What is a good story line gets spoilt by the "requirement" for romance, dancing around trees, sentiment etc that makes a Tamil movie what it is. Remove these from the equation and add a racier screenplay, the movie could be a very well made action thriller.
A contract killer out to assassinate the APJ replacement in the story. How he lures the scientist who never makes it out of the research center and the planning around it and how and why it gets upset by the protagonist makes for the story.
Udhaynidhi as the protagonist has come a long way from his initial days. His dancing and stunt skills have considerably improved. Acting skills have also improved, but the script does not ask for much emoting hence he is at ease.
Sathyaraj as the straight forward father who is a physical education trainer fits the bill to the T and carries off the role with aplomb. You can not find fault. Not in one scene.
The sister and mother play their role. Nothing much asked for, nothing much delivered.
Amy Jackson, well, a let down. Not that we are used to see her "acting" but you are definitely upset that the Amy we saw in I (Shankar) and in this movie seem so completely different. Is she the same glamorous one we saw in I, makes me wonder. And I am not talking about skimpy dresses here, do not get me wrong, I am talking about the choice of costumes and the way her screen presence is brought out. What is a wonder is that the cinematographer has captured nature in all its glory and not Amy. Why man, why?
Background music is good. But the first song, though it has racy music, the lyrics and singing is definitely a let down. Or should I say, a waste of the good music for that song. Talking of songs, ALL of the songs, but for the title one, are misplaced. Made me think I was watching a Telegu action movie, when you have a song inserted during the tail end of the movie when Udhaynidhi returns a necklace to Amy. Even the first song, going by the lyrics sounds like a song for a situation where the hero would have proposed to the heroine and she rejected him, but in reality, Udhay never would have expressed his opinion to Amy and much worse, the song is actually an imaginary one of Amy.
Tamil movie directors need to think beyond the song and dance and stick to screenplay. Remember ThoongaVanam guys.
The action sequences are well choreographed. Udhay has put in a lot of effort and it definitely pays off. But then again, why does the climax fight seems so out of place. What should have been an epic clash, whittles out in comparison to the bar fight sequence.
As a whole, the climax does not carry the weight required. Neither does Vikrant's role. What could have been made as a role that the viewers could have either empathised with or wholly hated, the director leaves the viewer neither option. You neither hate nor love the character. It had the potential to be either.
Net net, what could have been made as a very good action thriller, come out a very mediocre action romance movie because of the quite unnecessary requirements of romance, sentiment etc as indicated earlier.
A contract killer out to assassinate the APJ replacement in the story. How he lures the scientist who never makes it out of the research center and the planning around it and how and why it gets upset by the protagonist makes for the story.
Udhaynidhi as the protagonist has come a long way from his initial days. His dancing and stunt skills have considerably improved. Acting skills have also improved, but the script does not ask for much emoting hence he is at ease.
Sathyaraj as the straight forward father who is a physical education trainer fits the bill to the T and carries off the role with aplomb. You can not find fault. Not in one scene.
The sister and mother play their role. Nothing much asked for, nothing much delivered.
Amy Jackson, well, a let down. Not that we are used to see her "acting" but you are definitely upset that the Amy we saw in I (Shankar) and in this movie seem so completely different. Is she the same glamorous one we saw in I, makes me wonder. And I am not talking about skimpy dresses here, do not get me wrong, I am talking about the choice of costumes and the way her screen presence is brought out. What is a wonder is that the cinematographer has captured nature in all its glory and not Amy. Why man, why?
Background music is good. But the first song, though it has racy music, the lyrics and singing is definitely a let down. Or should I say, a waste of the good music for that song. Talking of songs, ALL of the songs, but for the title one, are misplaced. Made me think I was watching a Telegu action movie, when you have a song inserted during the tail end of the movie when Udhaynidhi returns a necklace to Amy. Even the first song, going by the lyrics sounds like a song for a situation where the hero would have proposed to the heroine and she rejected him, but in reality, Udhay never would have expressed his opinion to Amy and much worse, the song is actually an imaginary one of Amy.
Tamil movie directors need to think beyond the song and dance and stick to screenplay. Remember ThoongaVanam guys.
The action sequences are well choreographed. Udhay has put in a lot of effort and it definitely pays off. But then again, why does the climax fight seems so out of place. What should have been an epic clash, whittles out in comparison to the bar fight sequence.
As a whole, the climax does not carry the weight required. Neither does Vikrant's role. What could have been made as a role that the viewers could have either empathised with or wholly hated, the director leaves the viewer neither option. You neither hate nor love the character. It had the potential to be either.
Net net, what could have been made as a very good action thriller, come out a very mediocre action romance movie because of the quite unnecessary requirements of romance, sentiment etc as indicated earlier.
