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The film has good production values and the camerawork deserves a mention, especially in the way the scenic mountain areas have been captured.

The film tries hard to be a detective thriller but the screenplay could have been better. Characters keep on talking to each other, about tasks to be done or completed, or reporting about other characters, and soon it becomes quite a task for the viewer to keep track of the mounting info.

The actors, do their parts fairly well ( Sai Dhanya as the cop does well) and the film is an attempt to be different. With plot twists lining the story regularly, the pace is somewhat retained. Watch out for the final twist.

Michael is like an undercooked pot roast. The ingredients are all there, the aroma of an interesting story, powerful actors, unhurried frames.. But the final product leaves you only with a bad taste and a longing for what could've been. Unresolved, too pondering for a thriller and vapid performances from all but the thespian (owing primarily to underwritten characters).

It merely serves as a reminder for a few facts - Kolkata was once a red bastion, Kolkata is always mysterious and lively at the same time, Shah is a national treasure and good stories are rare but good handling of a script even more so.