i have jsut come back from watching Dhoom 2 and overall i am highly disappointed! only watch this film if you are a ash or hrithik fan! Im not an ash fan and that has completely ruined the film for me and the brand of dhoom 2.

ok details – i won;t be telling the story as to be honest it’s jsut the first dhoom but re-packaged stylishly so can’t go wrong with the story at all!

1st half- is AMAZING!!! Hrithik enacts each scene with such panache that you really are left breathless! You smile each time he come on even though he’s portrayed as bad. And it’s so good to see him in a different get-up–so relaxed and chilled!! I wasnt a big hrithik fan before but at the intermission point i was just thinking WOW!! acting and looks-wise!! You reach the interval point thinking yes–definitely better than dhoom 2 already! Abishek and Uday’s characters are still the same which is great because great continuation! And it’s so good to see these 2 back in those familiar roles that made Dhoom 2 such a hit!
Bipasha in first half – you just cool she’s gonna get meatier part in the 2nd half and are really rooting for her character to out-do Jai/Ali at catching Mr A.
Ash – as mentioned im really not a big ash fan and when she enters I was just thinking the producers have just cashed in on her big time but as the first half develops i was surprisingly put to shame. Her first scene–is cringeworthy! the way she acts jsut makes you think Why?? She looks amazing and dances outta this world, but i have always maintained ash rai is not an actress and the first couple of scenes she has really backs me up here. but like i said the first half she does come across well as the scenes roll.
Stunts in 1st half are out of this WORLD! you have to see hrithik doing the roller-blading! ur just left grinning away and wanting him to get away! amazing! music in the first half – i was disappointed with the music so the songs didnt really do anything for me to be honest. but the background score is again very suited to the screenplay. The first half is so fast and keeps you on your toes that ur just waiting for the interval to pass quickly for the action to carry on.

2nd half – this ruined the film for me. screenplay is slow and oft repeated that compared to the 1st half your just left thinking no way this cant match up. songs are really bad and picturisation of them are nothing special. but what really let down the film for me was characters.
i believe one of the reasons dhoom 1 was such a big hit was ue to the characters of all the actors and the chemistry they have. even tho john in the first film came away as the usp of the film u still relished the camaradie between abhishek and uday and it was incidents like that that made the film so unique.
Sadly, for me, the 2nd half failed. It focusses solely on hrithik and ash making it their movie through-out the 2nd half. uday’s character is totally relegated to a comic facade and where does bipasha disappear to??? What was the need to get rid of the cop she played in the first half to give her just a skin-show part in the 2nd? I feel very bad for bipasha because whether she had been present or not makes no difference to the film in the 2nd half. Although she does look stunning through-out. Abhishek’s character– where does his intelligence go? He meets Mr A, knows who he is, talk to him, dances with him yet he’s supposed to be on his trail!!! it makes no sense!! His super-cop fails him here. and where is uday to back him up??? Uday is again jsut relegated to dance partner for bipasha. The climax where uday and abhishek chase hrithik is nonsensical! they ride through buring lorries and seem to appear out of nowhere!!!
in the 1st half hrithik excelled, yet the 2nd half lets him down. from a super-cool criminal, excelling as a loner, working chillingly to steal he turns into a lover-boy who lacks the punch he had in the first half. u just want him to go back to his previous form not crying and being hurt!
as for ash – im sorry but this film was supposed to be based on 5 characters not 1! it’s a real let down that yash raj has capitalised on her name instead of paying more attention to all the characters. like i said im not an ash fan so i may be biased obviouls but i dont see the media’s extreme fascination for her? yes she’s stunning and dances well, but acting?? wer?!?!? and it’s sad to see that what was looking like a promising follow up is let down by the producers fascination to get ash into every frame. i’m going to give away a spoiler now so look away at this part — but what was the need for an ash/hrithik kiss scene??????????????????? it’s jsut PR for the film when ppl come out of it–oh they kissed! but there was NO need for it at all. don;t get me wrong i’m not a prude at all when it comes to sexual scenes but only if its needed and the kiss was jsut put in as a publicity stunt! more will be made out of that than anything else! i came out of the cinema feeling disappointed and frustrated – i loved the first dhoom but was sorely let down by this one.

however one great thing–ash and hithik’s chemistry is deffo sizzling!!

this film is gonna be a blockbuster no matter what – it’s got all the requirements (except songs) but for some1 who loved dhoom 2 and saw it as a character film that worked in a big way – then i was left really upset by dhoom 2. of course this wont impact upon any1 cos the cinema was packedddddddd and dhoom 2 is gonna be one of the biggest blockbusters of 2006.

enjoy if ur hrithik and ash fan!

AWESOME !!!
It was an excellent movie in all aspects, but the absolute best part was hrithik ash. WHAT CHEMISTRY !!!
This beats the chemistry ASH shared with Salman in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam or SRK in Devdas. Similarly for Hrithik, beats his chemistry with any other heroine. BEST COUPLE EVER. right up there with SRK and Kajol.
Dances amazing, looks outta the world. The kiss scene was a sizzler.
GREAT MOVIE

Lord, what a pile of cack! The 2nd half loses the plot (quite literally) completely with the basic plot being ‘inspired’ (ripped off more like) from Entrapment. The music, whilst usually not my cup of tea (up-beat dance numbers trying to sound very western) are actually quite good and really the only entertaining element of this movie. Aishwarya Rai is quite a terrible actress. Hrithik Roshan, in my opinion hasn’t done anything note worthy or even seminally decent since Mission Kashmir (with Kaho Na Pyar Hai, Fiza and Mission Kashmir being fantastic). Bipasha Basu’s character was pointless. Abhishek Bachan seemed very understated and needed more screen time. Uday Chopra was, surprisingly the best and probably most developed of the five characters. Overall, $hit.