Over the past couple of years, Jayasurya has transformed himself into an artist of such caliber that more often than not he aces the roles that he takes up. Irrespective of how the movie performs at the box office, we can rest assured that he would have given a credible performance. His latest release "John Luther" is helmed by the debutant Abhijith Joseph & from the looks of it, it had all the makings of an engaging investigative thriller. With numerous movies from the same genre being churned out, was this able to do stand tall among those???
A tourist bus that was caught up in the rain found a dead body fall onto its roof as it navigated the hairpins in Munnar. This brought in CI John Luther (Jayasurya) & his team to take charge of the situation but the mystery behind the accident soon evolves into a missing person investigation. With time, the number of missing people increase & it becomes evident from the modus operandi that there was indeed a connection between all the three cases. To make matters worse, John endures an attack from a culprit which leaves him partially deaf. But that didn't deter John as he pursued relentlessly despite his handicap to get to the bottom of the case.
As mentioned earlier, this is Abhijith's debut venture & he has certainly done a fine job in creating a movie that engaged the audience with its suspense as well as execution style. The choice of location, rain, mist & the dark colour tone facilitated in creating an aura that was in keeping with the mood. However, the writing falters in the last segment as the culprit, motive etc just didn't have the impact that it was supposed to convey considering the manner in which the story was set up early on. Coming to the technical side, Shaan Rahman's BGM was good while Roby Varghese deserves praise for the impressive visuals.
Jayasurya as usual was impressive as the protagonist & though we might feel there are similarities with some of his recent movies where he is subjected to physical challenges; I still felt that he was able to keep it unique & did utmost justice to the role. As for the rest of the cast, Deepak Parambol, Sivadas Kannur, Siddique etc did their parts aptly though the latter needs to reconsider his choices in father roles as it turning out to be rather cliched.
Verdict: An engaging investigative thriller that was impressive both in style of making & performances. However, the last half an hour couldn't quite do justice to the anticipation that it had created later on. But still do check it out!!!
Rating: 2.75/5
Regards...Ben
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