Viduthalai 2 Movie Review: What's Good, What's Bad; Find Out From Viewers' Words

National Award-winning filmmaker Vetrimaaran is back with a sequel to the hit movie 'Viduthalai'. The period crime thriller has Soori and Vijay Sethupathi playing the leads.

Manju Warrier, Kishore, Bhavani, Gautham Menon, Rajiv Menon, Attakathi Dinesh, Bose Venkat, Anurag Kashyap, Prakash Raj, and others are in the cast.

The movie has Ilaiyaraaja's music, R Ramar's editing and R Velraj's cinematography.

Viduthalai Part 2 Story

The film centers on Perumal (Vijay Sethupathi), a revolutionary leader secretly detained by the police. When news of his capture leaks, tensions rise among his followers. The police attempt to transport him through a dense forest, but an ambush by his supporters throws their plans into disarray. The story explores Perumal's fate-will he surrender, escape, or meet a tragic end?

Viduthalai Part 2 Review

Vijay Sethupathi shines as Perumal, delivering a deeply layered and compelling performance that anchors the film. His chemistry with Manju Warrier is heartfelt, adding emotional depth to the narrative. Soori impresses in the second half, especially in the climax, where he gets moments to truly showcase his acting range. The supporting cast, including Manju Warrier, Prakash Raj, and others, adds credibility and gravitas to the film.

Vetrimaaran shifts gears in the sequel, opting for a politically driven drama rather than an action-packed thriller. While this direction may surprise fans of the first installment, the film's dialogues and themes make up for the reduced intensity. Vetrimaaran uses the narrative as a platform to critique systemic oppression, blending his ideology seamlessly into the storyline.

What Netizens Say About Viduthalai 2?

Rajasekar: 3.75 out of 5, In the first part , #VetriMaaran grabbed our attention with arresting sequences and intense action sequences. In the second part, he stuck to his subject and idealogy to deliver a powerful political film that gives you detailed insight about the cruelties that happened and how the 'left' and 'Dravidian' ideologies helped the state to progress. Vijay Sethupathi becomes the face of many political rebels who fought for the revolution. The film awakens your political inner self. Vetri has used his medium to not merely entertain but to educate today's generation. A complete director's film where everyone shines but
@VijaySethuOffl
stands tall as a performer! Yes,
@sooriofficial
has limited scope but his climax performance and decision would earn him a big respect.

#ViduthalaiPart2 first half - The rise of #PerumalThozhar aka
@VijaySethuOffl. #VetriMaaran has explained in detail about the backstory of Vijay Sethupathi and how he shifts to extremism from leftist ideology. Film has a lot of informative political dialogues and throwback to the rise of Dravidian and Left ideology in Tamil Nadu. Vetri has handled this more as a political drama with minimal action to stay true to his core story! Sethupathi gets maximum screen space and super impressive. #KenKarunas in a limited screen time holds our attention. Informative and true to the genre. More after the second half 👍First Half - Above average to Good 👌

Amruthabharathi: Started off with a Banger & hard hitting 30 mins🩸
- Filled with Flashback of VJS... Contemporary portions were just 15 mins🤝
- Few scenes felt dragged due to the over usage of Revolution !!
- VijaySethupathi as performer peaked in many scenes 🔥🔥
- ManjuWarrier, Ken Karunas & Kishore was Good💫

Awaiting for the present sequences in the second half

i_thenali: Raw, hard hitting - Loved it. This was filmmaking masterclass*, another reminder for why the Writing > everything else to make a good movie. It was also raw, in-your-face, hard hitting - everything you expect a Vetrimaaran movie #ViduthalaiPart2

Siddarth Srinivas: #ViduthalaiPart2 Interval: Vetrimaaran speaking politics like never before, the ideology spoken here is stronger than any of his previous films. After the INTENSE first 30 minutes, the film shifts tone fully. May feel a bit bland at places, but it is definitely engaging!

Christopher Kanagaraj: First Half - 👍
Initial 30 Mins Terrific. VJS show all the way. Dialogues & Actions Pakka. Too much of Puratchi, But Engaging!
Vetrimaaran's Craft & Ideology never disappoints. VJS superb. Limited role 4 Soori. Rajiv Menen & Ken Karunas rockz. Terrific & Intense Initial 30Mins Setup. Slight lag & Repetitiveness r thr. Beautiful Songs, Powerful Dialoges, Raw Actions. GOOD Watch!

No Name: #Viduthalai2 #ViduthalaiPart2 A weakly written & directed work that's overlong & mostly uses montage-like storytelling. Functions more as a politics class than a narrative film. One of the blandest films of the year. A colossal waste of talent, time & resources.

D.R BASHEENTH: #VidudalaiPart2 REVIEW 🎬

A VETRIMARAN 'S CULT CLASSIC Film 🔥

Witnessed #VijaySethupathi 's Another Shade in #Viduthalai2 , What a PERFORMER .. He is 🛐🔥#VetriMaaran 🙏🔥🔥 🔥 climax peak .

V: Early report: #ViduthalaiPart2 is mostly boring and have few goosebumps scenes. Average. (6/10) #ViduthalaiPart2 #Viduthalai2

Let's X OTT GLOBAL: #VidudalaiPart2 REVIEW 🎬

A VETRIMARAN 'S CULT CLASSIC Film 🔥
Witnessed #VijaySethupathi 's Another Shade in #Viduthalai2 , What a PERFORMER .. He is 🛐🔥 Next National Award Loading for this Man #VetriMaaran 🙏🔥🔥 Can't Disclose too much , Will everyone know it morning . Enjoy The movie before Spoilers ! Will be one of your best cinematic Experience 🔥

Haricharan: #Viduthalai2 - Vetrimaaran's film is politically sound and powerful as it engagingly discusses oppression and uprising from two contrasting standpoints. As a political drama with razor sharp dialogues, the movie is largely impressive but definitely feels overlong, needlessly dragged in taking the story of the first part forward. #VijaySethupathi's towering performance holds most of the film together.