The official teaser of an upcoming Malayalam movie with its audio in Hindi language has been announced by its crew on their YouTube channel. Actor John Abraham has officially released the teaser link on his social media handle. What can be its intention? Will it be a worthy competitor for Bollywood?
The attempts at experimental feats are not novel for the Malayalam film industry. Some of them become a failure, and some set a remarkable wave. The release of the upcoming flick ‘Marco’ gives such a vibe.
‘Marco’ is expected to be an action-drama thriller movie which is written and directed by Haneef Adeeni who has given movies like ‘The Great Father’ with actor Mammooty in the main lead. The effort will be bankrolled by Shareef Muhammed and Abdul Gadhaf for Cubes Entertainment along with Unni Mukundan for UMF Productions.
Actor Unni Mukundan reprises his role as ‘Marco’, a spin-off character from Adeeni’s previous movie named ‘Mikhael’ (Eng. Michael), released in 2019 with actor Nivin Pauly as its title character. The character played by Unni Mukundan’s name is Marco and he played the role of a villain. Although this movie had not been a great success, the character had received good critical acclaim.
The storytelling of this spin-off compels extreme violence and a well-defined character arc of the titular character as well as the surroundings. The role could probably be that of a grey shade that will have closer resemblances with internationally praised characters like ‘John Wick’ with more inclusion in bloodshed with engaging stunt sequences.
However, the possibility of such gore occurrences has to be convincing to the audience as there are a plethora of profound benchmark efforts for such a genre and this will be a huge challenge for the one which is claiming to be the ‘most violent Malayalam flick to date’.
However, the style of storytelling for the movie is expected to allure the audience who are interested in watching the action with gore and gritty sequences irrespective of its North-South boundaries and is hoped to satisfy a mass audience. This fact can be supported by the number of viewers of the official teaser in less time.
Moreover, high expectations in stunt sequences are seen which is done by action director Kalai Kingson. Art direction by Sunil Das and Cinematography by Chandu Selvaraj is a hope for efficient technical tactics. A defined performance from actor Unni Mukundan may not be visible, but it would be better if he could deliver the emotions of the character as the narrative demands it.
The movie is expected to release on Christmas day and stay tuned in Binged to get more updates on ‘Marco’.