The problem with making a slick action movie is that it has to be slick enough. That is all the genre demands and it is, quite frankly, a tall order. We yawn at Bourne movies now, for God's sake. After watching Keanu Reeves amid the gorgeous artisanal beauty of John Wick, we'd steer clear of anything with Vin Diesel in it. We aren't tolerant of old action movies -- the genre gets dated quicker than most -- and they frequently seem unforgivably cheesy even a few years after they first come out.

Often in a film, especially towards the end, one of the characters spouts a dialogue that surmises what's going on in the audience's mind. This time around John says it mid-way, a few moments after the intermission - Something's going wrong. He gets it bang on. 'Force 2' is high on style, low on substance. Deo's forte are thrillers, John spells action.

Another attempt by Bollywood hunk John Abraham to be the 'dishoom dishoom' daddy of Bollywood goes thack, twag doom in this instant noodle follow up to the 2011 actioner FORCE, that made John Abraham and his followers believe that he is the action star Bollywood is looking for. While we are still looking for the reason behind the making of this saggy sequel that follows everything from Matt Damon's Bourne series to Neeraj Pandey's BABY starring Akshay Kumar.

It is not easy to find a film that does not promise an iota more of anything than it intends to deliver, and then efficiently delivers on that promise. Force 2 is an intense action flick that serves up slick stunts and technical finesse to support its straight-laced storytelling style. Director Abhinay Deo's latest film is a sequel to Nishikant Kamat's Force (2011), which starred John Abraham and Genelia D'souza.

FORCE 2 is an out and out action drama between a RAW agent and a cop, both of whom are embedded on the same mission but with a different vision. The film starts off with a series of killings of three vital Indian RAW agents in China. These killings not just shock the Indian RAW wing, but also a send them into tizzy about the crime suspects and their agenda behind these killings.

Five years back, John Abraham and Nishikant Kamat had teamed up for Force, the official remake of South flick Kaakha Kaakha, which became a major box-office grosser because of its action content and a powerful protagonist ACP Yashwardhan. This time, producer Vipul Shah is back with a sequel titled Force 2, which has been directed by Abhinay Deo (of Delhi Belly fame), but is the sequel as entertaining as the prequel?

The sequel once again brings back the daredevil officer, ACP Yashvardhan (John Abraham) but this time he has a bigger job to do than just the Mumbai police work. After a series of killings of RAW agents become rampant in China, an investigation team is set up to nab the traitor who has been exposing the undercover agents. After losing his best friend in a similar killing, Yash comes across a clue sent by his friend that leads to the criminal.

Three undercover RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) agents are killed in three different cities in China. No one knows who is behind these orchestrated killings, and work in the higher echelons of power is thrown out of gear. The government cannot admit that their agents were spies. So they are disowned.

When Force released in 2011, it was John's first solo hit as it catered to the action lovers. Come 2016 and John Abraham is back with its sequel, this time around there is Sonkashi Sinha and Tahir Raj Bhasin giving him the company. The film is directed by Abhinay Deo, who directed Delhi Belly, Game and two seasons of 24 India in the past. The film is shot on a bigger canvas and has a much bigger conspiracy at than the first one.

As another one forces its way into our multiplexes amid a rash of Bollywood sequels, the question is inevitable: is this film any good? Here's the answer: despite being marked by narrative pace and stylistic pizzazz, Force 2, directed by Abhinay Deo, isn't a humdinger of a spy thriller. Yet, while this sequel might not sweep you off your feet, delivers enough thrills to keep you hooked to the high-octane action unfolding on the screen.

I spy with my little eye... an action movie with some cool stunts but a textbook thriller plot. Three RAW agents are killed in China. One of them is Inspector Yash's (John Abraham) best friend, Harish. But before dying, Harish leaves inspector Yash a clue indicating that something bigger has been set in motion.

A funny looking gangster is in the midst of negotiating a deal when a bike stops in front of him. The rider is a tough cop whose uniform is doing a bad job of containing his bulging biceps. Soon we are told that he doesn't fear death... because he lost his wife five years ago. During the fight that follows, one of the gangster's sidekicks attacks the cop and a nail pierces through his shoulder. It's a good excuse to do away with his shirt. So, he removes his shirt, flashes his chiseled body (of course the camera angles are the key here), beats up the bad guys, and walks away in super slow motion.

In this sequel to the 2011 'Force', ACP Yashvardhan returns in a faster, more thrilling actioner, set in Budapest and Berlin, the grand, picturesque old cities of Europe. Scratch that. 'Force 2' aims for all of those things, and by rights, should have been all of those things, but ends up feeling overlong and stretched, and more than anything else, over familiar.