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Sardar (2022)
Karthi Shines in this message heavy generic and long Spy/Cop film
Karthi has been having a stunning year with three grand releases. Starting with his Rural flick Viruman, to the Blockbuster Ponniyin Selvan to now the Diwali release, Sardar, things have worked out just great for him.
Sardar is a movie about an attention seeking, Media friendly cop, Vijay Prakash, who has a past he wants to
forget, gets a case that gives a major case that digs up many of his past horrors. How he starts facing that forms the crux of the story.
Karthi is absolutely stunning in this film and he sure definitely did a great job pulling of the both the roles of the police and the spy. Both Raashi Khanna and Rajisha Vijayan fit their roles and does their part well.
Laila, even though she had the role that moves the plot, her acting for certain sequences could have been better as it demanded better emotions. Chunky Pandey, is again the run of the mill millionare who wants nothing but do take the country under his control, and this time it is water. Rithwik, does pull some attention from the audiences but again passes as the over enthusiastic kid who can get away with anything.
Mithran does a good job to keep the audiences pinned to the screen as the screen play is definitely racy and presents the right platform for a complete action entertainer. He skilfully blends the water issue with many research materials which is quite impressive but as any movie, this movie looses track towards the climax portions and it may be passed on as a preachy film.
The action choreographer, Dhilip Subbarayan does do a commendable job and most of the action set pieces are very wonderful to look at. George C Williams with the camera does bring the magnificent canvas that Mithran wants to show us.
But this technically good film with a good story suffers from a few generic scenes and the very generic climax with a villain who we know will hate as he has many shades from different movies that we have already seen from Kaththi to Bhoomi recently. Also the movie could have been cut short as the movie only took off from the Pre interval sequence.
A good watch for family audeinces to enjoy, and with Karthi's and the other good performances, this is an above average movie going experience.
Black Adam (2022)
A Stunning Visual experience with a generic screenplay
Black Adam, one of the most awaited super hero film of the year has arrived and it is quite an outing for all the DC fans out there.
Dwayne Johnson fits the character perfectly as it did not demand much acting but needed all of his screen presence and charisma.
But that is where it ends and out of all the Supporting character, the one that stuck was Doctor Fate played by the marvellous Pierce Brosnan. His character in this film and the way he portrayed it was so good that we would want to see a stand alone film of Doctor fate with him as the leading man.
This was not like the other DC films as the film's comical one liners work out at places and blends in quite nicely with the rapid proceedings of the film.
The film, although its stunning visuals, definitely suffered from a generic screenplay and every scene seemed mostly inspired.
The film was set up for the final showdown, but the whole final act, reminded me of the Mortal Kombat game arena and the two characters in action felt very unreal. I really wanted to root for atleast one side to win, but there was just no emotional connection established for any of the characters.
A plot twist towards the fag end of the movie was a breath of fresh air as it felt organic and not many were expecting it.
Overall it was a visual treat for the movie going audiences and was a different way of storytelling, from the other DC movies, but could have done a lot better with better fleshed out characters and a strong and innovative screenplay.
It is definitely worth a watch for all the DC fans out there.
P. S: Stay till the end of the Credits.
Ponniyin Selvan: Part One (2022)
A wonderful piece of art with Manirathnam written all over it.
To start, Manirathnam is in great form with his historical depiction of the novel by Kalki, Ponniyin Selvan. A skillfull execution with brilliant execution from the cast and a top notch technical crew.
Karthi and Vikram are the show stealers although Jayam Ravi was a sweet sweet Surprise as Ponniyin Selvan himself Aishwarya Rai is electric on screen matched with the elegance that is brought by Trisha. The rest of the supporting cast does their job right.
Ravi Varman's hardwork is seen in every frame, lit up with the magnificent sets of Thotta Tharani. ARR the master proves nobody matches him yet with his beautiful songs and a world class background score.
The movie however let us down with rushed sequences and however impressive the characters were, they did not make an impact as the screen time was that limited. The VFX department proved to be tacky in many scenes but that does not bother you that much.
Overall its an experience, and one who enjoys the political drama and digs a well crafted film with absolutely wonderful performance, can visit this in the theatres.