Director: B. Unnikrishnan
Language: Malayalam
Cast: Mammootty, Vinay Rai, R.Sarathkumar, Sneha, Amala Paul, Aishwarya Lakshmi, Aditi Ravi, Shine Tom Chacko, Deepak Parambol, and Siddique
Synopsis:
Past and present weave together as a maverick cop is forced to go beyond the limits of the law when the system fails.
Christopher 2023 Movie Review:
Christopher is a senior IPS officer who has a reputation for having a lot of fan-following on social media, for his strong belief on delayed justice is injustice, and for encountering the accused people in rape cases before trials.
The film narrates the story of him, played by megastar Mammootty with the tagline Biography of a Vigilante Cop, who punishes criminals in a vigilante model with his law as his justice, director succeeded in telling the story in a non-linear way mixing present and past of his life more convincingly.
We can comprehend Director B Unnikrishnan’s excellence through this mass gripping film he always has a special talent for making stylish investigation thrillers, while writer Udaya Krishna has penned a tight, loop-holed rousing screenplay, Director’s mode of sculpting the Christopher character can be said to be the film’s biggest success.
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Throughout the film, the director has managed to tell the story by combining all the entertainment elements, that Christopher stands out for being able to present the audience in a very funny and trendy way, despite dealing with a lot of social issues, it touches on the present viral subject of violence against women and harassment against them with piercing strong punchy dialogues.
Needless to say, the footing of this film is the mass performance of Mammootty only, who gave life to his character very sophisticatedly and coolly, director very meticulously used Mammootty’s stardom as an actor very beautifully in this.
His patting the shoulders of victims with his hand, the director gives a clear indication to the audience of what is going to happen to the accused. While listening to the agonies of the victim Mamootty’s facial expressions in a side angle shot, his chin shrinks and expands essays Mamootty’s inner feelings, Mammootty expresses it in a single 30 seconds frame.
While Mammootty’s energy and screen presence as Christopher is worth mentioning, Vinay Rai as an antagonist gets applause, in every scene he appears, Aishwarya Lakshmi, Sneha, and Amala Paul have also given life to their characters in an attention-grabbing manner in this film.
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The cool visuals and thrilling background music are other elements that stood out the best in this highly technical thriller film. Director has made this film with such speed and technical perfection that we don’t want to take our eyes off the screen.
There are some minor setbacks in this film, lack of ability to find interesting or new ideas, it is almost like they want to show Mammootty the star in more slow-motion walks and the pattern is highly predictable.
Verdict:
Keeping aside the negligible shortfalls, in brief, Christopher is a mass entertainer that exhilarates and excites from beginning to end with a good movie experience for the audience.
