Kick II.
Ravi Teja is sui generous – class in himself. His genre of cinema is one that
eschews class, serenity and sanity with equal vigour. He has in the process
garnered a space for himself and if the crowds at the theatre in Bengaluru are
any indication a huge fan following too. Kick helped him to safeguard the
earned position. Now the crew returns to echo the franchisee.
Kick II starts well after where Kick ended. Kick crazy Teja Sr has moved on.
Literally. He has now moved on to Virginia with his eccentric son Robin Hood
(Teja Jr). The chip of the old block is out to prove that Kick was no flash in
the pan. This is no statement from Prakash Jha stables on the problems of the
underdog. His is ballistic Ravi Teja out to entertain and entertain in the only
manner he can and has been perceived to be.
Our Kick Dad advices Kick Comfort against a trip to India to regain some lost
property in the hands of local villain Settlement Durga (Ashish Vidyarthi).
However, when he lands in India he first has to flex his muscle against
Jadcherla Balram and then enter the house of Pandit Ravi Teja (Brahmanandam)
who is making a living from Palmistry. In the process he runs into Chaitra
(Rakul Preet Singh) who surely falls in love with the guy.
There is parallel story of a village in the middle of nowhere where Solomon
Singh Thakur (Ravi Kishen) a Gabbar gone wrong is harassing the villagers of
Vilaspur. He forcibly takes the entire younger generation and gets them
addicted to drugs so that they do not raise in revolt. The other part of the
seemingly lunatic village is helpless. Now you do not have to put one and one
together to predict that sooner than later the conflict is in between the evil
Thakur and the hero Robin Hood. The way to the battle field is inevitably love
and romance. So while the entire pre interval story is about the brewing romance
in the city, we move on at half way to the painted station at the middle of
nowhere where the battle lines are to be drawn.
There is no point in analysing a Ravi Teja film. It is unpretentiously the type
that he has always promised. In case you are the type that sat back let go your
fine sensitivities and enjoyed Kick then here is a blast for you. This is a
product that comes with the statutory warning called Ravi Teja. It must be said
to the credit of the film maker (Surender Reddy) that he does not promise you
anything different or mind boggling. It is just that you need to keep your
nerves in place. The statutory warning is in place. So you head to the theatre
with an informed choice.
The film is completely built on the star value of Ravi Teja and yet again if
you approve his type of cinema than this offers you enough and more. However if
you are looking for a grand entertainer with niceties than stay away is the
strategy. The rest of the cast play willing second fiddle. It is obvious that
the audience is there to see the thrills that defy logic, the dialogue that
have empty grandeur and that is offered aplenty. Also there is Brahmanandam who
returns with a role instead of just an appearance and as ever he and Ravi Teja
are a house on fire when together.
If you are the Kick types then Kick II is a platefull.
Stars: 2.5
+ Ravi Teja, Brahmi
– Formula and violence.
L. Ravichander.