2012 is the year of sequels . . . The sequels to most of the hit films are lined up one after the other in 2012. Jism 2 is the sequel to the 2003 erotic thriller Jism which marked the debut of John Abraham. The film was highly praised for it's story and eroticism and is considered among the top sexiest movies of Bollywood. Pooja Bhatt, the producer of Jism took the brand name and his father's another inspired story to make its more erotic sequel Jism 2 starring the queen of adult entertainment Sunny Leone (who is enough to attract viewers). Pooja Bhatt's directorial career is not very impressive (not that her acting career is remarkable) and this film was supposed to change her career for good.
The story starts with Izna (Sunny Leone) after spending a night with Ayaan (Arunoday Singh), an inteligence officer, receives an offer from him which could earn her a sum of 10 crore rupees and without knowing the task she agrees to do it (no one in this world could be that greedy Bhatt sahab!). When the task is explained to her by the chief Guru Saldanah (Arif Zakaria) that she has to play a honey-trap to the dreaded police officer turned assassin Kabir (Randeep Hooda) who once loved her, she is reluctant to do that.. They want Izna to go back into his life and get all the details about his network which is kept in his laptop (Whoa! how do they know?) by showing some "jalwa" of her "jism". Izna at first disagrees but suddenly something prompts her and she not only wants to do the job but also kill Kabir (loosely explained). Izna and Ayaan shifts in the house in front of Kabir's with disguised identity. When Kabir recognizes Izna, he wants to live all of his life with her and quit all his wrong doings but at the same time he's confused if Izna really wants to come with him or she's happy with Ayaan. Ayaan, on the other side becomes the latest victim of Izna's Jism and falls in love with her. Now, Izna has to choose between Kabir and Ayaan, Right and Wrong, Herself and her Country.
The story of the film is not properly polished and to say the least it is not a good story to make a film out of. The story has no pace and ends up in a few scenes without taking you anywhere. The film was supposed to be an erotic thriller but the 'erotica' is totally missing from this one barring a few scenes which would make you go 'Ah!'. It sneaks into the patriotic 'desh-bhakti' genre very easily without waking up the makers (or we're lacking of story writers, so put up anything you can think of?). The characters are not neatly defined especially Arif Zakaria's character who becomes unnaturally wild during the climax and same is the case of Arunoday Singh's character. You can also be able to hear some worst dialogues mouthed by some good actors like Hooda. Thumbs down for Mahesh Bhatt for story and screenplay. The audience has a number of toilet-breaks in the kind of screenplay adopted. How Izna became a porn star and how Kabir became an assassin is absurdly explained or not explained at all. The twisted climax also cannot save this film as the plot looks unaccomplished in itself..
Randeep Hooda is yet again a treat for the eyes (overshadowing Sunny Leone). Though his character lacks something and it seems he's still in search of 'illegal guns trading mafia' which his character in Jannat 2 does but he's a brilliant actor and brings his extraordinary touch to every character he plays and the role of an insane police officer is tailor-made for him (you can watch the entire film for his performance). Arunoday Singh acts below average, even his debut performance is better than this one. Sunny Leone looks like a newcomer (though she's not!) but carries on her role with ease (esp. the bed scenes). Arif Zakaria is terrible just like his character for the film. There is no other actor . . . seriously!
Jism 2 is a decent attempt but a terrible outcome from the Bhatt camp. Don't expect it to be an erotic thriller because unlike Jism this will not tell you how destructive a woman's body can be but how to save our country through a woman's body (that too is mismatched). If the makers have chosen a smaller canvas for this film, it would've surely worked. The best thing about the film is Randeep Hooda and some beautiful music and singing which will sooth you from time to time.
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