Citadel Honey Bunny review: Slick action, Varun Dhawan-Samantha chemistry not enough to lift Raj & DK’s weakest show | Web Series
In Citadel Honey Bunny, we were promised the best of both worlds – the Russo Brothers’ impeccable world-building combined with Raj & DK’s irreverent, fourth-wall-breaking humour. And, of course, a ton of action. The Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Varun Dhawan-starrer delivers all this. But forgets a cohesive, engaging plot in the process. The end result is a series that sizzles only to go cold so often that the viewer loses count. (Also read: How Citadel Honey Bunny creators Raj Nidimoru, Sita Menon subverted Russo Brothers’ spy show) Citadel Honey Bunny review: Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the Raj & DK thriller The plot Set in two timelines – 1992 and 2000 – Citadel: Honey Bunny is a sequel to Russo Brothers’ Citadel, which starred Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden. Honey Bunny tells the story of Nadia’s (Priyanka in Citadel and Kashvi Majmundar here) parents – Rahi Gambhir, aka Honey (Varun) and Hanimandakini, aka Honey (Samantha). Bunny is a stunt performer in Bollywood films, who moonlights as a secret agent for a mysterious man …
