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Leader: Abbas A Rahmath

Writers: Abbas A Rahmath, Sasi, Vijay Kumar

Singers: Vijay Kumar, Avinash Raghudevan, Kaarthekeyen Santhanam

Time: 139 minutes

Available in: Theater

Abbas A Rahmath takes his time, increasing the excitement of important results Fight Club. This slow burn is put to good use many times in the film (provided by Lokesh Kanagaraj), the best of which is heard early on when the protagonist Selva (Vijay Kumar) is introduced. Wearing MS Dhoni’s yellow jersey, he enters the theatre, finds Rajinikanth’s sequences, real. You see Thalapathy is playing on the screen and just as the star is seen with a big fight in the rain, we see Selva smashing three men in the theater. The scene provides a powerful first impression that makes you want to root for the man in front of you, even if you don’t know much about him. We return to the same scene at another point in the film (due to its non-linear nature) and this time the effect works much better because now you know the reason behind the intense anger in his eyes.

This unconventional filmmaking helps the story because in a way, Fight Club it might seem like your revenge story with lots of fights. It’s a simple matter. Set in the backdrop of North Madras, when a football-loving boy’s mentor is murdered, so is his dream. He grows up to be an angry young man trying to hold on to that distant dream when someone brings out the idea of ​​revenge in him. Does his life take a different path?

Selva talks to you a lot through voice – mostly about family, her mentor Benjamin and life after that. You get the point, but this way of telling us things instead of letting us see the events for ourselves, takes us away from the world of the film. This affects Fight Club‘s a myth because even if someone close to him is affected, you only see the problem but don’t feel the emotional weight. You don’t see them playing football or boxing, which we’re told is useful for many of their neighbors. The film lacks the sense of belonging that would have contributed to the show. Even when it tries to be rooted in North Madras, the film reduces itself to a series of neighborhood riffs on football, drugs and a lot of violence.

This leaves much to be desired Fight Club it’s a great lesson in what revenge can do to a person. Even the way revenge games are made is subtle. We already have Kiruba (Shankar Thas), a politician and drug dealer who killed Benjamin. But we also have Benjamin’s brother, who is very ugly. So when Selva and his gang come into the picture, they realize there’s more to this revenge plan than meets the eye.

The producers keep your interest most of the time, even when it loses steam. Fight Club it’s Selva’s story but there are several other episodes with different characters and purposes. Although the subplots make the story interesting, the film never knows when to stop. For example, just a few minutes before the climax, you get a little confused because suddenly a side character becomes famous and the film takes a detour. But when someone reveals an important fact later, you understand the importance of the side character in the bigger picture. It makes you stop and take a moment to appreciate what has been written…for the person to explain more and more and more.

We don’t even have to talk about the heroine’s role because the film doesn’t. But this romantic arc shows us a side of Selva that is not football, fighting or revenge and allows cinematographer Leon Britto to add poetry to this dark, revenge saga. Britto’s coordination with editor P Krikakaran is just perfect for the fight sequences. The slow camera movements and fast cuts make it difficult as you are made to relax to know the effect. Britto’s frames are sometimes blurry from all the drugs consumed by his characters. Govind Vasantha’s music adds atmospheric tension to the battle, occasionally giving way to diegetic rap and moving bass sounds to elevate the moment.

Fight Club celebrates Vijay Kumar with moments befitting of the biggest stars in Kollywood, and the actor has this sequence with a great look. Amidst all the heroics, the actor gives some oomph to his character through just a few words. Whenever the obvious moments start, performances by several actors including Avinash Raghudevan, Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, Shankar Thas and Saravana Vel keep the film alive. Predictability and a lack of logic hinder the story. But it’s not that the film has no real connection or that the film is too confusing. That’s all Fight Club there needed to be enough time to rest between all the fights.