The driving force of the film is revenge but there is a crowd of people coming out of the woodwork to take their due. Seeti, Shinda, Geja, Gela, Bhola, Keepa, Rana, Jagga, Pamma, Shera…there are so many lethal goons floating around this film that it’s hard to keep up and the narrative becomes a needlessly complicated drama rather early in the film. There is one in a Hannibal Lecter inspired restraint mask and after all the hullabaloo around him, he does not get to do a thing! This is the kind of vague screenplay that the film is plagued by.

Aside from all the goons jostling for space, is suspended police officer Rahul Dev (Ranjit Singh), a gangster in uniform who drinks during the day, recites poetry for kicks and uses the word ‘encounter’ flippantly to kill criminals. Ranjit and Geja too have a complicated past and the climax sees them coming face to face once again.

One suspects that the director Amar Hundal knows that the script is peripheral to his stylised showcasing of action shots, guns and violence. The result is way too many slow-motion shots accompanied by a completely incongruous rock music soundtrack and blunt, direct action sequences. In a meta moment, a police officer is introduced in this manner, only for a character to say that there’s no need for a slow-motion introduction to him, since he is a bit of a bumbling fool!

In this violence-for-the-sake-of-it saga, is the character of Pamma. Slippery as a fish and wily as a fox, Pamma navigates the killings with humour, guile and flair. The scenes where Pamma meets Geja are the highlights of the film and Prince Kanwaljit Singh’s superlative performance as a vulnerable yet lethal goon is commendable. One suspects that the relationship between Geja and Pamma will develop, since the film leaves off with a nod to another sequel, and become the mainstay of the otherwise meandering plot but Warning 2 sadly, does not give it the attention it deserves.

Grewal’s character too is curious as he only speaks in the flashback and mainly carries a deadly expression in the rest of the film, adding to his mystique. The reason for him not speaking is not revealed. Raj Singh Jhinjar is underutilized while Raghveer Boli gives a notable performance as Seeti and Rahul Dev is impressive as the swashbuckling police officer.

Warning was initially conceived as a web series and the sequential introduction of characters and their development has not been adapted to the film format. In the end, Warning 2 feels like episodes of a web series just strung together. The result is a complicated saga with action heaped upon action and little else to sustain one’s interest.

Warning 2 movie cast: Gippy Grewal, Jasmin Bhasin, Prince Kanwaljit Singh, Rahul Dev, Raghveer Boli, Dheeraj Kumar.
Warning 2 movie director: Amar Hundal
Warning 2 movie rating: 2 stars