Movie: HIT: The Second Case
Director: Sailesh Kolanu
Cast: Adivi Sesh, Meenakshi Chaudhary
Dop : S.Manikandan
Editor : Garry Bh
Music : MM Sree Lekha, Suresh Bobbili
Lyrics : Krishna Kanth
Co-director : Venkat Maddirala
Production Designer : Manisha A Dutt
Costume Designer : Prashanti Tipirneni
Producer : Prashanti Tipirneni, Nani
Executive Producer : S Venkatarathnam
Production company : Wall Poster Cinema
Realease Date: 2 December 2022
3/5
The IBC News Rating
HIT: The second case starring Adivi Sesh in the lead role has hit the screens today. Let’s see whether it has anything interesting going its way.
Story:
KD (Adivi Sesh) , a cop, will take over the investigation of a murder of a women named Sanjana. Later, multiple murders takes place and he gets to know that all are inter linked. This catches the whole police department’s attention and soon becomes a high profile case and talk of the town. How are these victims connected? How KD solves this serial murder case forms the crux.
What’s Entertaining & What’s Boring:
Major asset of the film is its thrilling content. Same as Hit : The first case, the director picks a gripping story but gives it a spine chilling thrills, and that’s where the movie succeeds. Same as the first part, Hit 2 is also a film in which suspense works big time. A lot of detailing has gone into the film and this shows on screen in all the investigation scenes
The movie slackens totally in the middle of both the halves. In the second half, there is a sense of repetitiveness, and things drag as we get towards the end. Also the climax is wrapped up in a hurry. The climax should have been handled even more effectively as it ended on a simple note which does not create any effect.
Performance of Cast & Crew
Adivi Sesh did complete justice to his character. He shines effortlessly in all the scenes with his screen presence and good energy levels. Meenakshi Chaudhary is neat in her role but she did not get to do much. The rest of the cast including Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh are good in their roles.
The cinematography is top notch and the texture given to the visuals needs special mention. BGM is amazing and elevates the scenes. Production design looks neat. Coming to the director Sailesh, he has done an average job with the film. His detailing is good and the way he unleashes all the key factors in the case is good. However, if you see them cinematically, there are not many crazy twists or edge of the seat moments created by the director. But he must be appreciated as he sticks to the subject without deviations.
First Half & Second Half:
The investigation scenes have been showcased by the director with a lot of detail and they look good in the first half. The interval bang is good and the way each of the key factors in the story are linked in the second half looks good. However the length of the film and sense of repetitiveness were few minus points present in both the halves.
Impressive:
First half
Adivi Sesh Performance
Screenplay
Unimpressive:
Average Climax
Sense of repetitiveness
The IBC News take on Movie:
Hit 2 falters and lags in parts, but the film has enough juice to be an enjoyable, taut murder mystery.
One-Line Review:
Gripping murder mystery..