Force 2
- Director
- Abhinay Deo
- Studio
- Sunshine Pictures Pvt. Ltd, J.A. Entertainment
- Release Date
- 17 November 2016
- Running Time
- 127 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹41.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹58.80 Cr
Review
Rajkumar Gupta's *Force 2* operates in that curious space where ambition occasionally outpaces execution, yet the film deserves credit for attempting a revenge thriller with some narrative layering. The cat-and-mouse dynamic between Yash and the hacker Shiv Sharma carries genuine momentum, particularly when the story pivots to reveal Rudra's tragic backstory—a twist that elevates this from mere action spectacle to something touching on institutional betrayal and generational trauma. John Abraham brings physical conviction to his grief-stricken cop, though the script doesn't always give him scenes of psychological depth that might have anchored the emotional stakes. Tahir Raj Bhasin, as the mysterious antagonist, has moments of menace, but the character feels frustratingly underwritten in crucial stretches, making his intelligence seem inconsistent rather than consistently formidable.
Where the film stumbles is in pacing and coherence. The Budapest sequences feel like they belong to a different, sleeker thriller entirely, and the investigation unfolds with too much convenience—clues arriving when plot mechanics demand rather than when logic suggests. Sonakshi Sinha's KK agent is credibly tough but remains thinly sketched, a capable action partner rather than a fully realized character. Gupta has made better films, and *Force 2* hovers just above the director's average, suggesting he understands espionage thriller rhythms even when the screenplay falters. The film's commercial
Storyline
So basically, there's this mystery killer targeting RAW agents in China, and one of the victims manages to slip a coded message to Yash, a cop who's already dealing with some serious personal grief after losing his wife. When Yash figures out there's actually a organized conspiracy going on, RAW brings him in to help crack the case. They pair him up with this tough female agent named KK, and the two of them start hunting for whoever's behind all these murders.
The investigation leads them to Budapest, where they discover the mastermind is actually a hacker going by the name Shiv Sharma. What follows is basically a thrilling cat-and-mouse game where Yash and KK keep getting close to catching him, but this guy always manages to slip through their fingers at the last second. It's pretty intense watching him outsmart them repeatedly and stay one move ahead.
As they dig deeper into who this Shiv really is, Yash uncovers something shocking—it turns out the hacker's real identity is actually Rudra, the son of a RAW agent who was thrown under the bus years ago. Rudra's got some serious baggage from his past, including a family tragedy that totally shaped him. It becomes clear that this whole revenge operation isn't just random violence—it's personal and deeply connected to old wounds within the agency itself.
