Bazooka

Rating - 3.5/5

An action packed game thriller that stands out with a unique filmmaking style and glamour treatment.

The story revolves around a Special investigation team cracking the mystery of a dacoity series in Kochi executed in the form of a multilevel puzzle game and their efforts of hunting the masterbrain forms the crux of the story.

Kudos to Deeno Dennis for materialising a distinctive and unprecedented narrative genre and filmmaking style to Malayalam.👌🏻He has managed to portray the story with top-notch technicality and the styling given,mood, ambience and color tone set for the movie is simply marvellous.🔥The handful characters portrayed through the story has got immense scope for performance even in the shortest screen space. The film must be watched in a 4K Dolby Atmos theatre to get the best sound experience.

Incredible performances by Mammootty,Gautam Menon & Hakim Shajahan. Sidharth Bharathan,Dino Dennis,Bhama Arun,Divya Pillai & Joemon Jyothir gave notable performances.

Nimish Ravi has precisely picturised the vision of the director on screen. Hats off to the musician Saeed Abbas and the sound designers Sachin Sudhakaran & Hariharan for giving wholesome and groovy sounds. All credit goes to his personal stylist Abhijith for presenting Mammootty in the most stylish,swagger avatar like never before. The effort he has put in choosing the perfect accessories for the Megastar is evident on the screens. Impressive efforts by Srik Varier for the color grading for maintaining the mood of the movie deserves appreciation. Last but not the least the editor Praveen Prabhakar,Nishadh Yusuf (late) and the Production Design team and Stunt choreographers also deserves appreciation for their contribution.

A must watch films for Mammootty fans in theatres promising a novel experience.

All because of a stupid screenplay, writing and direction.. I hope gamers in Kochi wont take offence of this movie that attempts to portray the whole gamers are crackheads and pot smokers.

Mammooty's character undergoes phenomenal transformation with the climax and you will have to either love it or hate it. There is no middle grounf. In my case I only hate the director and attribute the whole disaster to his dimwit movie making process. Avoid this movie at all costs, such an appalling last 10 mins, made the inevitable disaster underlined.

The director must also be immediately sent to a direction for dummies course work otherwise he will continue to make oscar worthy scrapstick of a movie.

This movie is a decent one-time watch, mainly due to its gripping climax, which cleverly ties together all the twists and turns, leaving a lasting impression. The performances are commendable-every main actor delivers their role with conviction, adding depth and emotion where needed.

However, the film struggles with pacing in several parts. There are noticeable lags that slow down the narrative, making some scenes feel stretched. Additionally, a few supporting characters seem unnecessary and don't contribute much to the story. Their inclusion feels more like filler than a meaningful addition, which further affects the flow.

With a bit more focus on the core plot and tighter editing, especially by trimming down some of the less relevant characters and scenes, this could have been a far more engaging experience. Nonetheless, for the performances and the payoff in the final act, it's still worth a one-time watch.

Director Denno Dennis set the thriller mode through a gaming pattern. No serial killing as we see in a thriller movie but it has all the elements of what a thriller movie requires.

The story begins with the Retired Forensic Expert John Caesar who is on his way to Bangalore. During the travel, he meets Sunny a gamer & some strange things happens during the trip which raises the curiosity of Sunny towards John & then John explains as who he is.

The 1st half , the movie takes through the the robbery happening in different places of Kochin, & how the robber by the mode of various games executes it. Whereas the 2nd half focuses on the cat & mouse game thereby giving surprises during its climax period.

Coming to the screen play, it is able to keep the thrilling mode till the end but it has its own flaws which at a particular point we ask ourselves as " Why all this brain storming was required when it's in right front of you" & some unsolved queries during the end of the movie. More detailing will lead to "SPOILERS".

Also back in 2012 , when " Grand Master" movie starring Mohanlal released, a serial killer giving details to Chandrashekar in the form of letters giving clue of his next murder & later on dropping alphabet book near the victim & thereby unlocking the mystery, a similar approach had been conceived here but as mentioned earlier, Denno had able to keep the thriller mode till the end.

BGM of Saeed Abbas, cinematography of Nimish Ravi & Roby Varghese Raj had able to overshadowed the screenplay flaws.

Coming over to the performance, it is a one-man show of Mega Star Mammooka. His swag, his presence & the last 15-20 min of his madness had accelerated the movie.

Hakim Shah also gave a decent performance. Gautham Vasudev Menon is not a perfect casting as ACP Benjamin Joshua as he fails to lift up the emotion of the character.

Overall, with the presence of Mammooka backed with quality technical support, Denno Dennis threw a decent thriller film.

The movie is actually written good but due to amateur direction and average bgm the movie was going on a medium pace till it reaches the final point. The last 30 minutes of the movie and execution was actually good. The plot twist which was unfolded during that period was a brilliant one. Overall a good experience for me. If the movie was given a bit more good editing and bgm along side a good director it would have been a great one. Mammooty and GVM did a good job while others didn't get any thing to do rather than seeing them in action. The action scenes were good but could have been made better. The investigation scenes and ideas were good in the paper but somewhere got lost in the making. Still don't miss it in the theater if you love to explore the game thriller genre.