Kondal

My Review of Kondal (2024): A Solid Action Thriller with Flaws

Kondal is a gripping action-revenge thriller starring Antony Varghese. Set primarily on a fishing vessel, the film stands out for its realistic portrayal of life at sea and its intense, well-choreographed action sequences. Antony's performance is solid, adding depth to his brooding character. However, the second half loses momentum, with repetitive action scenes and underdeveloped characters. The CGI, particularly a shark scene, is subpar. Despite its flaws, Kondal is a visually compelling watch with strong technical elements. 7/10.

This film is mainly set within the great expanse of the deep blue sea, something that has rarely been shown on screen despite the plethora of Malayalam films that we have seen till now based on similar themes. The moments at sea are interspersed with a lead-in with stories from the shore, and this does make for some entertaining storytelling, good action movie.

One of the standout aspects of Kondal is that 95 per cent of the film unfolds on a boat adrift at sea. With Antony Varghese leading the cast, it's no surprise that the film is packed with electrifying stunt sequences, and he truly delivers and the setting amps up the experience. However, for the audience to fully engage and cheer on the protagonist's battles, the antagonists must be convincingly vile. Shabeer Kallarakkal, as Jude, and Rahul Rajagopal, as Michael, embody such menacing characters that viewers will find themselves eagerly rooting for their comeuppance.

The effort and the quality given to the movie was amazing. I think more than 70 percentage of the movie is short in the sea itself which is not easy. VFX is not that good. I am a fan of movies which comes out of WEEKEND . All of them were amazing. But this one is not up to that level. Mainly because the motive of the lead character to join the crew is not justified anywhere. As off movie he never knew the facts earlier. But later in the movie it shows the different way. The action from Antony is so good. Some scenes were amazing. He is proving that he is made for action.. there were some extreme emotional scenes..

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Weekend blockbusters delivered another Enjoyable Action movie ; set in the Backdrops of Sea, majority of scenes are shot in sea gave a fresh feel and use of VFX IS ok ; especially the Shark scene crafted pretty well in respect to its limited Budget !

Editing is the problem i felt the main issue here, too many unnecessary long stretched scenes, a lesser runtime could have been more impactful and the conflict between the lead actors did not passed to audience to feel the emotion well !

BGM and Cinematography is Good and Actions are Nicely done AND Antony shown his Swag in mass role and all other actors did fine!

If you want actions in New setting ,this one is Pretty Decent option to Watch it in Big screen !