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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2 was released in theaters this Friday. The film has received excellent reviews from the critics much like the 1st part. In fact the film has received better reviews that Gangs Of Wasseypur 1 which released earlier this year. The entire cast has been praised for giving terrific performance. Let’s see if Gangs Of Wasseypur 2 is able to do well at the box office or not.
Let’s take a look at the reviews for Gangs Of Wasseypur 2.
Total Reviews: 7
4 stars: 6
3.5 stars: 1
NDTV Movies4 stars: The sequel gets to the point infinitely quicker than Gangs Of Wasseypur did – it is free from the information overload that weighed down the initial 30 minutes of the first part. The storyline surges forth much faster as the new generation of gangsters, now armed with mobile phones and automatic rifles, gun for each other with greater viciousness and less ceremony than ever before. The revenge, filmed with an operatic slo-mo rhythm, is bloodier than anything you would have seen before. But if you liked Gangs Of Wasseypur, there is no reason why won’t have another blast watching GOW II. But be warned: be sure that your stomach for blood and gore doesn’t give way.
Bollywood Hungama 4 stars: Like the first part, GANGS OF WASSEYPUR 2 tops with out of the ordinary characters. This time, in spite of so many more adding up, there’s no room for puzzlement, since each of these characters is well defined and has a tale to put in the picture. The narrative, in Piyush Mishra’s pastoral voice over, acts like an adhesive that clutches the various episodes as one. The movie is strengthened by its entrancing performances, with each actor pitching in a noteworthy act.
Time Of India 4 stars: With excellent performances, a screenplay that’s strung together beautifully (Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh, Sachin Ladia, Anurag Kashyap) a revenge story that touches a dramatic crescendo and music that plays out perfectly in sync with tragic twists of tale – ‘ GOW II’ is an interesting watch, for the brave-hearted. Like the first part, the movie slows down at times (with pointless pistols, hordes of characters and wasted sub-plots); the length needs to be shot down desperately.
Zee News 4 stars: Cinematographic brilliance is a terrain where Anurag Kashyap is the uncrowned king. His canvas is all-encompassing, and his keen eye for details doesn’t leave anything out. The characters Perpendicular and Definite (Scriptwriter Zeeshan Quadri) find special mention, and the latter delivers a punch which nobody can think of – with his story, his character and his performance. Incorporating colloquialism into mainstream cinema and capturing the very essence of Dhanbad is something that ‘Wasseypur’ has done marvellously.
DNA 4 stars: Director Anurag Kashyap takes his time again to establish the change in scenario. The men have turned to exploit businesses like auctioning of Railways’ scrap iron, booth-capturing, election violence and overall scare tactics, wielding sophisticated weapons. Kashyap, again, introduces many characters, sub-plots that add generously to the length (close to 3 hours). Come to think of it, it was a wise decision to go with the two Wasseypurs experiment.
Firstpost 4 stars: There are funny scenes of violence, tragic scenes of violence and tragi-comic scenes of violence. But violence, let us reiterate, is a constant in the lives of the characters as they stumble, fall, attack, kill or get killed in this blood-soaked bullet-ridden saga of gangsterism which makes director Francis Ford Coppola’s Sicily look like a holiday resort. More fast-paced, furious, frenzied and frenetic than the first part, Gangs Of Wasseypur – Part 2 confidently occupies that semi-feverish space where dream, nightmare and reality play a savage hide and seek with your sensibilities.
Rediff 3.5 stars: Gangs Of Wasseypur II is a damned sight better than the first part, because a lot of the cumbersome subtext is already out of the way when the impressively visceral khoon-kharaba of the second film begins. Having dispensed with the potatoes, this film’s pretty much all meat. And quite a feast it proves to be. Sure, it is hours and hours of foreplay with an inevitable climax, but when done masterfully, there is much pleasure to be had in gambits and gulcharras, in, well, toying with one’s food. The khilwaad before the maar is where Kashyap genuinely shines.
