Fight Club Tamil Movie Review
Lokesh Kanagaraj’s first presentation is a racy action film that could have been more but still engages! Here goes our Fight Club Tamil Movie Review.
Fight Club Tamil Movie Review
A more-than-typical action film that shines through the fight sequences!
Performances
Story & Narration
Technical Aspects & Music
When it comes to action films from Tamil cinema, we are always reminded of Lokesh Kanagaraj and the brand of action he has managed to create over the last few years. And so, when Lokesh starts off as a presenter for a film, you expect it to be on the same lines. And rightly so, debutant director Abbas A Rahmath’s Fight Club is a bloody and brutal action film that kicks off with rhythymic action and keeps it coming until the end.
The film is a story of a man who looks up to an elderly person as his mentor, and how he is pulled into the world of thugs, brooding gangsters, betrayal, drugs and more. Abbas has a very thin storyline and a predictable narrative but what makes the film click is in the way he tells his story in a non-linear manner and also the technical prowess that he brings along. Fight Club’s first half is racy and speedy, with the action being really fresh and nicely conceived even though it belongs to the North Madras world we have seen a lot right from Vada Chennai to Die No Sir. It is in the second half that the film stumbles a bit, as the predictability pattern starts to snooze in and pull down the pacing of the film. The climax doesn’t pay off for what we expect it to be, and despite that, the film keeps the momentum without falling down entirely.
Vijay Kumar’s performance is more about the body language and the action that he has to do, and he has carried that well. The film also benefits from the supporting actors in Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, Avinash, Shankar Das and others.
But the real hero of the film is definitely Kripakaran, the editor who hands it a splendid cut. Fight Club is easily one of the best edited films of the year, with a seamless transition between the non-linear paths of the film. There is also the terrific cinematography by Leon Britto and Govind Vasantha’s smashing BGM that help it through.
On the whole, Fight Club turns out to be a really good ‘boys action film’ that is worth watching for its action sequences. If we don’t mind the wafer thin plot, the film is one to spike up your adrenaline.
