India, Oct. 15 -- There was a time when Rajinikanth was an actor. That time is long gone. He is a star today, defined by cigar smoking, sunglasses flipping, slow-motion walking, and everything that just makes him the 'superstar'. Nelson Dilipkumar seems to have mastered the art of banking on that. And yes, while Jailer 2 does have a semblance of a story that moves Tiger Muthuvel Pandian's tale forward, let's not pretend that's why anyone's heading to the theatres this weekend.

It has been 3 months since Muthu (Rajinikanth) killed Varman (Vinayakan) and was warned that a network of idol smugglers would soon be on his scent. True to the dead man's word, Dileep (Suraj Venjaramoodu) would like to know who would dare disrupt their smuggling r...