‘Irul’ movie review: A half-baked, half-hearted effort

Despite a great cast, the accomplished performers do not really get to show their prowess, due to the weak script and dialogues

In the initial parts of Irul, when one sees the usual tropes of horror-thrillers, complete with a grand mansion in a secluded area at night, a stranded couple, and a mysterious man who seems to own that mansion, one expects the script to have some delightful tricks up the sleeve to upset our expectations. However, here the effort seems to be to ensure that the viewers don’t get too much of a surprise and to not try anything out of the tested path. A writer Alex Parayil (Soubin Shahir) takes his girlfriend Archana (Darshana Rajendran), a lawyer, on a weekend getaway. During the night ride, in the pouring rain, the car breaks down. They take shelter in a nearby mansion, where they are welcomed by a mysterious man (Fahadh Faasil). But things, as expected, take a darker turn soon, with events paralleling those from Alex’s recent book Irul seeming to have taken place there. .