Letterboxd — Your life in film

Still gathering my thoughts. Unlike the first two, this left me feeling more empty. The violence was desensitising. Definitely a bit disappointed.

This deserves 4 stars just for those scenes with the Disney Princesses. I'll fight you to the death if you disagree with me.

The last third was ever so slightly weaker than the first, with characters devolving into archetypes and cliches creeping into the overall plot. However, that shouldn't bring down the film, which still stands due to that breathtaking and unique first third. This was the most nerve-wracking film I've seen since A Quiet Place. I was literally jumping and screaming at my TV screen. I probably saw most of it standing up. Highly recommended, especially if you've not seen a zombie movie in a while.

I'll have more to say about it later, but for now, it's fulfilling to get to watch a Tamil movie that starts with the following words: "Nayanthara in". It's heartening to see the heroine's name headline a film in Tamil cinema, that too one that is so out-of-the-box with its black comedy. There are no duets, no unnecessary song sequences. There's no additional fluff of any kind at all. This film wants to be an out-and-out black comedy and succeeds in that goal mostly. I had a blast with it!

Every time I watch this, I find something to admire about it. This time around it was on TV at night 12, and I still found it utterly irresistible. It's a damn shame that this is considered to be Scorsese's honorary Oscar. It's his fourth masterpiece in as many decades, and a film that can hold its own with Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas.