Fisherman's Review of Villain
Oct 27, 8AM
Edappally Vanitha
Status - 80%
When the movie was announced did not have much hope since this was a B Unnikrishnan movie. Then the news of it being shot in 8k, association of great technicians, months of Post Production Work, Heavy Production Cost all created some curiosity. Then without something Vishal will not act and also a producer like Rockline Venkatesh will not produce. So all these built up some expectations. In parallel there were lot of dialogues from B Unni, which we have seen before also so ignored as always. But yesterday when Myskin's and Linguswamy's responses came, I was like there would be something.
Now to the movie. Starts of with a triple murder which is shot in a mediocre way to tell the best. No punch no thrill nothing. Chumma oru moonu pere kollunnu. Then came Lal's intro in Salt and Pepper look. Simple Intro and good for the mood of the movie. Then his retirement, some emotional scenes with Siddique and other people in the force etc. As usual there is enough Swayam Pokki dialogues during these episodes. Unni ippozhum Unni thanne aa kaaryathil
Iyaalkkonnum oru naanavum ille, ishwaraaa. Pinne idackoru flashback with Lal's Family. Manju Warrier-ude aa onja chiri kandu bore adichu. Full adhu thanne. Pinne randu perudem romantic and family dialogues okke anyaayam. Evidennu kittiyo aavo immaadhiri dialogues. Artificial to the core - Both the scenes and the performance from lead actors. Idhinte idayil Vishal-inte oru Intro also
Annan Flashback Intro and Vishal Intro randum nalla thanuppan koora intro. Mass intro okke aakaan aanu sramichadhu ennu thonnunnu. Paali poyi. Then comes Interval. Theatre oru marana veedu pole - Smasaana Mookadha. Koovaan polum ulla interest aalukalkkilla. Thrill-um illa, Class-um illa, Mass-um illa.
Ini ippol pradeeksha muzhuvan 2nd half-il. 2nd Half-il thrilling twists investigation okke pradeekshichu kayari. Evide, padam angane aareyum salyam cheyaadhe saandham aayi ozhuki kondirunnu. Idayil aalukal ezhunettu purathu pokunnu, akathekku thirichu varunnu. Angane motham bore aduppichu konnu. 1st half-ine kaalum mosam aaya 2nd half. Mattoru murder koodi kaanickunnu, ini kollappedaan saadhyadha ulla aale thirichariyunnu. Angane angane pokunnu. Ennaalum njaan vijaarichu last annan Villain aayittoru ugran transformation nadakkum ennu. Ente pradeekshakalokke thettichu kondu Hansika manasaandhara pettu transformed aayi. Kolakolli climax. Boring Climax Fight and boring Climax.
Positives
BGM. This was the only positive I could see.
Negatives
Lal's underplay - Koppaanu. Lal is totally misfit in this role. He could neither bring in the class which the role demanded nor bring in the punch required.
Direction, Script etc - Ini enkilum annane verudhe vidoo. Venamenkil Annanum ningalum thammil ulla sokaarya nimishangalil angottum ingottum pokki kure dialogue adicho. Verudhe njangal kaanikale ingane veruppickalle please.
Overall Summary - Must Avoid. One of the costliest crap produced in Malluwood.
Crowd Response - Oru tharam nirvikaaratha. Intro-cku maathram aanu claps undaayadhu. Pinne angottu palarum urangi poyennu thonnunnu.
Vaalkashanam - Ammacku Thankunju Ponkunju ennu nammal parayum. Adhu kondu thanne swandham padam ella directors-inum nalladhaaye thonnukayollu. Ennaalum swandham kunju mandha budhi aanenkil, avan budhimaan aanennum paranju oru ammayum nadakkilla. Ente Unni chetto, ee padatheyaano ningal ithrayum divasam Khoram Khoram prasamsichadhu !!!!
Rating - 2 / 5. (Only for BGM and clarity in some night shots)