In the final moments of the movie Rifle Club, there are references to the Wild Wild West films that have Mexican stand-offs and stuff. The intention of Aashiq Abu and his writers is to create something of that texture against the backdrop of the hill stations of Kerala, where placing a similar wildness and lawlessness… Continue reading Rifle Club Review | A Mild Wild West Set In the Western Ghats
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I Am Kathalan Review | An Engaging and Relatable Techno-Thriller That Misses Out on the Final Punch
So the history of I am Kathalan, the first movie of Naslen as a hero, is that it was shot before Premalu, and due to production delays, the release got pushed. So, coming to the content of this cyber-thriller, the on-screen authenticity that stages this film in a very simplistic way makes the movie pretty… Continue reading I Am Kathalan Review | An Engaging and Relatable Techno-Thriller That Misses Out on the Final Punch
Gumasthan Review | A Mundane Revenge Thriller With a Mere Backdrop Change
Gumasthan, the latest Malayalam thriller that has Jaise Jose in the title role, is an exaggerated thriller that tries to amplify the usual beats. The script written by Riyaz Ismat has plans to surprise the viewer by planting a lot of decoys in the story. But because of the bloated heroism from the beginning, at… Continue reading Gumasthan Review | A Mundane Revenge Thriller With a Mere Backdrop Change
Golam Review | An Ambitiously Mounted, Basically Written, Passable Thriller
Even though it comes with the impression of a whodunit, the thing that makes the latest Malayalam movie Golam passable is the “how” part of the mystery. Mounted ambitiously on a conceptual level, the production quality of Golam is high, while the writing is pretty basic for a larger portion. With the convoluted execution of… Continue reading Golam Review | An Ambitiously Mounted, Basically Written, Passable Thriller
Thalavan Review | A Watchable Crime Thriller That Misses Out on the Wow Factor
The feel-good space has been the safe zone of director Jis Joy, and when he tried something different in Innale Vare, the response wasn’t that warm. Thalavan, his new film, a police investigation drama, is yet another attempt to crack a zone that Jis hasn’t explored. With two strong actors carrying their respective roles with the required heft,… Continue reading Thalavan Review | A Watchable Crime Thriller That Misses Out on the Wow Factor
Turbo Review | The Climax Action CPR From Mammootty Is Not Enough to Elevate This Ultra-Generic Action Film
In the second half of the movie Turbo, there are multiple instances in which the various antagonists are sort of praising the tactics of the hero and his allies saying stuff like, “What a bloody cliche”, “classic” etc. The thing is, on the writing table, Midhun Manuel Thomas may have envisioned this as a theater erupting moment. But when it comes to execution,… Continue reading Turbo Review | The Climax Action CPR From Mammootty Is Not Enough to Elevate This Ultra-Generic Action Film
Premalu Review | Naslen and Mamitha Shine in This Uneven Romantic Comedy
Girish AD is one director who has managed to create his own signature style with his first two films. And if you look at those movies on a script level, they are very much unnarratable. Like, if you try to narrate that movie to a friend who hasn’t seen that film, he or she will… Continue reading Premalu Review | Naslen and Mamitha Shine in This Uneven Romantic Comedy
Garudan Review | An Exciting Theme With a Half-Baked Generic Script
Garudan, the new Suresh Gopi – Biju Menon starrer directed by debutant Arun Varma and scripted by Midhun Manuel Thomas, has an exciting central conflict. But the problem is with the writing that needs more patience to establish something firmly. The film is built around a rape case where the accused later decides to get… Continue reading Garudan Review | An Exciting Theme With a Half-Baked Generic Script