No Man's Land

The story takes place in a resort, like every other crappy movie set in the same geography, because the director and crew couldn't be bothered to find a new location, so we're stuck in yet another hell-house. We have this lead, who is your typical hot mess-a caretaker-slash-escort with a double life and more emotional baggage, a predictably easy arc. And surprise (which the director ought to have added well, which wasn't a surprise), she's "insecure and unstable on the inside." Groundbreaking character development right there. Then we have her sidekick, who apparently gets lured into all sorts of "mind-altering debauchery." Riveting! The rest of the movie? Oh, just our leading lady batting her eyelashes and generally being "funny" with her "libidinous appeal" while battling the demons in her own head. You know, the usual European arthouse movie crappy film festival-winning plot.

As this clichéd mess was destined to, we have a cop showing up to drag the already comatose story along. And let's not forget our mentally unstable sidekick who spends the entire runtime being a clueless pawn and yearns for biryani (pun intended) until the awful last act.

The theme of power dynamics (victim and executioner) with "manipulation"-it's been done to death in every psychological thriller since, well, forever. This particular rendition? Dull as dishwater, with acting so wooden you could build a cabin with it, and an ending so predictable it insulted my intelligence. Oh, and let's sprinkle in some "barely thrilling" moments, a healthy dose of hippie soundtrack vibes, and some "funny" cocaine sniffing for good measure. Because, you know, art.

I actually had the audacity to think Don Palathara's "Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam" was the bottom of the barrel. Turns out, "No Man's Land" strolled in like a pathetic co-rider, vomited all over that title and snatched that coveted title.

So, in conclusion, please don't bother unless you like wasting your time watching this pretentious garbage amateur cinema. You've been warned.

Easily 30 minutes could have been edited in this movie. Not sure what the director is trying to communicate in this movie. End was thoroughly unbelievable and disappointing. Film is trying to sound intelligent whereas it is not. Waste of time.

None of the characters, barring young couple, seems to have human elements. The main character is a pure evil. The movie once again reminds the need to bring OTT content under censor as every few minutes we are forced to see drnking, drugs and debauchery. There is nothing sublime in it. It's trash, pure and simple 😡

As somebody else wrote, it is indeed a wannabe art house movie. I am surprised by the number of 10 on 10 star rating for these kind of movie. Agreed it can be considered as an experimental movie, but that doesn't warrant a perfect rating for such a making. My honest opinion : watch this only if you don't have anything else to watch.

I agree this movie was streched could have edited into short & sleek with some thriller scenes which was easy to add in this script. But even the movie is long compare to story line I won't say it was made slow and boring. The maker attempted something different which is encouraged, the location was good but again for this subject they should have made it look creepy but they failed, the background score if right could have been a big plus point. The story is simple nothing of suspense but was ok made good enough to watch one time , it is entertaining but definitely not a block buster or a great movie. All actors did good job. If you need time pass with some thing different this is watchable.