MURDER 2 REVIEW: Watch it, but watch out!
It’s all about sex on the big screen, but the latest in the Murder franchise has added a big dollop of thrills, chills and bloody death
Some say this one is inspired by a Korean film called The Chaser. But producer Mukesh Bhatt insisted that Murder 2 has real-life inspiration – “the Nithari killings…it is the story of a psychopath”.
So, inspired by that raison d’etre, we went off, eager and willing, to watch what has been advertised as an ‘erotic thriller’, not sure whether it was the ‘serial kisser’ Emraan Hashmi, or the ‘sexy sweetie’ Jacqueline Fernandes who would interest us more. And we were, we must admit, willing to put our initial scepticism and sarcasm aside and enjoy a pretty decent – though rather bloody – movie.
Directed by Mohit Suri, known for Kalyug and Awarapan, this one is more dark and erotic than its 2004 predecessor, Murder, starring Emraan and Mallika Sherawat. Murder 2 also has Prashant Narayan, Ashmit Patel, Sulagna Panigrahi (as Reshma – READ INTERVIEW), Sudhanshu Pandey, Shweta Kawatra and Yana Gupta (doing an item number as only she can!). The storyline is tight, fairly interesting and true to life, and much to our surprise, it keeps you guessing until the end with its various twists, turns and turmoil. Set in Goa, the story takes place during the Christmas-New Year celebrations.
Emraan is Arjun Bhagwat, a former policeman with the Goa force, who likes money more than he likes virtues such as honesty and straightforwardness. He is offered a job by Sameer, a gangster and pimp whose ‘girls’ have been disappearing mysteriously. Arjun’s girlfriend Priya (Jacqueline) is a model who eventually becomes the target of the psychopathic rapist-killer, Dheeraj, who has been preying on young women to feed his sick obsession. As Arjun investigates, he finds a mobile number that is somehow connected to the missing young women. He chooses a young sex worker, Reshma (Sulagna) to be the dummy who will lure Dheeraj into custody. But he has just 24 hours to not only stay ahead of the killer and catch him, but also prove that he is the criminal. Most of all, he has to save Reshma and Priya from being murdered.
Perhaps the best part of the movie is that the characters seem real; none of them are all good or all bad, they each have shades of both black and white. The music – as in almost all Bhatt productions – is good, and well slotted into the storyline. The acting is decent; Emraan is certainly bankable, Jacqueline is oomphy-sexy and young Sulagna is well worth a dekko. Prashant Narayan as the bad guy is a class act. This one is worth the money you spend on the ticket, for sure!
MURDER 2: stills | MURDER 2 song: Aye khuda | MURDER 2 song: Phir mohabbat
First Published: 1.37 PM IST 07.08.2011
SHIVAM RAJPUT
Posted at 9:06 AM on July 11, 2011
SIR PLS GIVE ME KATRINA CELL NUM PLS…..
MRUNAL PHAPALE
Posted at 8:43 AM on July 11, 2011
OH I LIKE KAT BUT MY FAVOURITE ACTRESS IS JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ.
kaitrinacaif
Posted at 8:02 AM on July 11, 2011
hi hru
sunil
Posted at 7:53 PM on July 10, 2011
kkkkkkkkkkkeka
siddharth shankar sonkar
Posted at 7:47 PM on July 10, 2011
wow !!!! it`s realy good film for youngsters
AGNITEZ@
Posted at 7:20 PM on July 10, 2011
it’s a wonderful movie !! i like so much dat movie,,,,
sujit
Posted at 7:07 PM on July 10, 2011
I like you…..
babu bhai
Posted at 5:06 PM on July 10, 2011
lovely katrina
billa
Posted at 2:39 PM on July 10, 2011
sexy katrina
veeresh GB
Posted at 4:52 PM on July 10, 2011
really rocking i like yaar……..
sanjay
Posted at 10:56 PM on July 10, 2011
hai i am ram
Jai kishan dubey
Posted at 11:58 AM on July 10, 2011
This movie is very good.I like very much.
Ram Kumar
Posted at 9:20 PM on July 9, 2011
All is well that ends well
ramkumar
Posted at 9:07 PM on July 9, 2011
it was nice
ramkumar
Posted at 9:07 PM on July 9, 2011
ya
navi
Posted at 8:33 PM on July 9, 2011
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii beba mout a yr tu to nd m navi from bathinda plz rply /// nd my num plz call me
suraj
Posted at 8:05 PM on July 9, 2011
I am Ready
amer khan
Posted at 5:27 PM on July 9, 2011
so cute
Akash
Posted at 4:36 PM on July 9, 2011
Worth being a Bhatt Production
shoaib
Posted at 4:24 PM on July 9, 2011
katrina u r veryyyyyyyyyy sseeexxxxxyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
iiiiiiiiii love uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Abhay Mishra
Posted at 4:50 PM on July 9, 2011
ye angoor khatte hain.
komal singh sahare
Posted at 4:20 PM on July 9, 2011
komal ko bahut pasand aya picture
kishan
Posted at 12:01 PM on July 9, 2011
hiiiiiiiiiii how r u ?
ritusoni
Posted at 11:01 AM on July 9, 2011
good article and the movie is bit different looking forward for more murder movie
Apple Ipad
shailesh
Posted at 3:13 PM on July 10, 2011
hio
siddharth shankar sonkar
Posted at 7:52 PM on July 10, 2011
are you like this film
nitin obroi
Posted at 12:33 AM on July 9, 2011
i m fine and u ?
Dinesh Rajput
Posted at 10:47 AM on July 9, 2011
goodmorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring
jaipur right
rahul
Posted at 6:06 PM on July 8, 2011
goooooooooooood
ayush mehra
Posted at 5:55 PM on July 8, 2011
tum kay kar raho
ayush mehra
Posted at 5:51 PM on July 8, 2011
haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
ayush mehra
Posted at 5:52 PM on July 8, 2011
plz reply me
ayush mehra
Posted at 6:10 PM on July 8, 2011
i love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu plz replyme
teju
Posted at 10:57 PM on July 8, 2011
love u tOOOOOOOOOOOOOO……
reddy
Posted at 12:46 PM on July 9, 2011
goodddddddddddddddddddddddddd morningggggggggggggggggggg
kumar
Posted at 2:19 PM on July 9, 2011
hai
sam
Posted at 1:34 PM on July 10, 2011
hiiiiiiiii dear hows u? yaar u r realy rocking
mai to fida ho gya hu tumpar i lve u yaar,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Ashish
Posted at 5:31 PM on July 10, 2011
I LOVE YOU TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO