Shylock

Well, Shylock isn't exactly the film that could garner praises throughout the movie critic community. I can understand why. All these 'reviews' is purely one dimensional. They really don't understand why these 'MASS' movies are being made, with a single 'star' in mind. Movies are not just limited to films that are excelling in technical aspects. Movies are also made for a particular demographic. And if you didn't like a film just for namesake, it's better if you don't critic it as well.

Shylock is an all in out action film. They advertised it as an action film. They know WHY it's an action film. Because the film is basically a 2 hour tribute to Mammootty. For a guy who has a career spanning over several decades, a 2 hour tribute is more than deserving.

Mammootty. Holy shit, this man. He doesn't understand the process of ageing. You are supposed to weaken as you age. But in Shylock, he has channeled performances from films like Rajamanikyam and Black. If you need a single reason to watch this movie, watch it for Mammooka's performance. You could almost say that he was a one man show throughout the movie.

But Shylock isn't the perfect action movie. It compromises a lot, for a short runtime and of course to glorify the lead. It is not the film you should watch to have fun. It can be boring. But if you like Mammootty, you'll very much like it.

It's a known fact that the younger crop (of Malayalam film actors) still struggles to deliver solid masala flicks like in the 90s. This, of course, is enough reason for the two big Ms of Malayalam to continue to churn out lazily written, hazily executed trash like Shylock. Everything in the movie reeks of unoriginality. The treatment by Ajai Vasudev is stale (it was already evident in his previous two ventures), and there's basically nothing in Shylock worth recommending.

The ridiculously clichéd revenge plot, the superficial action set-pieces, the irritating background score, the self-referential and borrowed (from other blockbusters) humour, the abundance of sunglasses, an unnecessary item number, lack of solid supporting characters and/or antagonists - Shylock suffers from all of it. The nicest thing about it is probably the absence of a romance track for 68-year-old Mammootty.

Verdict: Don't bother!

In this generation malayalam movie is producing somany good and wonderful movies with strong actings and great directions.. And there is this guy who still is in his 90s(mamooty)making somany worthless movies and his fans says it 'MASS'.....,ageless... How on earth this movie gets that much rating

Ofcourse Mammootty did well, but this movie is an illogical non sense. " Really surprised to see so many good reviews for this movie. "Mass movie" means showing nonsense with a high definistion camera and mind blowing background sounds ? First half is ok with some entertaintments but the scrip writter could have avoided the clownish acts of mammotty which is so annoying even for his fans . Second half is an illogical story showing the killings of almost everyone and how that can be an entertainer.?? I don't think anybody could watch this with full comfort for hours of extreme violence killing all good and bad charactors one by one with knife and gun . Atlast only mammotty and his brother are alive ?? . I always admire mammotty but really wonder how he is not not getting involved in editing the nonsense clownish part of himself and reduce the uncomfortable mass killings and extreme long violence ? If this movie make money ,that will be only due to Mammottys image and looks . This scrip writer and director should get zero rating and should not be in the field.The audience definity would have watched this seciond half of extreme violence and killing with extreme discomfort. killing around 50 people one by one with knife, sword and gun, good and bad. Is it really entertainement ?????

Although I watched Big Brother on its release date last week, it was too soul destroying of an experience to write a review on. The release of Shylock today fared no better, underscoring the lack of quality writing and a story backbone in Malayalam cinema's attempts at mass entertainers these days.

Shylock is just a mish-mash of classic Tamil movie punch dialogues and slow motion sequences strung together with not even a single attempt by the director to form characters, back stories or genuine plot points.

Directors have to stop banking on just the superstar persona of Malayalam's two era-defining megastars and write characters and scripts that play to their acting strengths.

Awaiting Sachy's Ayyappanum Koshiyum and hoping it will offer a much better filmgoing experience.