‘Rocky’ movie review: Arun Matheshwaran announces his arrival with a bloody brilliant revenge drama
The Hindu
Shot after shot, scene after scene, ‘Rocky’, with its superb writing and even better staging, keeps hitting you
A wide shot. A car is in the centre of the frame. Rocky (Vasanth Ravi) stands next to it. There are sickle- and knife-wielding men at one end. There are sickle- and knife-wielding men at the other end too. There is nowhere to go. Rocky is checkmated. Or so we think until Rocky — no, I will not ruin this moment for you. You have to watch it; watch it and be gobsmacked. You have to watch it to experience the exhilaration of a film that is likely to be the talk of the town in the next few days or weeks, perhaps.
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The film is not just about this climactic moment. Shot after shot, scene after scene, Rocky, with its superb writing and even better staging, keeps hitting you. It is impossible not to be knocked out by its brilliance.