The Indian Express' Shubhra Gupta gave 3.5 stars to 'Special Ops 2' and said that Kay Kay Menon surprises with the sequel to 2020 series. "This one’s a banger...Five years later, [when]...part twos are where creativity goes to die, I’m most pleasantly surprised," the review read. "Kay Kay...shows how it’s done: head down, brain in top gear," it concluded.