Having watched the director's first movie, Rocky, I went into this one expecting brilliant cinematography and good sound design. This had it all. The movie is visually really good. Brilliant acting by Keerthi Suresh and Selvaraghavan! The writing though....
Revenge tales all usually start at the same spot, so the character development, HOW that revenge is exacted, and the catharsis take centerstage. So, as a story, there are two ways to look at the film.
1. Kollywood's 'new-age' version of Kill-Bill or
2. A female version of Rocky (2021) with a different origin story with some social commentary.
Watch it and see where you fit it. Regardless of those buckets, I felt that the revenge part of the movie felt...'easy'...The movie also uses so many plot conveniences. I'd have watched this movie in two parts bc that might have given the characters more time to develop and time for more details.
If you liked the Tamil Rocky, surely check this out. You'll either really like it or feel that there's nothing different in it except that the film has a female lead.
