Thani Oruvan (Lone Man, தணி ஒருவன், Tamil; 2015)
This movie was highly recommended by a friend, a connoisseur of Tamil films of sorts, for its atypical storyline. So, I gave it a go. Sadly, it was nothing like how he described.
I fail to understand why some films keep on using the oft-tested formula of a lone man fighting and eventually defeating a corrupt society controlled by an evil conglomerate. How many times we have seen perfectly executed outlandish plans going on with Swiss-like precision. And how many police jeeps-flying stunts, dodging the bullets scenes and pyrotechnic display can one stomach?
Too many stories of shady politicians working in cahoots with corrupt law enforcement officers and unscrupulous people in business come to mind when we view this movie. The only different thing here is Arvind Swamy, the favourite moustachioed droopy-eyed heart-throb of the 90s. He is back. Instead of playing his usual lover boy role, he plays the role of a ruthless badass scientist who has no qualms about selling an Indian discovery which can potentially cure diabetes to foreign establishments for profit.
And another new in this flick is how a father is abused verbally and even murdered off by his son! This must surely be a downright low stunt to create sensationalism.
Maybe I am missing something here. This movie cannot be all that bad if, after this Tamil release, it was remade and is planned to be made in Telugu and Bengali as well as Hindi (Salman Khan starred), Kannada and Marathi respectively.
This movie was highly recommended by a friend, a connoisseur of Tamil films of sorts, for its atypical storyline. So, I gave it a go. Sadly, it was nothing like how he described.
I fail to understand why some films keep on using the oft-tested formula of a lone man fighting and eventually defeating a corrupt society controlled by an evil conglomerate. How many times we have seen perfectly executed outlandish plans going on with Swiss-like precision. And how many police jeeps-flying stunts, dodging the bullets scenes and pyrotechnic display can one stomach?
Too many stories of shady politicians working in cahoots with corrupt law enforcement officers and unscrupulous people in business come to mind when we view this movie. The only different thing here is Arvind Swamy, the favourite moustachioed droopy-eyed heart-throb of the 90s. He is back. Instead of playing his usual lover boy role, he plays the role of a ruthless badass scientist who has no qualms about selling an Indian discovery which can potentially cure diabetes to foreign establishments for profit.
And another new in this flick is how a father is abused verbally and even murdered off by his son! This must surely be a downright low stunt to create sensationalism.
Maybe I am missing something here. This movie cannot be all that bad if, after this Tamil release, it was remade and is planned to be made in Telugu and Bengali as well as Hindi (Salman Khan starred), Kannada and Marathi respectively.
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