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After the blockbuster of Great father Haneef adeni is back in his directors cap. Expectation were too much high for this Nivin Haneef Adeni combo,but the poor storyline fails everywhere.We are watching the same revenge story for more than 3 or 4 decade. Revenging the death of his mother is not a new story. One major defect comes up with the physique of the protagonist.Fighting with more than 5 people at same time with that fat body felt like crap. As we all knew the villain should get killed by the hero.We have to wait 2.30hr to see that

"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.

Poor plot..very bad screenplay...poorly writen... didn't expected from Haneef Adeni Its a garbage

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.

In case there's anything to take away from 'Mikhael' as a movie, all of it pertains to the first half. The minor redeeming factors would include Nivin Pauly getting to be his casual, relaxed self (in the flashback portions as Dr. Michael), a pretty intriguing neurotic angle displayed by Siddique's antagonist character, and the adorable Navani Devanand (who plays Mike's sister Jennifer). With 'Mikhael', Haneef Adeni reinstates that he is little beyond bland scripting, excessive application of slow motion, Biblical references, and mindless violence.

A number of inconsequential characters are portrayed by well-known actors. This list includes Suraj Venjaramoodu, J D Chakravarthy (this man was born for playing such meaningless, expressionless roles), Jayaprakash, Sudev Nair, Ashokan, Kalabhavan Shajon, Kishore, and more. It would be difficult to find a reason beyond a prompt paycheck that really urged any of these actors to want to take up a role in 'Mikhael'. Same goes for the women (except for Navani) - Reba Monica, Manjima, and KPAC Lalitha. No impact whatsoever! The second half, as I mentioned in the headliner, is just a barrage of incoherent fight sequences. None of it makes sense, because it's in a way, trying to undo the first half - a jolly Nivin Pauly is apparently a bad-ass doctor with prior training in martial arts; the two cop characters (played by Suraj and Chakravarthy) are mere watchdogs to Mike's doings; George Peter (Siddique) who we thought was shaping up to be a powerful antagonist, is killed off only to introduce his brawny brother Marco played by Unni Mukundan. Everything, I mean, everything is plain awful.

To say that there was a solid story to be told is an insult in itself. It's just a rehash of Adeni's earlier flicks - Nivin playing a character that Mammootty would have happily taken up (again) if written for an older man. The mass-hero antics are very much there, and Nivin struggles big time to pull it off comfortably. He looks like he's put on a little too much, and it never helps when the antagonist has an obvious advantage in terms of executing the fights better and also boasts an athletic build.

The ridiculousness that's inherent in Adeni films is retained in 'Mikhael' too. For instance, pay heed to any of Unni Mukundan's lines, and of course, how can I forget the glorious shower scene that was supposed to make viewers jittery but ended up making them laugh. For an action movie, the fight choreography (which has been credited to a number of veterans) looks astonishingly mediocre. The location choices for the fisticuffs too aren't exactly innovative either. The 'sanatorium' (the hideout of Jayaprakash's character) looked like it was made to drive people insane than a place where the mentally-ill would be taken to for treatment.

Mikhael is best forgotten from Nivin Pauly's filmography. I mean, viewers can forgive him for wanting to stay a little mainstream and action-oriented after Kayamkulam Kochunni. I'm confident that he'll strike back soon with 'Moothon' and the film with Rajeev Ravi. As for Adeni, he'll continue to bore us with more routine revenge flicks (please prove me wrong, man!). We're done with avenging daughter ('The Great Father'), brother ('Abrahaminte Santhathikal'), and sister ('Mikhael') already. Who's next? Brother-in-law (a.k.a 'Aliyan')? Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if I happen to hear something along those lines!

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.

OMG...! What a disaster movie. we know direction is not a simple job, it is very hard and skill needed. as we know and we experienced it in Haneef's The Great Father. It was far better than this movie.

But in this movie he is using parallel method of story telling as The great father...!! I saw people commenting like " Mikhael is great psycho thriller family entertainment movie" these people doesn't know what is psycho thriller even family entertainment movie.! what a crap..!!!

Actions are such a waste..even some actions of the hero is such a disaster..! martial artist even he has fat body, he can perform very well, but in this movie we can see hero have only fat body, doesn't know about what is martial art, they are like teasing Martial art..! but in the end we can see good actions from anti-hero. I think our hero should learn something from anti-hero..!!!

Mikhael is filled with dumb items. even it is not good for time passing too...!!!!!

Haneef... You have a great future don't spoil it...!!!

The movie spectacularly shows Adanis direction as he is good in punch dialogs and good feel moments but many times it feels like some shots are skipped or missplaced. Although its a good thriller.

Felt like I was still in 1980s, i feel pity for nivin pauly to be a part of this movie

This a great mass entertainer movie. Good film and good direction from hanef adeni.

Mikhael was a great plot completely spoiled by pathetic editing. Great production, superb action and Nivin is the reason I gave it a 7.

Although it has to be noted that Nivin was a poor choice for this role. The others were appropriate and an eye opener.

The story is pathetic. The script writer tried his best to add all sort of atrocities, stupidities, violence, negativities of all sorts to this film. I wonder how someone can tolerate such a movie in theaters just for the sake of some mass scenes here and there from Nivin Pauly. I would call this one a 'durantham' in Malayalam industry considering the hype it created before the release.

The movie has a good plot but all failed to maintain it poor dirction and very poor acting from nivin the second half of movie if fully filled with action which keeps up engaging but failed to keep it and the first half of the movie is a little lag, watchable one if you don't go without any expectation from haneef adeni and nivin pauly .

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.

Only Fight - Fight - Action , nothing new in story.

The worst Malayalam movie I have watched till date. Watched juet coz of Nivin. Nivin seems to be have gained lot of weight. Not sure how come he selected such routine boring revenge drama.

Must watch 👌 mass ,family, comedy, sentiment,action, suspense, packed with all .best movie to watch

Only Siddique shines as a psychotic, brutal gangster in this celebration of pumping background score, Haneef Adeni's action crime drama Mikhael, four films compressed into one, which when its sequences make sense, is a pretty stylish affair. TN.

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.

Plus: 1. Siddique's performance 2. Nivin Pauly screen presence

Minus: 1. Weak story 2. Messy screenplay 3. Unnecessary subplots 4. Unni mukudan performance 5. Nivin Pauly overweight 6. Irritating background score

Verdict: Disaster