Ek Villain Returns review :

A serial killer on the prowl That makes some 'bewaffa' women howl Is it Arjun or is it John?

Or maybe Disha with her deranged frown..

The sequel to Ek Villain, which had Riteish Deshmukh as the demented serial killer with Sid Malhotra as his nemesis, is turned in to a franchise here by Mohit Suri whose last film Malang (2020) was quite okay though it didn't exactly set the box office on fire. Here, he has an interesting story to tell but alas, the execution is too sluggish and confusing to entertain...even at a crisp two hours ten minutes of runtime!!

Infact, the first hour is only about a spoilt rich brat Arjun Kapoor doing some serious faltugiri with an aspiring singer played by Tara Sutaria. Music has always been Mohit's fortè but the songs in Ek Villain Returns are ahem (!!) unsatisfactory to say the least. Worse, the ploy to take the story forward through the songs falls flat as we find them jarring to the narrative flow.

John Abraham comes nearly an hour late and his entry elevates the movie two notches higher. He plays a radio cab driver who falls for a clothing sales girl Disha Pattani. Their love story progresses from the mushy taxi rides in Mumbai to a makeout in Lonavala where one of them gets a shock of life...

Mohit Suri hasn't been able to develop his key characters optimally unlike the first part where Riteish's serial killer was build up fantastically through his experiences with a nagging wife. Here, the main villain's intention doesn't look convincing at all. The metro fight sequence is imaginatively choreographed but who has ever seen an empty coach or a deserted platform in the ever busy Mumbai?! As for those clumsy VFX, the less said the better!!

Overall, Ek Villain Returns aint too bad for a one time dekho, but had the potential to be a fantastically wicked slasher movie. Mohit has lost a good opportunity but its still kinda okay. There is a hint of a sequel in the end credits scene and I hope that one kills it...literally!!

"Rating zaroor dena" repeats the cabbie John throughout the movie. 5 stars (out of 10) is what Ek Villain Returns gets from me.

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Ek Villain Returns (2022) Movie Review -

Mohit Suri managed to get an exciting cast of John Abraham, Arjun Kapoor, Disha Patani, and Tara Sutaria together for Ek Villain Returns. Did any of them excite you for an acting-driven show? Ask this question to yourself and please keep the answer to yourself only. Well, not many people know this, or maybe some social media fanatics know, that Mohit Suri is one of those Bollywood directors who has done more remakes and adaptations than the original works. Forget other films for now, let's talk about Ek Villain (2014). Many of today's youth cinema lovers have seen the South Korean action thriller "I Saw The Devil" (2010), so they know how much its plot contributes to Ek Villain. With Ek Villain Returns, he tries a new erotic film with those gone-dated thriller formulas we saw in Hollywood classics like "Fight Club," "The Sixth Sense," and "Shutter Island." This mess of an erotic thriller and psychic notions spoils good-looking logic for you and, moreover, terrible performances and unnecessary loud moments burn down every single expectation of yours.

Ek Villain Returns is a story about love, betrayal, and revenge, all mixed into a boring musical potboiler. Bhairav (John Abraham), a cab driver in love with a salesgirl Rasika (Disha Patani), is now a serial killer-cum-messiah for the one-sided lovers. On the other hand, Gautam (Arjun Kapoor), the spoiled son of a rich businessman, falls in love with an emerging rockstar singer, Aarvi (Tara Sutaria). With opposite thoughts about love, these two male lovers cross each other as their motives clash to decide who's the villain and who's the hero, and who wins at the end. The involvement of the police is as useless as traffic signals in car racing games, so you can assume how assuring the writing is.

In the press conference, Ekta Kapoor said that Rohit Shetty called it a blockbuster script and passed it to Mohit Suri. I can understand why Rohit passed the script, but I cannot understand why he called it a "blockbuster one." The last two films where Mohit was involved in the writing were Crook (2010) and Raaz 2 (2009). He returns as a writer again. Why? Aseem Arora is doing a mix bag nowadays, so basically the duo has written a mix bag for the viewers, which confers audiences with known formulas with illogical characters. That suspense with John and Disha's characters is clearly visible by the time you reach the interval point, because you see them behaving weirdly all of a sudden, without any concrete reasons. One can easily predict the suspense there, while Arjun and Tara's characters are sidelined already. Those crooked one-sided lovers have nothing to learn from here, like they had in "Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2".

Talking about performances, I think two minutes of silence should be followed here. John Abraham's choices of films and roles are getting worse day by day. The same man who has worked in films like "Parmanu" and "Batla House" has done five duds in a row-"Pagalpanti," "Mumbai Saga," "Satyameva Jayate 2," "Attack Part 1," and "EVR". He always says, "Good films work and the bad ones don't." Well, he is damn honest and right. Hopefully, we'll see the result again with Ek Villian Returns. Arjun Kapoor looks like a handsome playboy and has acted well in a few scenes. Disha Patani spills glamour with grey shades, and that's the best she could do. For Tara Sutaria, the selection is even worse than John. SOTY 2, Marjaavaan, Tadap, Heropanti 2 and now this. Come on, Tara, please justify your name by doing something starry. I hope that happens with your next one, "Apurva," as you have called it that one content-driven film and the role you were looking for. The rest of the actors in Ek Villain Returns are barely noticeable, so better not talk about them. And yes, Riteish Deshmukh fans are in for an illogical surprise here. Those who have seen Ek Villain (2014) will know why it's illogical.

The Ek Villain franchise is known for music, and even Mohit Suri's films are known for their music albums more than the content. Ek Villain Returns had a huge pressure of that thing but somehow managed to carry the load safely. However, the video songs have made this film damn slow and boring. The audios of "Dil," "Galiyaan Returns," "Shaamat," and "Naa Tere Bin" are groovy enough, though. Can't say well done, but well attempted by Ankit Tiwari, Tanishk Bagchi and Kaushik-Guddu. The dialogues are bearable and the action sequences are passable. Technically, Ek Villain Returns is a much better product than what it is as a whole. The editing has made things simple for you because all the trauma passes quickly in two hours so that it doesn't become a headache, and the background score is scary enough to awaken you in case you have fallen asleep during the watch.

Mohit Suri's last outing Malang introduced us to cliches in his own dark and erotic form, yet failed to make a good cinematic experience. Comparatively, Malang looks a better film than Ek Villain Returns now. The pandemic has made viewers more mature, and this will surely make things difficult for Ek Villain Returns. Suri's draft is weak, but his direction looks helpless as you see the paperwork being converted into on-screen spectacle with no improvisation. The framework is so bad in some scenes, and who said cut to those extra loud moments that have no feelings? It was Mohit only. At least in the writing, Ek Villain deserved a better successor. I hate remakes, but if Mohit is trying to rip off things like this in so-called original films, then it's better he remakes or adopts Korean films. As a whole, Ek Villain Returns is a huge disappointment in almost every department, be it acting, writing, screenwriting, or direction. Will we see addition of box office to this list soon?

RATING - 4/10*

Director : how bad actors we want Casting director : yes My god arjun kapoor and john abraham face expressions ,they have only 1 expression . The dialogue delivery is so bad ..some of the cringy dialogues: Ladka sex kre toh hero ,ladki sex kre toh zero .

There are so many cringy dialogues .arjun kapoor says to tara 34 size is not bad and tara blush ...wtf ...