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Eli Movie Review
- 6/22/2015 10:21:00 PM
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Cast: Vadivelu, Sadaa, Pradeep Rawat, Adithya, Mahanadhi Shankar, Bose Venkat.Direction: Yuvaraj Dhayalan.Genre: Comedy.Duration: 2 hours 34 minutes
Movie Review: The most amusing thing in Eli is the way its hero, Vadivelu, reads the pre-credits smoking disclaimer. Now, that should give you an idea of how the actual movie is — overlong, dull and largely unfunny. The director, Yuvaraj Dhayalan, seems to be after a spoof of spy movies but the filmmaking has no comic rhythm and the script, which rehashes elements from movies as varied as Ragasiya Police 115 and The Departed, is too slack that scenes just go on for ever.
The plot revolves around the police trying to capture a gang of cigarette smugglers headed by Nagarajan ( Pradeep Rawat), who has managed to elude the cops because of a mole in the police department. So, the commissioner ( Adithya) approaches Elisamy aka Eli (Vadivelu), who aspired to become a cop but ended up as a small-time crook after failing the test because of a minor technicality, to infiltrate the gang, collect evidence against them and find out who the mole is.
One of the most infuriating aspects of Eli is that things happen without any rhyme or reason. We wonder why the film had to be set in the 1960s. Maybe, the period look is supposed to automatically give the film a funny tone. But then, the look isn't followed throughout; we see modern-day buildings, grounds and things in the background every time the action takes place outdoors.
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