Here is one of the first reviews of Dhoom2 to emerge online. This one is from Rediff website and read at your own risk!
It is bigger and splashier than the first film in the series, but Dhoom:2 is less 
entertaining than its predecessor.
Though Dhoom was unconvincing like most Bollywood masala films, it was still a pleasant package and went on to become a surprise hit in India. Now, its director Sanjay Gadhvi has made a far more exotic film, with a bigger star cast that includes Aishwarya Rai at her bewitching best.
But the clumsily-scripted film is entertaining only intermittently. And while it has a few funny scenes involving the inept police officer Ali (Uday Chopra), it never goes full blast at anything it tries.
Given its attractive star cast and hype -- not to forget two energetic songs, one featuring Bipasha Basu and the other Hrithik Roshan -- the film may still emerge as a crowd-pleaser.
To heist film enthusiasts, Dhoom: 2 is anything but a yawn. Trivia hunters could have a field day listing the films that have 'inspired' over a dozen scenes in the new film. Look out for the scenes in which the master thief appears in several disguises, and see if you can recognise the Hollywood inspirations.
Among the weakest scenes in the film are the ones set in Brazil in which Mumbai police officer Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan) and sidekick Ali try to foil a daring heist by the master thief (Hrithik) simply known as A. It is strange indeed that there is no Brazilian police officer in sight as Jai and Ali go after him and his moll Sunehri (Ash). You seldom get to sense what Rio is like.
The first half of the film, which follows a train robbery in Africa by the mysterious A, has several plot developments that are, charitably put, half-baked.
With all its faults, there are a few things the movie can boast of, especially in terms of male performances.
Abhishek Bachchan looks rugged and turns in a decent performance. Hrithik is charismatic but goes around as if he is still in the Krrish mode. Uday could be the leather-faced comedian of the season but his bumbling scenes received the warmest applause at the opening day screening in New York.
The ending is anything but mysterious. No one should be surprised if there is another Dhoom in the works.
Heard dhoom 2 is a bit of a let down
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