Cobra (2022)

Cobra (2022). 3h 3m

“Fresh out of Ajay Gnanamuthuu0026#39;s Cobra, and it honestly feels like I watched 2 entirely different movies pre and post interval. We start off with a somewhat underworld assassin crime thriller of sorts, which while over the top at moments, had its fair share of enjoyable bites. And then with the interval, we have what feels like an entirely new movie; one that feels like every other wannabe-posh Tamil action movie, where some characters already established in the first half start acting nothing like it in the second, and some more being entirely sidelined making us wonder why they were even included in the first place.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI wouldnu0026#39;t say Cobra is a bad movie, nor that its not enjoyable, but itu0026#39;s not groundbreaking in any way. It just gets ridiculously over the top with every passing minute, building up to a mind numbingly lazy and disappointing climax. Technically too this movie has a lot of weaknesses. The music is very easily forgettable, which sad given how such a statement could even be said about an ARR composed soundtrack. The VFX was painfully apparent in some scene. The makeup got somewhat cheesy, never leaving the uncanny valley; where you know youu0026#39;re not looking at an actual human face, but a heavily pasted prosthetic. And even certain shot selections seemed questionable.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBeing as critical as I am about this movie is only because I engaged with it enough to care about its own internal consistencies. Itu0026#39;s certainly not a movie youu0026#39;ll ever regret watching in a theatre, but itu0026#39;s not one youu0026#39;ll miss out on if you donu0026#39;t either.”