Recently, I read an interview of Gautham (by Sudish Kamath, me thinks) where he spoke at length about VV and cop thrillers in general and among other things, he suggested that there would be a third cop movie from him thus completing a trilogy like (Ram Gopal Varma, Kieslovsky, Satyajit Ray etc.) I dont understand this 'trilogy' concept. Is there something unique to the number 3 that I don't get? Comments welcome.
Anyway, after watching 'Policekkaran -2: Trials and tribulations of DCP Raghavan' I hope there isn't a third installment ever. Its a funny feeling. I did not like this movie for the same reasons that made Kaakha Kaakha stand out. The KK hangover is everywhere to be seen. Gory shots of dead bodies, Long-haired bad guys, Upright police officer hero, even the names of characters (Maya, Ilamaaran) keep reminding you of KK. Did Gautham think this would help?
Other things that don't help the cause - Kamal's english dialogues. Its never been the grammar. Its just that the choice of words are straight out of some James Hadley Chase pages. Referring to the killer's (male) partner as his 'Kadhali' are homophobic at best and in bad taste. This reference to the sexual orientation of the killers could have been avoided for one reason and one reason only, which is that it plays no visible part in the crimes or choice of victims. And they do rape only their female victims.
I was told that the cinematography was a highlight. Sadly, I could only watch a thiruttu print. (No shows in Salt Lake City. If only the producers associations could do something constructive rather than fighting over election issues, I would be happy to pay 5 bucks for a download). However doing a full 360 with a camera can only "be confusuing", which is not a substitute for "depicting confusion".
The editing is good at places. There were a couple of wows in the title sequence, but for the most part, the editing only manages to give u the feeling that you are in a 'masala' picture. The lesser said about the chase sequences, the better. Haven't these guys seen Ronin or the Bourne movies.
Verdict - Very average. Like the average of 'Kaaki Chatti' and 'Kuridipunal'.
4 comments:
you have one of something, 2 of some other thing.. and 3 of nothing. You associate the one thing and the 2 things all those with the word 'suck'...
I dont know.. i have not gone the whole way... but I might be on the right track.
it wasnt all that bad...better than watching tirupathi, majaa or some other crap like that.
talking abt serial killers, i did see a telugu movie(richard was hero) ala ram gopal varma style which i really enjoyed. its a totally low budget, 5 actor cast.
haven't watched the movie yet... booked the tickets once, but couldnt make it. planning to see this weekend...
and btw, jillenu oru kaadhal has got crap reviews all over... have u seen it? it is probably worse than VV...but the problem is we will all see anyway...
speak for yourself sankar.. i have taken a vow that I will never watch / enjoy any movie with Jytohika. I ended up watchign VV because someone dragged me to it.. and we are all worser people because of that.
Beps.. do you remember the name of the telugu movie ? I want to watcha nice movie which has a few people killing others. The newss channels have satisfied my desire for the macabre so far.. but not anymore.
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