'Ab Tak Chhappan 2' : Down for the count from scene one

Flogging a dead horse is never a good idea, especially when it is a thoroughbred that did more than its bit when it was alive. No wonder this sequel to the critically acclaimed 2004 hit, director Aejaz Gulab's, 'Ab Tak Chhappan', is no patch on the original film despite the fact that lead actor Nana Patekar goes out on a limb in a bid to lend the stale cop-and-gangsters drama some dramatic muscle. The seasoned actor is let down by a feckless script that falls back on the conventions of the genre to rustle something out of nothing. Bollywood has moved on from where it was a decade ago, and the clichs do not work anymore.