Max Movie Review: MAX review: Fireworks and fury full on display as Sudeep hits MAX mass throttle
Max Movie Review: Critics Rating: 3.5 stars, click to give your rating/review,Sincere and honest police officer Arjun Mahakshay aka Max (Sudeep), reports for duty at a new police
Critic's Rating: 3.5/5
Two youngsters accidentally crash into the police squad injuring a few of them. Police inspector Arjun Mahakshay (Sudeep), who has just arrived in town to take charge of the local area police station the next day, arrests the two and puts them behind bars only to find out that they are ministers’ sons. A few moments later, the duo is found dead in the station’s weapon room. Although it initially looks like they may have killed each other over a silly argument, as the movie progresses, more twists involving the duo’s sinister plot unfold. As the officers in the station express worry about the political pressure that may set into motion following the station's-deaths, Arjun has only a few hours to save his men and the station.
A towering Sudeep, who has arrived in theatres after a good 2.5 years, carries the entire movie on his shoulders, while also making sure that the other actors get their due when sharing the screen. He has embraced the never-seen-before mass avatar and provides a maximum thrill to the hooting and cheering fans. As promised in the trailer, he gets on to ‘demon mode’ starting from the first scene itself. That said, the movie ends on a signature emotional note that Sudeep is also known for. The actor has stuck to bringing the director’s vision on screen, leaving no scope for romance. His last outing Vikrant Rona, too, was low on romance quotient, and looks like his fans will have to wait for some more time to watch Kichcha hop on romance mode.
The performances are solid all around. Varalakshmi Sharatkumar, Samyukta Hornad, Sukruta Wagle, Ugram Manju, Sunil, and Ilavarasu, bring in their own temperament to the roles. Even though we get two hours of action sequences, we hardly feel exhausted. Like in a video game, Sudeep takes the audience to the next level with every scene. The fact that the entire story takes place over one night gives it a unique flavour, as we are unsure what danger lurks in the dark.
Technically, the film is shot exceptionally well, especially in the last few minutes. It sets the screen on fire. Set only in minimum locations, as the movie takes place overnight, director Vijay Karthikeya packs in a tight script, pumping adrenaline in at all the right places. The first half, albeit a little slow, keeps the audience hooked to the screen because of its paced narration. The second half unveils the demon that Sudeep is, as an actor and a performer. Music composer Ajaneesh Loknath is the unsung hero here who carefully stitches some top notch tunes into fiery action sequences.
Since the movie features actors from across South film industries, Kannada dubbing seems a bit off. But the racy screenplay, coupled with Sudeep’s charming onscreen presence makes up for it. For an action film, the dialogues could’ve been better. There is no punch dialogue for fans to take home. The movie also lacks a strong villain with a character arc. This gripping action flick shares some similarities with the Tamil movie Khaidi.
The thing about action genre movies are, at the end of the day, it is either boom or bust. Max goes boom, with all guns blazing, providing a much-needed theatrical experience, thus, ending the year for KFI, with a big bang.
A towering Sudeep, who has arrived in theatres after a good 2.5 years, carries the entire movie on his shoulders, while also making sure that the other actors get their due when sharing the screen. He has embraced the never-seen-before mass avatar and provides a maximum thrill to the hooting and cheering fans. As promised in the trailer, he gets on to ‘demon mode’ starting from the first scene itself. That said, the movie ends on a signature emotional note that Sudeep is also known for. The actor has stuck to bringing the director’s vision on screen, leaving no scope for romance. His last outing Vikrant Rona, too, was low on romance quotient, and looks like his fans will have to wait for some more time to watch Kichcha hop on romance mode.
The performances are solid all around. Varalakshmi Sharatkumar, Samyukta Hornad, Sukruta Wagle, Ugram Manju, Sunil, and Ilavarasu, bring in their own temperament to the roles. Even though we get two hours of action sequences, we hardly feel exhausted. Like in a video game, Sudeep takes the audience to the next level with every scene. The fact that the entire story takes place over one night gives it a unique flavour, as we are unsure what danger lurks in the dark.
Technically, the film is shot exceptionally well, especially in the last few minutes. It sets the screen on fire. Set only in minimum locations, as the movie takes place overnight, director Vijay Karthikeya packs in a tight script, pumping adrenaline in at all the right places. The first half, albeit a little slow, keeps the audience hooked to the screen because of its paced narration. The second half unveils the demon that Sudeep is, as an actor and a performer. Music composer Ajaneesh Loknath is the unsung hero here who carefully stitches some top notch tunes into fiery action sequences.
Since the movie features actors from across South film industries, Kannada dubbing seems a bit off. But the racy screenplay, coupled with Sudeep’s charming onscreen presence makes up for it. For an action film, the dialogues could’ve been better. There is no punch dialogue for fans to take home. The movie also lacks a strong villain with a character arc. This gripping action flick shares some similarities with the Tamil movie Khaidi.
The thing about action genre movies are, at the end of the day, it is either boom or bust. Max goes boom, with all guns blazing, providing a much-needed theatrical experience, thus, ending the year for KFI, with a big bang.
