Agent Vinod - Swag and a Miss!
Saifeena, the 2nd most dreaded pair after Abhiwarya, return to torture the audience after a not-so-great KURBAAN. Unfortunately for me, the film looked so tepid, it makes Don 2 look brilliant.
Coming from Sriram Raghavan who made the everlasting “JOHNNY GADHAAR”, This Vinod is too hard to follow. Songs come at random (personally, I didn’t mind “I’ll do the talking tonight” since we weren’t force to stare of Mallika Haydon’s abs the whole time and played throughout ) but the melodious Raabta was placed in a rather funny but unnecessary situation.
The film shuttles between a Bond and Bourne. Generally, Saif carries the film on his shoulders and he does it with ease. Out of the 3 heroines, 2 of them are ho-hum and Kareena is strictly average. Not sure why she puts up the same KURBAAN’ish caricature AGAIN. The irony here (for those that have seen KURBAAN) is that the opposite happens. The climax felt lazy, but left wide open for Vinod to chase his next target. With Raghavan and Akthar be on board for a crossover? I’d pay big bucks to see that happen. In fact, why not tie it up with Don 3? But I did love the old-school treatment (note the RD Burman BGM placements throughout the film.)
Big Swag and Miss, this Vinod.
Verdict: 2/5