Bazooka

The movie is actually written good but due to amateur direction and average bgm the movie was going on a medium pace till it reaches the final point. The last 30 minutes of the movie and execution was actually good. The plot twist which was unfolded during that period was a brilliant one. Overall a good experience for me. If the movie was given a bit more good editing and bgm along side a good director it would have been a great one. Mammooty and GVM did a good job while others didn't get any thing to do rather than seeing them in action. The action scenes were good but could have been made better. The investigation scenes and ideas were good in the paper but somewhere got lost in the making. Still don't miss it in the theater if you love to explore the game thriller genre.

Rating - 3.5/5

An action packed game thriller that stands out with a unique filmmaking style and glamour treatment.

The story revolves around a Special investigation team cracking the mystery of a dacoity series in Kochi executed in the form of a multilevel puzzle game and their efforts of hunting the masterbrain forms the crux of the story.

Kudos to Deeno Dennis for materialising a distinctive and unprecedented narrative genre and filmmaking style to Malayalam.👌🏻He has managed to portray the story with top-notch technicality and the styling given,mood, ambience and color tone set for the movie is simply marvellous.🔥The handful characters portrayed through the story has got immense scope for performance even in the shortest screen space. The film must be watched in a 4K Dolby Atmos theatre to get the best sound experience.

Incredible performances by Mammootty,Gautam Menon & Hakim Shajahan. Sidharth Bharathan,Dino Dennis,Bhama Arun,Divya Pillai & Joemon Jyothir gave notable performances.

Nimish Ravi has precisely picturised the vision of the director on screen. Hats off to the musician Saeed Abbas and the sound designers Sachin Sudhakaran & Hariharan for giving wholesome and groovy sounds. All credit goes to his personal stylist Abhijith for presenting Mammootty in the most stylish,swagger avatar like never before. The effort he has put in choosing the perfect accessories for the Megastar is evident on the screens. Impressive efforts by Srik Varier for the color grading for maintaining the mood of the movie deserves appreciation. Last but not the least the editor Praveen Prabhakar,Nishadh Yusuf (late) and the Production Design team and Stunt choreographers also deserves appreciation for their contribution.

A must watch films for Mammootty fans in theatres promising a novel experience.

Director Deeno Dennis made a bold attempt with this film, but unfortunately, the execution doesn't live up to expectations. The decision to take on this project feels like a miscalculation, as the film struggles to maintain the intrigue it builds in the initial moments.

The first 15 minutes are undoubtedly the highlight. With a gripping setup and an air of suspense, it genuinely feels like something major is about to unfold. The atmosphere draws you in, and for a brief period, it promises a thrilling cinematic experience. However, that promise is short-lived.

What follows is a disappointingly flat narrative that never quite takes off. The story meanders without purpose, lacking both tension and emotional depth. Key plot points are either predictable or underdeveloped, and the screenplay fails to offer any surprises that could keep the audience invested. Instead of building toward something impactful, the film loses steam, relying heavily on stretched-out scenes and unnecessary subplots.

Casting choices further weaken the film. The performances are mostly uninspired, with little chemistry among the lead actors. It feels as though the cast was misfit for their roles-none manage to leave a lasting impression or bring life to their characters. As a result, emotional moments fall flat, and even the most dramatic scenes lack weight.

Visually, the film has its moments, and the technical aspects-such as cinematography and sound design-are competent, but they're not enough to compensate for the lackluster storytelling. One can't help but feel that with a better script and tighter direction, this could have been a much stronger film.

In the end, this movie feels like a missed opportunity. What begins as a potentially thrilling ride fizzles out into a forgettable and uninspired experience. It's a film that had the foundation to be great but faltered due to poor narrative choices and weak performances.

Director Denno Dennis set the thriller mode through a gaming pattern. No serial killing as we see in a thriller movie but it has all the elements of what a thriller movie requires.

The story begins with the Retired Forensic Expert John Caesar who is on his way to Bangalore. During the travel, he meets Sunny a gamer & some strange things happens during the trip which raises the curiosity of Sunny towards John & then John explains as who he is.

The 1st half , the movie takes through the the robbery happening in different places of Kochin, & how the robber by the mode of various games executes it. Whereas the 2nd half focuses on the cat & mouse game thereby giving surprises during its climax period.

Coming to the screen play, it is able to keep the thrilling mode till the end but it has its own flaws which at a particular point we ask ourselves as " Why all this brain storming was required when it's in right front of you" & some unsolved queries during the end of the movie. More detailing will lead to "SPOILERS".

Also back in 2012 , when " Grand Master" movie starring Mohanlal released, a serial killer giving details to Chandrashekar in the form of letters giving clue of his next murder & later on dropping alphabet book near the victim & thereby unlocking the mystery, a similar approach had been conceived here but as mentioned earlier, Denno had able to keep the thriller mode till the end.

BGM of Saeed Abbas, cinematography of Nimish Ravi & Roby Varghese Raj had able to overshadowed the screenplay flaws.

Coming over to the performance, it is a one-man show of Mega Star Mammooka. His swag, his presence & the last 15-20 min of his madness had accelerated the movie.

Hakim Shah also gave a decent performance. Gautham Vasudev Menon is not a perfect casting as ACP Benjamin Joshua as he fails to lift up the emotion of the character.

Overall, with the presence of Mammooka backed with quality technical support, Denno Dennis threw a decent thriller film.

This film turned out to be an excellent choice for a movie to take my Mom out to. We both love laughing together and usually watch comedy movies at home. We were expecting some slick action with John-Wick-esque sequences based on the image they used to promote the film.

What we got instead was a heart-warming moment together -- that point in a movie where you both realise it is beyond hope of making a decent case for itself and so you just look at each other and start laughing.

This movie is truly bad in every way it thinks itself good. Dialogue, cinematography, music, anything and everything you can think of.

And about 75% of it is in slow motion.