Rajinikanth’s most anticipated Jailer 2 directed by Nelson Dilipkumar was released in theaters on October 15th as a Dussehra special and went on a rampage at the box office, receiving positive responses from general audiences.
Since the announcement, many believed that Jailer 2 would become the first 1000-crore grosser of Kollywood, considering its sequel hype and pan-Indian casting. However, the film wasn’t able to achieve that historic figure, though it has emerged as the industry hit of Kollywood by becoming the highest-grossing Tamil film in all territories.
Following its blockbuster theatrical run, Jailer 2 has now started streaming on the Amazon Prime OTT platform after a 4 week theatrical window, starting today in 5 languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. People who missed watching it in theaters are now watching it on OTT and sharing their responses.
When the OTT release update for Jailer 2 was dropped a few days ago, many critics predicted that Jailer 2 might get an overrated tag from OTT audiences, claiming that mass commercial movies like Jailer 2 might work only in theaters and that OTT audiences would not get excited by the mass sequences.
Indeed, their prediction has come true and some OTT viewers are now suggesting that Jailer 2 is just an average film with a solid first half. They claim that the storyline of Jailer 2 is very weak and that Rajinikanth’s mass screen presence and Nelson Dilipkumar’s humor placement helped Jailer 2 shape up as an okayish film.
Furthermore, they note that even though the first half was highly entertaining, the second half of the film was a major letdown. They are also starting heated discussions on social media about how this average film became an industry hit, questioning the audience’s taste.
Meanwhile, fans have started to make edits out of the mass sequences in the film; especially Rajinikanth’s transformation sequence in the first half is now all over social media, with comments saying that Nelson Dilipkumar has achieved another Baashha-like elevation for Rajinikanth in Jailer 2.
Ultimately, with mixed responses from OTT audiences, it remains to be seen how Jailer 2 is going to perform on the platform and whether it draws solid viewership to the platform in the following days.
