Movie: Laththi
Director : A. Vinoth Kumar
Written by : A. Vinoth Kumar
Produced by : Ramana Nandha Durairaj
Starring : Vishal, Sunaina, Prabhu
Cinematography : Balasubramaniem,Balakrishna Thota
Edited by: N. B. Srikanth
Music by : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production company : Rana Productions
Distributed by : Red Giant Movies
Release date : 22 December 2022
2.5/5
The IBC News Rating
Vishal’s last few films have been a disaster and the actor pinned all his hopes on his upcoming mass entertainer Lathi. The film has hit the theaters today, and let’s see how the film is.
Story :
The plot revolves around Muruganandam (Vishal) who is a very loyal and sincere constable. He is married to Kavitha (Sunaina) and lives a happy life with his 10-year-old son. Twist in the tale takes place when he finds his son trapped in the hands of a terrifying gang. The rest of the story is what Muruga did to save his son.
What’s Entertaining & What’s Boring:
Laathi is a purely commercial and out and out action film. Throughout the film, the director aimed at the mass audience. Also Vishal’s performance was perfect in every frame. Conflict point in the second half is good.
However, there is nothing new in the movie plot and most of the scenes are very routine. Apart from this lengthy action sequence, the film looks pretty regular.
Performance of Cast & Crew
Vishal did complete justice to his character. He shines effortlessly in all the action sequences and his efforts as mentioned before was seen in every action scene. Sunaina is good in her role.Prabhu, Munishkanth, Thalaivasal Vijay and Misha Ghoshal have played their parts well.
The movie has decent technical values. Editing could be a little better in the first half as there are few unnecessary scenes. Production values are best. Cinematography by Balasubramaniam & Balakrishna Thota is good. Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja is just average. Coming to the director, he has just done an average job. He fails in delivering new and entertaining content, but he succeeds in offering some effective action sequences that keeps the audience engaged.
First Half & Second Half:
First half has nothing new to offer. It is only in the second half, where a conflict point engages us and makes us glued to the screens with the best designed action sequences.
Impressive:
Performances
Second half
Action sequences
Unimpressive:
Routine Story
First Half
The IBC News take on Movie:
Overall, Lathi is not a story that has never been seen before. Just the fight sequence composed by Peter Hein and conflict points in the second half are the only highlights of the movie. Rest of the film stays utterly routine.
One-Line Review:
Half-Baked Mass Entertainer…