The Family Man 2 Review: Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha are fire and ice in Amazon Prime series

Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni-starrer The Family Man 2 is finally here. The show is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

"We are different. We are very different," Bhaskaran (Mime Gopi) tells his friend and ally of over 30 years, Deepan (Azhagam Perumal), as they sit across each other in Normandy, France. Bhaskaran, the once-upon-a-time feared and revered leader of the Tamil Rebels, has forgotten what he was fighting for but hasn't given up the fight. Deepan, his partner in the movement, and always the more diplomatic one, has found a way to further it even without a fight. "You are a politician, I am a soldier," Bhaskaran concludes. And that right there is what it all boils down to. Manoj Bajpayee's Srikant Tiwari, the family man spy, has quit his job at the TASK force and settled for a 9-to-5 corporate job at an IT firm. He tries to fit in but fails, suffers from FOMO but continues to live in denial that he is happy. After all, he did it for his family. His family, much like the first season of this Amazon Prime hit, still remains disappointed, even after all his efforts. While this yet again provides some comic relief, the plot thickens in Chennai, where JK Talpade (Sharib Hashmi) is stuck in a hostage situation. The man they are trying to nab is Bhaskaran's brother. The Sri Lankan government wants him, our Indian Prime Minister - Basu, a vaguely Mamata Banerjee resembling woman whose Bengali-infused Hindi lasts just the first episode - has agreed. Even at the risk of backlash in Tamil Nadu. Between politicians and soldiers, national security is at stake. Watch the trailer here: