New Delhi, May 1 -- Ajay Devgn isn't the worst star-actor in Hindi films today, but he's the most boring. Nowadays he tends to play unflappable types who either take on powerful adversaries or have to get their families out of a jam. And he does so in such a dour, bland way that you have to wonder if he gets any joy out of acting anymore. There's a moment at the end of Raid 2 when his character's carefully laid plans have come off perfectly. But Devgn's face says, I'm tired and vaguely annoyed.

You'll be tired and vaguely annoyed by the end of Raid 2, a film that badly needs an agile, alive performance at its centre. Devgn reprises the part of Indian Revenue Service officer Amay Patnaik from the first film (2018), which was also directed...