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Stree 2 was about 45 minutes too long. Stree 2 was funny in the first half of the movie. It had great call backs to the OG Stree. The actors did a really good job reviving their characters. One of the newer characters played by a famous actor felt out of place because it made the film less grounded. The characters from other films that were on the movie felt shoehorned in and not in any way organic and faithful to the world building of the film. The effects of Sarkata were pretty well done.

Compared to first Stree as an allegory, Stree 2 pales in comparison.

The climax was too drawn out and did not follow the rules of the works that it had established.

Useless jokes, music romance all ruined the movie. In the serious moment comedy is added which is not compulsory. Giving it 1 ⭐. Every jokes is just bla bla. One of the most glaring issues with Stree 2 is its over-reliance on comedy that simply doesn't land. Where the first film skillfully blended horror with humor, this sequel seems to think that more jokes automatically equal more laughs. The result is a barrage of unnecessary gags that feel out of place and forced. Instead of enhancing the narrative, the comedy detracts from it, making the film feel more like a disjointed sketch show than a cohesive story. The humor, which once felt organic and cleverly woven into the plot, now feels like a desperate attempt to recreate the magic of the original.

The movie is quite impressive, with excellent conceptualization and reveals. The special cameos and everything combined create both an expected and unexpected perspective that we've all been anticipating from this franchise-or you might say, from this cinematic universe. However, the one thing that disappoints is the ending. It feels clumsy, as if everything was just pieced together without any real thought. It's almost as if the editor was simply told to stitch the clips together, resulting in a lack of smoothness towards the end. The music cuts abruptly, then suddenly resumes, making it feel like the movie ended, and someone just grabbed a random song from YouTube, pasted it, inserted a scene, and then added another YouTube song. It's clear that there were some editing issues towards the end.

Additionally, all the heavy comedy moments were already revealed in the trailer, leaving nothing new or surprising in terms of humor.

Stree 2 is a decent sequel which does a good job of stitching the Maddock Supernatural Universe together and carve out the path for Vampires of Vijay Nagar, Bhediya 2 and Stree 3 over the next 2 years. The movie has its moments......some really funny but a few that dont land well and some pretty effective jump scares. The actors are as likable as they were in the first movie and the story flows well from the first part through the 2nd to the next one. Overall it is a good watch....but not as good as the first part.

The performances are good especially Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi and Abhishek Banerjee. Decent VFX and action. Some scenes and dialogs are really funny especially when delivered by these three. The cameos are pretty good. Akshay is weird, quirky and funny in his scene but didnt feel very menacing in the post credit sequence. Varun's character is well integrated in the movie and has a good entry scene but could have been utilized more effectively. His character lacks the punch and power of his first movie.

The run time of the movie is a bit long at 149 mins and would have benefited from a leaner and crisper production. The movie doesn't get boring but a tighter second half would have definitely lifted it up to the next level. If you liked Stree then you will enjoy Stree 2. However if Stree was not to your liking then Stree 2 is definitely not your cup of tea. It is a fun watch 7/10.

The movie in it's first half is great. Almost all the jokes land, characters are still enjoyable and pacing is also great. But the second half is paced slow for some reason and have some unnecessary scenes which the movies was better off not having. The end is also somewhat boring as it feels more like a superhero movie rather than a horror comedy. A lot of deus ex machina occurs towards the finale which somewhat feels a little out of place for how the first stree movie was made by the creators but the heart of the first film is still here and you can feel that the overall movie is made with love and respect towards the first movie and overall stree universe which creators are trying to create.