This zippily edited sequel to a 2006 Indian hit is not the least bit coy about its intentions: the young criminal kingpin Don (Shah Rukh Khan, left) is back, and “now my target is Europe!” Soon enough, after a prison escape art-directed within an inch of its colorful life, he’s hatching a grand plan to rob a Berlin bank of its euro printing plates. The lovely Roma (Priyanka Chopra) and her wise mentor (the great Om Puri) are on his trail, though, and he can’t trust his partners. It’s indeed an impossible mission (Don even uses a peel-away mask) in the jokey spirit of Danny Ocean.

“Don 2” is more comic book than that, except most comics have nods to emotional depth. Don is a superenigma, an anti-hero way too extraordinarily capable to take seriously, which is fine when he’s doing something interesting (the big heist has twists, stunts and suspense aplenty) and simply auto-action when he’s not (all those car chases and, heck, the first third of the film).

The director, Farhan Akhtar, seems out to create a spectacular, international entertainment with “Don 2,” in a mix of Hindi and English and a dollop of German. And thanks to the unpretentious humor, he is mostly successful, though audiences will have to forgive the bland performances. Not the actors’ fault, really; when a cocky chuckle (Mr. Khan) or determined lips (Ms. Chopra) are your only character bits, you don’t have much character to explore. Only Kunal Kapoor, as a more sympathetic colleague of Don’s, has human moments. They’re almost out of place; subtlety is one language this playful film doesn’t speak.