In Tamil cinema, for every step in the right direction, there's always a pointless 'Mission: Chapter 1' to walk us a couple of steps back. Arun Vijay and Amy Jackson star in this bloated, cliche-ridden excuse for a movie, with tropes already exhausted by the early 2000s.
Arun Vijay stars as Guna, a jailer (yes, we're still on that jailer craze, apparently) who visits the UK with his daughter, suffering from a serious condition of plot-convenience disease, for her surgery. He accidentally gets incarcerated in a maximum-security prison facility where a terrorist plot to break out three other Jihadist inmates is being executed. Guna teams up with the 'ever so reliable to be a horrible actress' Amy Jackson, the jailer in that particular prison facility, to help save the day.
Every single thing about this movie is so cliché that it's infuriating. With each character introduction, it's easy to predict who they are and how they will affect the script. We have the obligatory backstabber, the obligatory mindless brute, the obligatory cute child, the obligatory helpful friend, the obligatory nice guy who dies (what a surprise), and the obligatory terrorist who wants to destroy India because, well, boo India, I guess. From characters to conflicts to story beats, it's all a predictable mess.
This is my first visit to the cinema this year, and boy, what a horrible start. The worst thing about it is that it's apparently 'Mission: Chapter 1,' meaning there's at least one more 'Mission: Chapter -' to go. I just hope this movie bombs so hard that the plans for a sequel are just flushed down a toilet, never to see the light of day.
Arun Vijay stars as Guna, a jailer (yes, we're still on that jailer craze, apparently) who visits the UK with his daughter, suffering from a serious condition of plot-convenience disease, for her surgery. He accidentally gets incarcerated in a maximum-security prison facility where a terrorist plot to break out three other Jihadist inmates is being executed. Guna teams up with the 'ever so reliable to be a horrible actress' Amy Jackson, the jailer in that particular prison facility, to help save the day.
Every single thing about this movie is so cliché that it's infuriating. With each character introduction, it's easy to predict who they are and how they will affect the script. We have the obligatory backstabber, the obligatory mindless brute, the obligatory cute child, the obligatory helpful friend, the obligatory nice guy who dies (what a surprise), and the obligatory terrorist who wants to destroy India because, well, boo India, I guess. From characters to conflicts to story beats, it's all a predictable mess.
This is my first visit to the cinema this year, and boy, what a horrible start. The worst thing about it is that it's apparently 'Mission: Chapter 1,' meaning there's at least one more 'Mission: Chapter -' to go. I just hope this movie bombs so hard that the plans for a sequel are just flushed down a toilet, never to see the light of day.