Mikhael

Mikhael is an absolute disaster. There's not a single good thing about this movie. Everything went wrong right from the start. Poor acting, poor direction, poor editing, poor music and much more. Siddique and Unni Mukundan did an okay job (apart from Siddique's character which had no sense and Unni Mukundan's dialogue in the hospital, which was serious but funny). Nivin Pauly didn't do a good job comparing with his previous roles. Manjima Mohan didn't have anything much to do. Haneef Adeni's direction style is so old and boring. The Great Father was much better than Mikhael. Please avoid Mikhael. We should not promote these kind of movies and movies like Mikhael should be terminated from Malayalam film industry.

"Mikhael" Malayalam movie with the title subheading 'Guardian Angel' Haneef Adeni the director whose first love is stylish, filmy, out of the world presentations ... where audience are left thrilled because of the mass effect. He had done the same, in his previous outings. Al Pacino's 'Godfather' had been plagiarized enough number of times in Bollywood, Tollywood and even in Mollywood.... Rivalry between two family of goons, their tic-tac killings, unsuccessful police interventions, innocent civilians getting involved ... suddenly a superhero arises from vengeance.... This is the nut shell of the story. The director, Haneef is obsessed with hero saving his daughter and brother, in his previous presentations... here it's the turn of the little sister. Mesmerising camera work, along with excellent editing... audience get a Hollywood movie effect. Background score keeps the rhythm well throughout this movie. Nivin Pauly could barely fit into the hero's shoes, Unni Mukundan as the anti-hero was sadly underutilized. Violence, raw fights and killings laced, throughout the 150 minutes of Hollywood lookalike. 5 on 10 for this 'miss the movie, if You can' presentation. Hardcore fan of Nivin ? ... then watch.

I mean , there's nothing special about this movie , there isn't anything vehemently wrong either. Average in it's truest sense I guess. Siddique was solid , Unni mukundan alright , Nivin was the weakest of the main characters, surprise since I thought he would atleast best Unni Mukundan but alas. Story alright , Action alright , Songs forgettable. Just average. Nothing much to talk about it , nothing I remember atleast. A kind of film that one forgets watching after 1 month or so.

Decent 5/10 , Watch it if you have time to kill.

Where do I start? Do I start with the absolute lazy acting displayed by Nivin Pauly or a director who just forgot the essence of making something with a good screenplay. Nivin Pauly can only pull of something like a Premam or other romantic films. Action is not his genre. Most actors are under utilized and I wonder why most even signed up for this trash. Unni Mukundan, you deserve better.

It's a thriller for the first 1 hr, once suspence is over it's a family drama and for the last 1 hr it's a underworld story. Even the hero has 3 different modulation in his character, a soft spoken and timid guys becomes a fighting champion.

The movie is good to watch with actors giving their best in each role, young girl Navani, Markos unni mukundan, JD Chakravarthy, Siddique all were at their best.

A good movie that gets draged by a long long story.