The Rajnikanth and Akshay Kumar starrer will release globally on November 29. But will the film release in Pakistan?
Pakshi Rajan's angst about overuse of cellphones killing the birds isn't very convincing in the film. It is not a cause you fight for or a thought you leave the theatres with. Also, the science that director Shankar makes the central theme of the villain -- negative aura and energy manifesting into an evil bird -- left us dumbfounded.
Shankar has heavily invested himself in the film, taking care of the story, screenplay and direction of 2.0 and presents few striking visuals. The scenes in the first half of the cellphones forming a big wave and engulfing perpetrators in it, entering the human body and exploding them are striking, but lose novelty when repeated on three characters. With a weak storyline to hold it together, the film ends up being underwhelming.
Given the big budget he had at his disposal, he seemed to have overindulged in the VFX to a point where you just want it to wrap up. A duel between the gaint-sized Chitti and Pakshi Rajan in the sports arena would probably be one stand out scene in 2.0 along with Chitti opening fire through revolving guns (borrowed from Enthiran).
The filmmakers completely miss the point of conveying the message about cellphone overuse with the harsh tone they employ. Crazy fans won't mind the film owning to their adulation for Rajinikanth and the freshness of seeing Akshay Kumar in a negative role. But are those reasons enough?
2.0 has arrived in the cinemas on Thursday, which is not considered a great day for a film’s release in North India unless it’s a holiday. This is one major reason as to why the Hindi version of 2.0 has not opened on a great note. If it were a holiday, the collections would have been on another level. As per the reports, the word of mouth for the film is very positive in all circuits of North India. Therefore, one can expect it to pick up pace on Saturday and Sunday. (Everything you need to know about 3.0's special appearance in Rajinikanth's 2.0)
A mysterious power - its genesis is established in the film's opening sequence in which a man hangs himself from a cell tower - is out to eliminate mobile telephony from the face of the earth. Towers are uprooted and crushed. Handsets fly off the hands of their owners and turn into a destructive wave. A city is in the grip of complete mayhem. The army is called out but the soldiers draw a blank. The good scientist is roped in to stop the impending calamity. He advises bringing Chitti back from the dead. That, he says, is the only effective option in the fight against the new menace. His plan is resisted by elements in the administration but as matters begin to go out of control, Vaseegaran secures a free hand.
"Maut se zinda lautne ka mazaa kuch aur hi hai (nothing can match the joy of returning alive from death)," says Chitti in the film's Hindi version (dialogue writer: Abbas Tyrewala) just before he declares: "I am the one, the super one." Who dare question him? Definitely not fellow humanoid Nila (Amy Jackson), another of Vaseegaran's creations. On the face of it, the lead actor plunges into the universe of the two pivotal characters - the invincible robot and his brilliant creator - with all his might. But look deeper and there is a visible dip in his enthusiasm for and belief in the project. Fans sold on Rajnikanth's unrelenting starry sangfroid might therefore have reason to feel somewhat shortchanged.
Pakshi Rajan's angst about overuse of cellphones killing the birds isn't very convincing in the film. It is not a cause you fight for or a thought you leave the theatres with. Also, the science that director Shankar makes the central theme of the villain -- negative aura and energy manifesting into an evil bird -- left us dumbfounded.
Shankar has heavily invested himself in the film, taking care of the story, screenplay and direction of 2.0 and presents few striking visuals. The scenes in the first half of the cellphones forming a big wave and engulfing perpetrators in it, entering the human body and exploding them are striking, but lose novelty when repeated on three characters. With a weak storyline to hold it together, the film ends up being underwhelming.
Given the big budget he had at his disposal, he seemed to have overindulged in the VFX to a point where you just want it to wrap up. A duel between the gaint-sized Chitti and Pakshi Rajan in the sports arena would probably be one stand out scene in 2.0 along with Chitti opening fire through revolving guns (borrowed from Enthiran).
The filmmakers completely miss the point of conveying the message about cellphone overuse with the harsh tone they employ. Crazy fans won't mind the film owning to their adulation for Rajinikanth and the freshness of seeing Akshay Kumar in a negative role. But are those reasons enough?
2.0 has arrived in the cinemas on Thursday, which is not considered a great day for a film’s release in North India unless it’s a holiday. This is one major reason as to why the Hindi version of 2.0 has not opened on a great note. If it were a holiday, the collections would have been on another level. As per the reports, the word of mouth for the film is very positive in all circuits of North India. Therefore, one can expect it to pick up pace on Saturday and Sunday. (Everything you need to know about 3.0's special appearance in Rajinikanth's 2.0)
A mysterious power - its genesis is established in the film's opening sequence in which a man hangs himself from a cell tower - is out to eliminate mobile telephony from the face of the earth. Towers are uprooted and crushed. Handsets fly off the hands of their owners and turn into a destructive wave. A city is in the grip of complete mayhem. The army is called out but the soldiers draw a blank. The good scientist is roped in to stop the impending calamity. He advises bringing Chitti back from the dead. That, he says, is the only effective option in the fight against the new menace. His plan is resisted by elements in the administration but as matters begin to go out of control, Vaseegaran secures a free hand.
"Maut se zinda lautne ka mazaa kuch aur hi hai (nothing can match the joy of returning alive from death)," says Chitti in the film's Hindi version (dialogue writer: Abbas Tyrewala) just before he declares: "I am the one, the super one." Who dare question him? Definitely not fellow humanoid Nila (Amy Jackson), another of Vaseegaran's creations. On the face of it, the lead actor plunges into the universe of the two pivotal characters - the invincible robot and his brilliant creator - with all his might. But look deeper and there is a visible dip in his enthusiasm for and belief in the project. Fans sold on Rajnikanth's unrelenting starry sangfroid might therefore have reason to feel somewhat shortchanged.
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