Rest of the purpose is served by mastermind Farhad, who looks intriguing and frightening while he uis silent but is mocked once he is asked to act. At least there should have been a personality who could stand to the aura of Akshay Kumar; someone like Vidyut Jamwal who played Farhad's role in Holiday's original version.
The face-off between the two in last twenty minutes, which should have been smashing, proves dull in a big way. The action was needed to be raw, the humour was to be chopped baring Govinda's cameo appearance, and the message was to be provided depth. Murugadoss uses all these elements, mashes them but gives nil impact. As a result, Holiday turns out to be neither gripping nor engaging.
