Tamil fantasy horror adventure drama ‘Kingston’ is all set to arrive on OTT after not four but a little over five weeks post its terrible box office run. Moreover, it will coincide with its TV premiere as well. Helmed by Kamal Prakash in his directorial debut, ‘Kingston’ will start streaming on Zee5 from 13th April, 2025.
In ‘Kingston’, the sea off the coast of Thoovathor becomes cursed following a paranormal event in 1982. Kingston (G. V. Prakash Kumar), a daring sea smuggler, ventures into the haunted waters with his friends to break the curse and bring hope back to their doomed village.
Touted to India’s first marine fantasy film, ‘Kingston’ wasn’t just a box office bomb but also received negative reviews from critics. The film was criticised for being a half baked attempt that crumples under it’s own weight of multiple storylines. The screenplay and narrative is weak, there’s lack of character development and more such flaws were brought to light by critics in ‘Kingston’.
After such horrible reviews will ‘Kingston’ find any redemption on Zee5? While the film is said to have some decent visual effects and horror elements in second half but will that be enough to save the film? Most likely no!
It will interesting to see if the experimental formula of ‘Kingston’ works with the streaming audience or it gets rejected there too.