‘Blood Money’ movie review: Bold concept, middling execution
Forged: Priya Bhavani Shankar, Kishore and Shirish
Director: Sarjun Okay M
Platform: Zee5
Ranking: 2.5/5
Language: Tamil
Director Sarjun Okay M’s newest film Blood Cash is a mediocre thriller that fails to do justice to its promising premise. The movie revolves round what occurs when a journalist decides to maneuver heaven and earth to save lots of two brothers from Tamil Nadu, from being executed in Kuwait for ‘murdering’ a girl. Because the story progresses, it turns into clear that there’s extra to the incident than what meets the eyes.
Shades of Visaranai
Blood Cash is a bit much like Vetrimaaran’s Visaranai as each motion pictures have socio-political undertones and revolve round what occurs when the protagonists discover themselves on the mercy of a system. Furthermore, they take care of characters who’re a great distance from house. Blood Cash, nevertheless, just isn’t capable of emerge as one other Visaranai because the execution just isn’t as compelling as anticipated.
What went fallacious?
Vetrimaaran’s movie reached its potential because the director managed to assemble the movie’s world via a collection of darkish and disturbing sequences, which highlighted police brutality. This by no means occurs in Sarjun’s film. Blood Cash opens with a scene that highlights the harmful state of affairs that the brothers have landed in due to a coincidence. The motion quickly shifts to Rachel, a younger and idealistic journalist, who takes up a brand new project. The author tries to attract parallels between the journeys of the brothers and that of the feminine protagonist, projecting them as ‘outsiders’. Whereas the trouble is commendable, the outcomes aren’t. The 2 tracks type of dilute one another, making it tough for the viewer to put money into the reel motion. The character growth wanted extra depth.
Spreading too skinny?
That is Sarjun’s second main launch of the 12 months. He garnered consideration with Thunintha Pin, his phase from the Netflix anthology Navarasa, The quick movie revolved across the tense equation between a navy man and a ‘naxal’ and piqued the curiosity of followers with its setting. A bit of the viewers, nevertheless, felt that the core theme lend itself to extra detailed exploration. Blood Cash’s climax too, leaves one with the same feeling because it offers with a delicate concern.
Kishore, Priya shine
That mentioned, Blood Cash just isn’t a misplaced trigger by any stretch of the creativeness. Kishore impresses in a key scene involving his reel daughter. His expressions and eyes convey his helplessness fairly successfully. This character would have made a stronger, impression had the flashback sequence packed a punch. Blood Cash, both manner, is a greater outing for him than Erida. The actor, who performed destructive roles in movies corresponding to Kabali and PSV Garuda Vega, sank his tooth into a personality that’s as weak as will be. Shirish, sadly, doesn’t get sufficient scope to indicate his mettle. It’s, nevertheless, Priya Bhavani Shankar who proves to be the movie’s shock package deal. Her sincerity is difficult to overlook.
Sarjun additionally must be lauded for steering away from pointless industrial parts corresponding to songs and a romantic monitor as this choice makes the movie extra hard-hitting. The enhancing is commendable because the movie doesn’t drag.
