What Is the Story About?
Mathagam Part 2 picks up exactly from where the first part concludes. It follows a sincere and honest police officer who takes it upon himself to charge upon a notorious criminal, also someone who runs a huge crime syndicate using his connections with top-ranked officers in Police force and Politics. Mathagam Season 2 picks up from the cliffhanger of a climax and the cat – mouse game takes further turns.
Performances?
Much like the predecessor, Mathagam Part 2 works because of its star-cast but none of the roles are fleshed convincingly enough for the actors to flex their muscles. Atharva and Manikandan try their level best to work things around with the material given, but 2 episodes just went by with the duo getting nothing much to deliver.
Analysis
Written and Directed by Prasath Murugesan, Mathagam is a police procedural, a thriller, a crime drama, and a lot of things in the mix at once. The second part of Mathagam is just two episodes long as opposed to 5 episodes in part one.
Mathagam part 2 takes off from part 1’s cliffhanger and relies on the duo – Cop DCP Ashwath and a gangster, Lord of a criminal syndicate – Padalam Sekhar. The tension picks up quickly and races past swiftly only to fall out of steam in no time. In fact, if part 1 worked largely because of its finale cliffhanger, part 2’s cliffhanger bogs the entire series down by testing the patience of the viewer.
The stakes remain the same, conflicts unaltered and the cycle keeps repeating with nothing novel or remotely inquisitive. Ashwath and Padalam Sekhar keep chasing one after the other to no end. In fact the show throws the viewer off with the manipulative culmination episode, teasing of another possible set of episodes dropping in some time. & this was not necessary.
Coming to what works, the star-cast. Even if the writing fails big time in elevating each of them the actors are so convincing in their roles and plays a huge role along with the technical finesse in making the show not a colossal failure affair.
To be concise, Mathagam Season 2 doesn’t fix the pitfalls of part 1, but worsens it after a promising start. A Quintessential cat and mouse game with a commendable world-building effort in the initial episodes, but fails very much when it comes to writing characters and a storyline that’s engaging and fast paced. Now let’s wait and watch if Part 3 would end everything once and for all Or not.
Music and Other Departments?
Edwin Sakay’s camera work brings in the right amount of realism and grittiness even when the writing slips. Dhilip Subbarayan’s action set-pieces however disappoint big time. Darbuka Siva’s music and score also doesn’t work in the favour of the show.
Highlights?
Promising start
Star-cast
Drawbacks?
Repetitive
Filler and cliched narrative
No story progression
Ineffective cliffhanger climax
Did I Enjoy It?
Yes, in few parts.
Will You Recommend It?
Yes, with huge reservations.
Mathagam Part 2 Series Review by Binged Bureau
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