will find 'n' number of loopholes in the flick but still the desire to witness south superstar Surya will force you to stay in.Duraisingam is a one man army in this flick. He is the avenger, enforcer and terminator. He does a break dance and also breaks down Danny's life as well as the limbs of the baddies.The director expected loud claps from the audience for these heroics, but unfortunately, that electrifying energy was missing from the audience in theatres.This is where we find what the flick lacks in: it lacks infectious vitality and impulsiveness which triggered spectators to part with their money for the prequel.Lengthy screenplay, routine stuff and poor characterisation of villain put Duraisingam down.Hari packs in all the masala in this flick but all this leaves you static. Danny, the villian who was supposed to be the tormentor is badly scripted and fails to create terror.Looking at the acting department, Surya plays his part well. But there is hardly any contribution by the other cast in this badly scripted drama. Vivek-Santhnam is good in the comedy department.Devi Sri Prasad's music is outdated while the background score misses zeal.Duraisingam could be watched but with lesser expectations.