Honey and Bunny leap between two timelines as they navigate action-packed setpieces across Bombay, Belgrade and Nainital. They leave a trail of fire (literally) in their wake.
Clearly, Samantha and Varun are having more fun — and fractures — than Priyanka Chopra in their mothership, the global ‘Citadel’ franchise.
The two agents are working for Baba (Kay Kay Menon) who is on a quest for a missing piece of tech that will bring about, ahem, world peace. The spyverse is sprinkled with backstories of its crew. Honey was a struggling actress, who didn’t hesitate to kick the nether regions of filmmakers demanding “adjustments”. Bunny had his share of limelight too, as the stunt double of action heroes.
Honey joins Baba’s disciples in search of purpose and, yes, a paycheck. Initially, her role is limited to seducing male targets. ‘Honey trap’, you see.
There are daring exploits as the characters zip through 1992 and 2000, all guns blazing. Curiously, the villains are consistent in their incompetence, perpetually missing targets.
Nadia, the only kid around, is far too grown-up for an eight-year-old. She is trained to switch between ‘play’, ‘safe’ and ‘hide’ modes, and knows what to do when confronted with “bad men”.
The pace dips and the plot gets predictable at times, but the gaps are filled with top-class action and earnest performances.
Kay Kay Menon’s quirky Baba, who has a thing for burnt chicken; Varun, showing off both his biking prowess and his posterior; and Samantha’s heavy-duty stunts keep the desi ‘Citadel’ from crumbling.