10 Endrathukulla

10/28/2015

In his previous film Goli Soda, Vijay Milton demonstrated that he can make a familiar masala tale feel fresh with his treatment. 10 Endrathukulla, too, is a masala movie, but strangely, this film lacks the liveliness and inventiveness that made Goli Soda stand out. Rather the focus seems to have shifted from script to scale — smart writing is traded in for exotic locales, larger-than-life characters, over-the-top action choreography and overall blandness. The first half of the film draws heavily on the plot of The Transporter. Here, we have Vikram (his name or rather the lack of one — he calls himself James Bond, Mani Ratnam, Bill Gates — is meant to be a running joke though we soon realize it as a pointless one), as a skilled car driver who works at a driving school, but takes on no-q