Naveen Venu

(2013-05-19 04:04:20)

It was thrilling, but could have been better

Looking at the big picture, it's a fine movie with a surprising climaxat the end. But the movie was just ordinary. B Unnikrishnan hadwonderful script and just directed the movie plainly as you woulddirect any movie. I didn't felt that adrenaline pumping effect on me.The soundtracks was exceptionally good especially the backgroundscores, best for malayalam movies. Kinda sounds like its Hans Zimmer.And at last the villain after being caught comes up and confess all theprocess.. OMG.. can't we live out of this total concept of confess..gross!! I'm sick of it. He should have tried something else to revealthe things, not this one. There are a lot better crime thrillers fromMalayalam movies. And I don't think grandmaster is one among themstanding tall my ratings 6/10 for ordinary direction

msroz

(2013-05-19 00:01:50)

Mohanlal, with revived spirits and energy, outwits a serial killer with a hidden motive

I've watched little Indian cinema, so this was a relatively newexperience for me. I enjoyed it thoroughly. It's a fast-movingdetective story in which we viewers are given about as much informationas the detective, but he cleverly puts together the complex of cluesand figures out the criminal. Plus, along with that, we have a personalinvolvement of the detective via his estranged wife, we have hisdaughter making a connection, and we have decent supporting detectives.We also have suspense and three action scenes in which the detective isvery cool in exhibiting his martial arts skills. The film editing andsound use the latest techniques to jazz up the movie, and so does alithe and moving camera.What's not to like? The story behind the killings is complex, and so isthe plot devised by the killer. The appearance of an alphabet serialkiller gives way to a more complicated plot. The back story of thisplot ties in with Mohanlal's wife's career as a lawyer and the reasonfor their separation.In other ways, the characters are direct and speak directly of theirphilosophies, feelings, values and motivations, or else the movieconveys them through other characters and music directly. This is notthe Hollywood style by any means.