Review by Jithindurden

A bad movie that is almost saved by the elevated mass-masala sequences. Rajnikanth is The Superstar, but even his best mass masala movies like Bhaasha had a proper build-up and cathartic moments, which is mainly missing here. He's always the superstar here, even when he is aloof. Nelson's affinity towards comedy makes the drama and the approach towards the action a mess. The story is not expected to be anything significant but the treatment could have been way better. The first half could've been trimmed a lot. A lot of the comedy didn't work at all.

But it's from the interval block that the movie actually worked to a point for me. The action scene just before the interval was spectacular. The second half also had some nice sequences but then some silly things comes in between breaking the flow. Even the big twist there was very obvious. But the real treat was the cameos of Shivrajkumar, Mohanlal etc. It awakened the Ettan fan inside me and I was just stunned to see what they did with him. It's like a dream come true to see him with this kind of perfection even if it is a cameo role. But the thing is, if I didn't know who these stars really were, I would have thought this is such a trash film.

Compared to Nelson's previous Beast, it was at least consistently average, while this is 15 minutes of trash followed by five minutes of gold continuously for three hours. Other than the mass scenes, those five minutes were either Vinayakan's character or his sidekick giving spectacular performances that deserved a better film.