Coolie (2025)
Coolie has been watched. Amidst the insane hype despite having no promo material that justifies the hype, I managed to buy a ticket for the FDFS and walked in hoping for another Vikram level movie from Lokesh but unfortunately Coolie is a badly done Vikram rehash that is unexciting and tiresome at many places.
Coolie is a wasted opportunity for Lokesh. He could have chosen umpteen other ways to go but he chose the lamest path. The story is unexciting nor does the screenplay have any tension to hook myself. Rajini does a fair job but it was Soubin who steals the show.
Upendra does an extended cameo while Amir Khan does a laughable one. The entire amir khan portion is abysmal. Anirudh's work is commendable at some places but should stop playing for every scene. Lokesh's love for action is visible in a few fights but wish the love was provided a bit to build the drama as well.
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There actually were a few places that showed a glimpse of brilliance with regards to Soubin yet the spark doesn't sustain. The movie is extremely elaborate and can easily cut 20 mins to make it crisp. Thinking back, the watches nor the announcement video that came with coolie disco has nothing to do with the film. The interval part had some rajinism that gave me hope that the second half could be better.
However, the movie continued to fall for the routine props which made me wonder what the hell did Anirudh see here to call it intelligent. I did have fun at places with trademark Rajini scenes yet coolie is all style and no soul that I couldn't care less after a point. Coolie ends up as another bang average star flick that doesn't justify the A certificate nor the hope for it to collect 1000 crores.
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