Hitler Movie Review: Although it has elements of the genre, Vijay Antony’s political thriller falls short of being a fun watch.
Hitler: A Review of the Film
Actor-filmmaker Sasikumar revealed in a recent interview that he was once warned by superstar Rajinikanth that people should never be taken for granted for a commercial film. According to him, if the audience is anticipating the hero’s arrival at a specific point in the movie, offer them that opportunity and create a sense of exclusivity by foreshadowing the pivotal scenes. They will return content. However, this idea only functions when such monumental occasions are approached with such seriousness that sufficient payback and predictability are ensured. Nearly none of the major surprises in Vijay Antony’s Dhana’s Hitler work because there is not really much to be surprised at. Do you really believe that Vijay Antony will not play a wealthy heist hero in a movie like Gentleman’s Krishnamurthy? Once again, predictability is not an issue with these kinds of movies. It is also not an issue if the motivations are clear. However, there is an issue with treating it lightly and presuming that the happy riders will not feel deceived by its bad state.
The movie opens in a village tucked away in the woods, where worker exploitation is rife and there is not a suitable bridge to cross the river. There can only be one outcome from the constant rain, the absence of infrastructure, and the assembly line of women crossing the river—all of whom are depicted in black and white disaster. And then we get to the present, when state elections are about to take place. We pretend as though we had skipped to the beginning of the story, knowing full well that this accident will undoubtedly be crucial to the plot. We forget for the time being. The man played by Redin Kingsley is then befriended impulsively by a jobless Vijay Antony, who ends up rooming with him. He meets the heroine, Riya Suman, at the same moment, and they go on to meet several times, which gives him the opportunity to demonstrate his might and be present for large-scale robberies. Even though Vivek Prasanna is mentioned as a possible action star in the red herring, for the time being we will think it is just a random coincidence. For now, we are cool with it all. By this point, the game has been joined by a dapper Deputy Commissioner (Gautham Vasudev Menon), a less dapper but incredibly persuasive Minister (Charan Raj), and his chief goon (Tamizh). There is a killer of other goons. Crores and crores of black money are being stolen from them by someone. Anyone can speculate as to who this “someone” is; after all, everyone will guess correctly, and this guessing game is not particularly entertaining. All we have to do is wait and see when the creators move on.
Hitler’s greatest problem is that, aside from being blatantly foreseeable, his explanation for these bank robberies, in which money is taken from beneath the noses of law enforcement and politicians, is inconsistent. The explanations of how it was done are mediocre at best, and it is all too simple. When you consider that the establishment is being duped, the stakes are never too high. It is ineffective information overload to jam as muchinformation and revelations as possible into the last few minutes of the last act. Anair of contrived urgency taints what may have been meaningful moments.