Marco movie review: Stylish Unni Mukundan action thriller falters due to weak script

Unni Mukundan as ‘Marco’ Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

He marco The A rating makes sense when you watch the Unni Mukundan-titled film. This is a trigger warning for those who cannot stand the sight of blood and all forms of dismemberment of humans and sometimes dogs. With that out of the way, let’s move on marcoWritten and directed by Hanif Adeni, the same man behind the 2019 film michaelStarring Nivin Pauly. Although there has been speculation about there being a Marco spinoff, the production team has remained quiet about this connection.

Marco (Unni Mukundan) and his adopted elder brother, Adattu George (Siddique), appear for the first time michaelAnd they do that in this movie too; Marco and George are brothers. George’s father brought Marco home as a baby and raised him as one of his own children.

To say that this is an action thriller does not cover the full extent of ‘action’. It’s high on ‘mass-y’ gore. The plot is quite simple – Adaattu George’s blind younger brother, Victor, is murdered because he ‘witnesses’ the murder. And Marco will do anything for his family – kill and die if he has to. But he mostly kills and maims. marco It is about how brothers wreak havoc on their brother’s murderers – Tony Issacs and his sons. The first half of the film lays the foundation for the further action. In the second half, everyone in the film goes crazy.

driven by testosterone, marco It gives its female characters very little to do. Also, one can’t help but wonder what the police are doing when Adattu George shoots people he thinks might kill him to avenge his brother or when Tony Sons kill people.

marco reminds me of transporter The series brings to mind massacres and bloodshed. right with a jolt of Animal Except misogyny. If this review seems focused on the violence in the film, that’s because it is. marco Is about. One walks out of the cinema hall thinking about violence and the many ways a human being can be cut, stabbed, dismembered and crucified.

marco It demands that you see it as pure fantasy and if one goes looking for the reason, disappointment awaits. If you like action movies with lots of stunts and few dialogues then this is perfect for you.

The writing, what there is, falters after the first half and then disaster strikes. Like in an action packed movie marcoThe writing matters less than the stunt choreography and cinematography, both of which score high. Cinematographer Chandru Selvaraj has done a great job with extremely stylish frames, as has composer/lyricist Ravi Basrur. The background score of the first fight before the interval makes the entire sequence poetic.

The character arcs and plot could have been better developed, for example the backstory of Marco and his fiancée or Tony and his sons. The only relationship that is explored is Marco’s attachment to Victor. In a film that is predominantly black and grey, light and tenderness come through and we get a glimpse of why Marco wants blood for blood.

The cast includes Anson Paul, Kabir Duhaan Singh, Srijit Ravi and some new, unfamiliar faces. Jagadish is a revelation as the English-speaking, suit-wearing villain Tony Isaac. Although we have seen him in negative roles before, he impresses as a mafia-like businessman who is part of a criminal syndicate.

For Unni this role is a change from her roles in recent films and is rather drastic. Malikapuram, mappadianAnd Jai GaneshUnni’s ultra-stylish Marco features more shades of brown; He wears his unhappiness and anger like a shield.

One cannot help but agree with the claim of this film being described as the most violent film in the history of Malayalam cinema. It still begs the question: why is it so high?

Marco is currently playing in theaters