Rajini The Jailer Review: Rajinikanth swag and Anirudh music makes this mediocre crime thriller a must watch
Rajini The Jailer Movie Rating: 3 Stars
Just watched Rajini The Jailer movie in Cinemas. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Rajinikanth, Vinayakan, Ramya Krishnan, Vasanth Ravi, Sunil, Mirnaa Menon and Yogi Babu
Director: Nelson Dilipkumar
Release Date: 10th August 2023 in Cinemas
Story: Movie revolves around Muthuvel Pandian (Rajinikanth) is a retired jailer who leads a simple life with his family. He spends his days making YouTube videos with his grandson, shopping for vegetables at the local market, and taking part in routine household chores. His son Arjun (Vasanth Ravi) is a sincere police officer.
Arjun gets into a tussle with Varma (Vinakayan) who smuggles antique pieces and idols of God during his investigation the disappearance of a very costly idols. He fears that he will be caught by the police for stealing the idol and so he kidnaps Arjun which is led to believe that Arjun is dead.
When the news of his death is delivered, Muthuvel’s wife Vijaya (Ramya Krishnan) pins the blame on his honest upbringing for this mess. Heartbroken, Muthuvel, ventures out to avenge his son’s death. A stage comes when Varman asks him to steal for him the costly crown kept in safe custody. In spite of being a principled man, Tiger Pandian agrees to steal the crown. What happens thereafter? Does Tiger Pandian steal the crown? Does the crown reach Varman? Is Tiger Pandian’s son, Arjun, alive or dead?
Positives
1. Performances
2. Climax
3. Direction
4. Background Music
Negatives
1. Length
2. Unnecessary subplots
3. Screenplay in 2nd half
4. Story
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie on release day in cinemas as loved the trailer and liked Rajinikanth movies in the past.
A retired jailer Muthuvel Pandiyan goes on a manhunt to find his son’s killers. But the road leads him to a familiar, albeit a bit darker place. Can Muthuvel emerge from this complex situation successfully?
Jailer is a story with a lot of twists and turns. While some of the twists in the plot are interesting, there are others, especially post-interval, which are not just convoluted but also confusing. Screenplay keeps the audience engaged till interval but the same can’t be said of the second half. The climax indicates that part 2 will also come and looking forward to seeing more of Shiv Rajkumar and Mohanlal. Both looks excellent in small role. It is good to see Superstar Rajinikanth in a solid role after a long time. His characterization is well designed by Nelson. Rajinikanth underplays for the most part of the first half, and he transforms into a menacing force as the film progresses. This has been superbly shown, and the interval block is terrific. Anirudh is the second pillar of Jailer after Rajinikanth. He elevated Superstar in an excellent manner with his thumping background score. Especially the Hukum song and the interval sequence looked stunning, thanks to the pulsating background score.
On the flipside, it suffers from a wafer-thin plot, and this resulted in a poor second half. The first half was engaging due to the humor and histrionics of Rajini, but the second half failed to carry the same momentum. The director ran out of ideas to keep the film engrossing in the second hour, and he resorted to a few comedy tracks, which didn’t work. Sunil’s characterization and the portions involving Tamannaah don’t add much value to the film. As the story is weak, the action blocks didn’t bring the much-required adrenaline rush. The movie is also weak on the emotional front, and the twist over the end was also not great. The much-hyped cameos of Shiv Rajkumar and Mohanlal didn’t have much impact and lacked that wow factor. Jackie Shroff is wasted in a small role.
Overall, movie is a partially engaging action drama that relies majorly on the performance and style of Rajinikanth with fantastic background music of Anirudh. Despite suffers from a wafer-thin plot, and the second half fell like a pack of cards it’s a must watch movie for action lovers. It is a film that celebrates Rajinikanth for what he is. My view on this movie Recommended for all Rajinikanth fans.
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