Jism 2: Pathetic

Jism-2 is such a lousy film that it can put you off Bhatt camp films for a long while to come that is assuming their earlier films didn’t put you off. The story written by Mahesh Bhatt looks like one of his discards and seems to be rehashed with scant regard for credibility. In fact there are so many things left unexplained in the movie that clearly indicates the makers haven’t thought through it at all.

The Bhatt’s might well have been under a misconception that deliberately slow dialogue and pacing makes for a brooding film but for a film featuring Sunny Leone this one is two hours too long. With only a handful (5) of characters you would need a taut screenplay but Mahesh Bhatt’s screenplay is a farce. With no real purpose for any of the characters this one appears a snooze fest right from the word go.

The writing oscillates between horrible and unintentionally funny with lines like  “Agar Tum Saath Na Ho wo Swarg hi Kya hai aur Tum ho to Narak bhi acha hai” or such shit. The number of times the word “Data” was uttered in the film was so ridiculous that it started eliciting guffaws particularly towards the end of the film. No one has really any idea what the film needs or what his or her job in the film was. Cinematography was not at all in sync with the movie’s premise and the production design credited to Ms Bhatt again, though resplendent with colors appears a bit girly and unbelievable especially when the house is supposed to be that of an assassin.

Randeep Hooda who seems to be doing some good work these days looks embarrassed and amused at the lines given to him but nevertheless hams his way through those insipid situations. Sunny Leone cant act and Arunoday Singh competes with her for bad acting honors and by the end of the film there were no clear winners out of the two. If ever you need to know the difference between emoting and facial contortion you just have to watch this film.The guy who played Arunoday’s boss was a pain in all the wrong places and gets his share of horrible lines.

The only saving grace of this film is its music, though like all the Bhatt camp films it is wasted on the pretentiousness of its protagonists. Even for someone looking for titillation, it is a huge let down considering the absolute lack of chemistry in its love making scenes, which in hindsight are few and far between insipid lines and bland sequences.  

Sunny Leone has given some great performances earlier and will definitely give some more in the future, meanwhile you can skip this and wait for them