Cold Case

The movie is more than 2 hours long but only has 45 minutes worth of a basic whodunnit story, that becomes so obvious after an hour. To people who watch crime/horror/thrillers , skip this!. This could have been made into a 45min long tv episode, which would have made it bearable. Prithviraj does his role well , as an investigator, but thats it!. Nothing else is remarkable. Compared to drishyam (1&2), anjaam paathira, mumbai police, memories, nizhal and ratsaachan, "cold case" is as cold as a cadaver, lacking a sense of good direction and screenplay.

They started so well with the plot, and as it went, it got boring.. especially the climax.. so normal.. we got confused if it was a horror or a thriller movie ! Prithiviraj was good.. otherwise, its a normal movie.. wasnt boring though.. it was just a good one time watch..

One time watch. There won't be repeat audience for this movie, which is necessary these days for success of films in any platform.

Same old gimmicks in horror. No wow factor. Unnecessary BGM hypes.

The lead actor has one single facial expression majority of the movie. That is an achievement in itself to keep it so stoic without much reactions.

From the beginning felt like the BGM plays an intrusive part to create a hype in places not needed. An intelligent viewer will pick this up after couple of scenes.

Usual jump scares . Boring at times with usual horror gimmicks.

Expected a good movie...but disappointed Prithviraj was good...but Medha the character was not upto the mark...

Cold Case treads the thin line between supernatural horror and crime-mystery genres. It is told through two perspectives: the investigative bits via ACP Sathyajith (a suave-but-deadpan Prithviraj Sukumaran) and the paranormal bits via journalist Medha (a sleepwalking Aditi Balan). Cold Case isn't a character-driven film - both Sathyajith and Medha are mere plot-forwarding devices with no real arcs to themselves (wait, Medha's kinda got one that isn't fully explored?). The horror elements of Cold Case backfire big time, right from the props (a funny-looking refrigerator with a bluish backlight) to the generically staged jumpscares. The procedural scenes lack punch while the dialogues come across as highly superficial. The final twist, while not entirely predictable, feels half-baked with lots of missing links (and an awful score - what's with the abrupt intro of rock?). Several characters, scenes, and situations are left underwritten. On the plus side, there's solid cinematography work by Gireesh Gangadharan.

P. S - Can we get rid of kids, dolls, and flickering lights in films that portray the supernatural?