2019, Tamil, Netflix, 7.3/10 IMDB, Directed by Athiyan Athirtai
A never heard story line in a never seen canvas, with some thoughtful social responsibilities, goes downhill while trying to incorporate too many strings at the same time.
Nelam production has the innovative story line of bringing to light the ‘goof-up’ of Indo American companies trying to bury underwater the undiffused World War missiles. But it would have been a super scorer than it is now, if the debut director would have stuck to the plot, rather than inter twining honor killings kind of weak links to the main story.
The waste disposal process and the lives of the workers involved in segregation were an interesting watch. The transportation saga in lorries though, fatigues you as you are reminded of the very recent Kaidhi where you were travelling in a lorry from start to end.
Dinesh could have had a meaty role but the director choose not to make him a hero but be a mere instrument in educating us the heroic stories of the days of the nuclear bombs.The romance does excel but Anandhi some how does bore you with her kiddish dialogue delivery and you are left distant from the couple and don’t see yourself rooting for the couple to get together as you are constantly worried about the movie not progressing with the thriller quotient it ought to, when it is a nuclear bomb that is on the loose.
Muniskanth does tickle you but again it’s incomplete as you are caught between unnecessary drag. Rithvika playing a JNU student journalist sucks as she doesn’t fit the cast or performs the character, except of few unnatural tension here and there to substantiate.The casting of the Pa. Ranjith school of actors from Attakathi to Kabali, from Madras to Pariyerum Perumal, bore you to hell. They might be great actors but the combos work bad as its like you are following a drama troop.
Too many ideas weaken the main string and lack of thrill in the sequences, pulls down the momentum of the otherwise strong movie.
A good attempt.