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Movie Review : Kingdom

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 Suri ( Vijay Devarakonda) is a cop who is assigned the task of going undercover to break into the gang of Siva ( Satya Dev) who works with a tribe in an island off the coast of Sri Lanka. Siva is none other than Suri's own brother who had left home as a teen after killing his father and never returned. Suri manages to break into the gang and convince them well enough to be trusted. Along the way he also develops a bond with the tribals, who yearn to return one day to their homeland of the past.  The mission is dangerous but Suri is determined to bring his brother home, come what may.  But when the situation gets unimaginably complicated leading to gory bloodshed, Suri is pushed beyond his limits.  What happens to the mission and  his brother? What is Suri's hidden connection to the tribals?   The story by the Jersey director Gowtam Tinnanuri, though dealing with a lost sibling track seen many a time on screen,  is interestingly told, with a perio...

Movie review: Surrender

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 Pugazh ( Tharshan ) is a young  and bright cop.  One day, the case of a missing gun in his station comes to him, when an elderly cop Periyasamy (Lal) is accused of losing the gun  of famed actor Mansur Ali Khan. As the hunt for the missing gun begins, parallely we are drawn into the world of a local don, Kanagu ( Sujith) who is hunting for a missing large cash amount he had given to a corrupt cop for safekeeping during elections. Things get tangled up when the worlds of Puhazh, Kanagu, Periyasamy all collide due to a series of circumstances. Who has got the missing gun? Is Pugazh able to meet the deadline of finding it? What dangers are in store for the cops from Kanagu and his gang ? The movie is a thrilling blend of a whodunnit investigative thriller and comedy, taking one seamlessly through the worlds of  corrupt cops and gangs, as also upright cops like Pugazh. The investigative angle is well handled, keeping up the suspense till the end. The screenplay mov...