Grandmaster (2012)
Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who anticipates his opponents moves well in advance, he proceeds forward. But only once, just once, he makes a fatal mistake.
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If you want to know the meaning of screen presence, just watch this movie. A technically brilliant movie and a commercial script, executed to near perfection, it is all about Mohanlal. Man he just eats up others and he is all over the screen, such dominance and screen presence, this is what real charisma!!! No one other than Mohanlal could have pulled the role of a middle-aged cop who is returning to duty with such élan and magnetism! The riveting climax and decent contribution from the support cast drives the movie home, definitely a must watch for crime thriller lovers and Lalettan fans! A one time worth watching movie that wouldn't disappoint you!
After hearing of all the hype about this movie, I finally watched it with my friends and the result was pretty disappointing. There is no denying the fact that Mohanlal has done a pretty good role in this movie. It is good to see our Lalettan in a realistic role without punch dialogues and heavy action. The first half of the movie was pretty impressive. But the second half was a serious let down and the climax a disaster. Don't trust these critics who claim this to be a brilliant movie. The director attempted to make it a brilliant one but the effort didn't pay off. I couldn't find anything brilliant in this movie. In fact, I found plenty of stupid things which deteriorated the experience (like the real villain suiting up as a priest to make use of Babu Antony). The identity of the villain is predictable for those people who have seen a lot of suspense thriller English movies. And the villain overdid it in the final scenes. Overall there is nothing new in this movie other than seeing Mohanlal in a pretty good role. Might entertain hardcore Mohanlal fans.
The theme of this movie, an intelligent good character and an intelligent bad character, tried and tested formula. the movie failed to impress the intelligent audience. that translated to its average performance. As a movie lover this movie reminded me, my old time favorite, Assassins, by Stallone and Antonio Banderas. Also the branding, reminded the 'Glorious' Bastards. About the casting, MohanLal secured his job as usual. rest of the characters are supporting as usual. Anoop Menon too did a good job. I think the first time I see them both together. Overall The movie has nothing new to tell. 4/10
Looking at the big picture, it's a fine movie with a surprising climax at the end. But the movie was just ordinary. B Unnikrishnan had wonderful script and just directed the movie plainly as you would direct any movie. I didn't felt that adrenaline pumping effect on me. The soundtracks was exceptionally good especially the background scores, best for malayalam movies. Kinda sounds like its Hans Zimmer. And at last the villain after being caught comes up and confess all the process.. 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 reveal the things, not this one. There are a lot better crime thrillers from Malayalam movies. And I don't think grandmaster is one among them standing tall my ratings 6/10 for ordinary direction