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Fireman (2015) (Malayalam)
- 2/19/2015 12:48:40 PM
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The surprises that Deepu Karunakaran's 'Fireman' has in store, lie mostly in the mechanics of its plot. The commendable moment-to-moment feats in it, keep your focus away from the mundane visuals and the loose ends that hang about in abundance.
When a tremendously disturbed Achari (Salim Kumar) steers his car away from a gas tanker, the heavy vehicle goes for a toss, flipping the tank on to the ground, where it lies, threatening to go up in flames any moment. The fire brigade led by Fireman Vijay (Mammootty) takes charge, and the police force under the Commissioner Sherin Thomas (Nyla Usha) arrive to lend support.
To be fair to the makers, 'Fireman' has been crisply edited, and at just about two hours has very few hold-ups in between. The pace is brisk, the dialogues are curt, and the exploits vigorous. The rapid pulse that is maintained between sequences, stops the film from degenerating into one of those soggy thrillers that never get their thrills right.
It also has to be appreciated that the scenes that dwell on loss do not collapse into the maudlin sort, and when the leading officer Lakshmanan Pillai (Sreekumar) and later Shajahan (Unni Mukundan) give up their lives, the firemen move on, never for a moment, forgetting that their services are required elsewhere. The tears and dramatics can wait.
It's almost impossible though, to gauge the film maker's intentions, since 'Fireman' does end up being an assortment of sorts,
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