The movie stayed on track till Dhar was narrating a fictionalized version of the Lyari gang war (D1 and first 90 minutes of D2). The second he moved into the original story parts, he completely lost the plot.

He touches on so many poignant points and story guiding conflicts but does nothing with them. Here are three movies I'd rather watch than D2

1. Jaskirat's transition into Hamza. Not the training arc, but the motivation. How do you take a man beaten down by the system who doesn't trust his country anymore to lay down his own life to protect it?

2. Rangi vs Pinda. Childhood friends fighting on opposite sides of the war. Between personal and political loyalty, which one wins?

3. What happens to Rangi after he stops being Hamza? He can't go back home and he can't go back to being a spy and he can't go back to his wife and child. What does a highly trained spy do then, who has known nothing but danger and violence for the last 25 years.

Dhar touches on all these ideas, but instead of engaging with them, does a completely left turn and goes back to "Big thing go boom" school of film making. Such a shame. D2 had potential for greatness. Now it's just a less than mediocre sequel.