Erida (2021) Malayalam Movie Review

Directed by V K Prakash starring Nassar, Samyuktha Menon and Kishore in lead.

Sankar Ganesh a businessman and a gambler marries Anu a young girl at his age of 60. They comes to bangalore for a poker game. After game they come back to kerala and there Mahi Varma comes to their home when Sankar is not at home.

Erida is a greek Goddess of strife and discord. Anu the character played by Samyuktha Menon resembles Erida. This movie is made as a thriller but too much lag has spoiled the mood. A very late suspense from nowhere also feels very jard to fit into the plot. Samyuktha has portrayed the character well with her looks gestures and mannerisms. 

Verdict: Below Average Thriller

4/10

Where to watch: Amazon Prime

Hit & Run (2021) English, Hebrew Netflix Series Review

Directed by Mike Barker , Neasa Hardiman starring Lior Raz, Moran Rosenblatt, Kaelen Ohm in lead.

Segev Azulay a tour guide set out to investigate about a hit and run case in which he lost his wife Danielle Wexler.

The lead actors have given good performance in this emotionally driven thriller series. The makers have tried to maintain a good thrill throughout keeping the curiosity of what actually happened. 

Verdict: A genuine emotional thriller series

6/10

Where to watch: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80205626?source=35

Malaysia To Amnesia (2021) Tamil Movie Review

Directed by Radha Mohan starring Vaibhav Reddy, Vani Bhojan, Karunakaran And M S Bhaskar in lead.

Arun a business man married to Sujatha and has a daughter Nivi. He convinces Sujatha that he is going for a business trip to Malaysia but had other plans. Arun moves into an unfortunate siruation and the movie tells how he comes out of it.

An usual story presented well with good level of entertainment. The lead actors have given appreciatable performance. 

Verdict: A simple comedy entertainer

5/10

When They See Us (2019) English Netflix Series Review

Directed by Ava Duverney starring Jharel Jerome, Asante Blackk, Caleel Haris, Ethan Heriese , Marquis Rodriguez In lead.

Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Antron Mccay, yusuf Salaam and Raymond Santana are framed for a rape case which happened on central park. The series moves forward telling what happens to these 5 boys.

Based on real incident famously known. As the central park murder this is one of the best real life story series. First 2 seasons put us through the best possible nail bitting thrill and then next two seasons touch us emotionally. There is no moments of lag in this series which moves as fast as possible and comes to a completion in just 4 episodes. All the lead actors have given very much interesting performance on screen.

Verdict: one of the  Best real life story adapted series 

7/10

Watch it here : https://www.netflix.com/watch/80200549?source=35

The Vanished Murderer (2015) Mandarin Movie Review

Directed by Chi Leung Law starring Ching Wan Lau, Yiyan Jiang, Xiaolu Li and Ka tung Lam in lead.

Inspector Song Donglu sets out to find Fu Yuan who escaped the jail. What does he have to face at the place were probably she might be there is all about the vanished murderer.

Being a sequel to the The Bullet Vanishes (2012) this movie fails to create the same tempo. Too much sub plot which is confusing spoils the game here. The lead actors have given a good as well as emotional performance and the quality and picturisation is good too. The movie fails to maintain a normal narration and ends up very much confusing.

Verdict: Avoidable Thriller 

4/10

Squid Game (2021) Korean Netflix Series

Directed by Hwang Dong Hyuk starring Lee Jung Jae, Park Hae Soo and Jung Ho Yeon on lead.

Starting off with the rules of Squid Game played by Kids the series moves into an intense world of kids games. A group of people lines up to play the game and each game have some surprise to offer.

Moving from each episode to next this series keeps audience in tensed and nail biting situation. Interesting script along with brilliant making and terrific acting performance, Squid Game is there ro be watched.

Verdict: Interesting Phsychological Thriller

8/10

Watch it here: https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81040344?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp&vlang=en&clip=81499054

Brahmam (2021) Malayalam Movie Review

Directed by Ravi K Chandran Starring Prithviraj, unni Mukundan , Mamtha Mohandas and Shankar in lead.

Ray Mathews a blind musician happens to meet Anna due to an accident. She invites him to her fathers Bar where he performs and impress old aged super star Uday Kumar. What happens to the life of Ray Mathews after that is what Brahmam is about.

Brahmam is the remake of movie Andhadhun which gave Ayushman Khurana a National Award. Brahmam tried to be an exact copy of Andhadhun and sometimes even the camera angles looked same. 

The character is not suiting Prithviraj and Mamtha couldnt do justice to the role portrayed very well by Tabu. Unni Mukundan gave a passable performance.

For those who have seen Andhadhun there is nothing new to offer in Brahmam for others Brahmam might seem to be thrilling

Verdict: Watchable Thriller

5/10

Where to watch: https://app.primevideo.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.0f92074c-e5b7-4c55-a6ad-4a859244eba7&ref_=atv_dp_share_mv&r=web