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The movie is an entertainer. And that also is partially the problem of this movie. The introductory scenes briefly show various history of the Communist party and also that in Kerala so we are almost led to believe this movie would be a tribute to the ideology the party stands for. But the main character Sakhavu Krishnan who is a communist leader occasionally indulges in fights to teach those who err a lesson, and we wonder if that is what the party really stood for. I felt those cinematic fights mocked whatever serious history the movie showed about the party in the early scenes.

Nivin Pauly gives an excellent double performance as the Sakhavu Krishnan of the 70's and also the present day Krishna Kumar but as Sakhavu, he was especially commendable with both the physical appearance and the mannerisms. Aishwarya Rajesh gives very good support as a sincere party worker Janaki who also later becomes the Sakhavu's wife. Actors like Sreenivasan and Aparna Gopinath make good guest appearances. Nishanth Sagar was wonderful in a brief villain role, his performance has truly evolved over the years.

Most of the best scenes in the movie are the flashback scenes that involve the Sakhavu. The 70's or the 60's look(be it the costumes or how the people lived) shown in the movie are done quite realistically and another impressive factor is the music score too. The cons like I mentioned earlier are the fight scenes in the story which rob some of the shine from this movie, they weren't necessary. And I felt a final confrontation scene between two characters could have also been finished better.

Anyway, it's a watchable entertainer with family and friends and miles better than The Great Father.

When I read the brief story of The Great Father on IMDb, "A malevolent policeman has a run-in with a man who owns a construction company, and who is trying hard to be a hero for his daughter", I had huge expectation but turned out to be a major disappointment when I saw the movie. To the daughter Sara, her father David is a hero, guardian angel etc etc..which she actually shares with her entire school at the end of the movie but the things that this father does from the start to the end prompts you to title him as The Violent Father! He smokes, uses choicest of words, points out gun in front of bunch of school kids, beats people whom he considers bad black & blue, seriously injures a person with a crude bomb and then we have the end where he kills a character brutally. Some of the scenes were unintentionally laughable like the moments where few dead kids were shown blurred on cam. I wondered why they were blurred because these characters were not nude. They had almost no blood anywhere on their body except for a clown mask on face. So why were they blurred?! lol A kid also carries a gun to school but the gun's shown blurred yet we have Mammootty who points out gun in front of the same school kids and his gun's not blurred! If these edits were instructed by the censor board, it didn't make any sense. Also, initially there are some scenes that involve kids that's kinda cute & funny which made me wrongly assume they can watch this movie. How wrong I was! Due to all the violence depicted in the movie and also that the story is about the manhunt for a psychotic pedophile who rapes & kills kids, this movie is definitely a NO for kids to watch.

Mammotty does a fine job as expected but frankly the only scenes I liked of his were some ramp walks he does in front of his daughter in different outfits and how he stylishly sports his shades & jacket. Sneha as Mammootty's wife has a role that was quite wasted. Arya makes a commendable presence as an undercover cop but felt his character could have been treated better especially towards the end. Anikha Surendran as the young Sara is good. The only performance I liked in the movie besides Arya's is by Balaji Sarma as a dumb assistant cop to Arya. He gives a much needed comic relief in the movie.

Therefore, this movie is a big disappointment due to the cons I mentioned above with regard to the story and therefore not recommended although some of the performances are good and there's good suspense. A thumbs down.

Almost all the Jason movies I've seen have left me entertained, and the Final Friday is no exception. It has all the Jason style murders that you look forward too but not overly graphic too except for one or two scenes that show Jason's attempt to exit from bodies that he inhabited, uggh! There's good suspense, twists and the end is an unexpected surprise. But the performances are mostly forgettable except for John LeMay as Steven who tries to save his wife & kid from Jason or Steven Williams as the bounty hunter Duke. There's some nudity too but again, not quite in the face either. If you've been a fan of Jason movies, you'd like this one no matter if some of the scenes seem outright ridiculous.