Chandni Chowk to China part two: twins, a dance number and a fight style compared to Drunken Master

We're back with part two of our reaction to Chandni Chowk to China, starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone. This stretch carries the story to the point where everyone is waiting for the hero's real strength to surface.

The twins' separation sets up a story of near misses

The section opens with the backstory of the twin sisters and their parents. One of us said, "Love a mixed couple," before the family is torn apart and the twins are separated. A line notes it's the only picture of their mother.

The chaos of that escape drew laughs too, with a joke about the baby: "Good thing you got the carrier on." From there, characters kept narrowly missing one another. We said that "Everybody's just missing each other" and "There's so much action going on in here."

A dance number and a fight that felt like Drunken Master

When a song arrived, we said "It was about time for a dance number," along with "I like this China India crossover." Jackie Chan came up too: "I think Jackie Chan did one not too long ago a few years back." The drunken fight that followed was called "Very drunken master right now," with the observation that he fights better when he's drunk.

Makeup, disguises and the mirror scene stood out

We noticed the makeup: "Her makeup has been fire this whole time," and later, "That eye makeup is wild." The scene where one twin faces the other as if in a mirror got the reaction "That's so cool how they did that." The cat sound effects were noted as "not getting old," and there was this comment: "I like his fake fatness. I know, right? How are they keeping it on?"

We hoped the hero would find his power

When the hero is humiliated in a fight, we asked why his dad couldn't have taught him something, and said "No montage." Early on, we hoped he has "some power living inside him," and one of us answered "I hope so, too." After he took a hit to the head, our call was simple: "We need a trigger." Later there was "some acupuncture going on," and as this part closed, his strength seemed to be coming back.