Although it looks good on paper, its implementation leaves little to be desired. It seems that director Shiva is in a hurry and has not allowed the film to move forward. As a result, we run from one situation to another and miss out on a lot. The film begins in 2024 and then flashes back a thousand years. It’s the rear parts that catch your attention. The part of 2024 can be said to be the most disturbing. Suriya’s bounty hunter acting just doesn’t click. Disha Patani as his rival bounty hunter serves us some fascinating stuff. The best part of the film is between Suriya and the child. Their connection forms the crux of the plot and once again, the relationship is rushed. Same is the case with Bobby Deol’s part. He is promoted as a rival warrior to Kanguva and is said to be in pain after losing three sons in battle. And yet his character was not given a chance to mourn, to mourn. And after all the preparation, the climactic fight between him and Kanguva is epic. Bobby has given his all for his Tamil debut and we wish he was not underutilized.
Vetri Palanisamy’s cinematography is excellent, especially in the deep forest stretches, where the natural beauty shines. The BGM is very loud and hinders your viewing enjoyment. The film’s VFX also needed more detail. The fight choreography shines. The best part involves a group of female warriors going head to head with the men of a rival tribe and destroying them. At least it can be said that the writing has been inconsistent. The film is based on five islands and yet in one part we see snow-capped mountains. Francis is shot in the stomach and still performs many tricks with ease. Later, he is shown with a bandage on his hand.
Suriya is one of the best actors around and he has shown his pedigree by rising above half-baked scripts and managing to grab the audience’s attention. Emotional scenes have always been his forte and as said earlier, his scenes with the child touch your heart. He keeps the film enthralling with his heroic efforts. Although the ending of the film is logical, it appears that the director was not able to control his greed and hence made way for the sequel by introducing Karthi as the main villain at the end. Pitting two real-life brothers, Suriya and Karthi, opposite each other in a film has long been a dream of filmmakers, so if the sequel gets made, it’s going to be really entertaining.