FIGHT CLUB is an action thriller presented by writer director Lokesh Kanakraj and written and directed by debutant Abbas Rahmath.
Tamil film industry has one more genre added to it’s repertoire, North Madras action. There have been a slew of films that are set in this “labelled” part of Chennai, that still goes by the name of North Madras. The film maker is at his liberty to bypass any sensibility for the masala being marinated here under the garb of victimization, penury and alienation. This film is no different as it takes the same template further, burying logic in the backyard of the vast ocean. The film feels like a series of action episodes that makes ridiculous sense, wholly depending on raw action and the unwanted phoney edits. Like in most such films that belong to a particular coterie in the industry, this film also takes potshots at a particular community while clearly celebrating the other.Films like these can be a very bad influence on the youth of the society and with the kind of self hype and unintelligible appreciation by the film fraternity and so called backers, films like these would keep appearing in regular intervals.
Vijay Kumar has done a decent job. Monisha Menon has nothing to do. Karthikeyan Santhanam is good. Shankar Thas plays it neat. Avinash and Saravanan are OK.
Cinematography by Leon Britto is fine. Govind Vasanth’s background score begins with a lot of inspirations and tries to sound different. Kripakaran’s edits attempt something but the screenplay doesn’t quite help. Dialogues are mundane while direction helped by a template is okay for a debutant.
FIGHT CLUB doesn’t fly !!
FIGHT CLUB – FAIL !!
B.U.Shreesha
