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Jumanji – the next level

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         Jumanji – the next level Jumanji – the next level like its prequel movie combines fantasy action with thrilling adventure filled with comedy. It also showcases the real–life lessons about courage, friendship and empathy. It is indeed an amazing movie and worth watching. At the end of its prequel , the four high school students who get stuck into the world of jumanji turned into adventure heroes were feeling blessed to be back home. In this movie, the gang is back to rescue one of its member, unknown to the fact of the upcoming challenges to be faced in arid deserts to snowy mountains to escape from the game. Once again, each of the avatars has three bars on the wrist  one for each life the game allows. To leave the game, the group must end the drought by recovering a magical necklace known as the Falcon Heart that was stolen by the warlord Jurgen the Brutal. Like any other good video game, the levels got tougher has the game proceeded wit...

MIKHEAL - A CRIME THRILLER FILLED WITH DRAMA

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 Mikhael is a Malayalam based thriller. It has Nivin pauly in the lead. it was directed by Haneef Adeni and was released in the year 2019.  This is based on a series if murder of a gangsters in Kerala. Mikheal (Nivin) is a doctor who is specialised in surgeries. His sister is a karate champion and she gets into a fight with the son of a gold dealer. He commits suicide as he was mocked for getting defeated by a girl. This angers his father who threatens her and her family. so Mikheal seeks revenge for threatening his family. he kills him and his driver and sets to kill his gang as they keep harassing his family. the movie end with the head of the gang getting killed. 

DONT BREATHE

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Don't Breathe is a perfect example of a thriller movie starring Stephen Lang(blind man) , Jane Levy , Dylan Minnette , Daniel Zovatto as three burglars. The plot begins when the three burglars get a tip that a man who lives in an abandoned neighbourhood has $ 3,00,000 in cash in a safe at his house.  Thinking it to be a piece of cake they enter the house, unknown of the fact that they are trapped in a big misery. It is an absolute thrill ride from the moment they enter the house. It sends chills in the body when the blind man chases Rocky and Alex ( two of the burglars) in the basement. It sets a perfect example for those who thinks they can easily cheat a physically impaired person. Stephan Langs has justified his role and had defended well by killing two of the robbers by setting traps all around his house. The cherry on the top was the dog who had chased out the robbers and terrified them. It has a great premise and is very suspenseful but becomes a bit predictable over time. Th...

PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN

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STORY: Promising Young Woman is a wildly thrilling revenge story, taking an unflinching look at rape culture, but errs more pessimistic than triumphant.  REVIEW: Promising Young Woman is a wildly thrilling revenge story, taking an unflinching look at rape culture, but errs more pessimistic than triumphant. In this movie, Carey Mulligan gives a masterful, Oscar-worthy performance as Cassie Thomas, a 29-year-old-turning-30 medical school drop out who works in a coffee shop with her friend Gail (Laverne Cox) by day. At night, Cassie goes out to local clubs and pretends to be so drunk she can't walk. When, inevitably, a nice guy offers to see her home safely, only to take her back to their place and try to have sex with her despite her outward inebriated state, she drops the act. As the movie goes on, Cassie's reasons for her double life and why she dropped out of med school become clear. When old classmate Ryan (Bo Burnham) comes into the coffee shop one day and asks C...

GREENLAND

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STORY : Amidst a global apocalypse, John Garrity and his family experiences the best and the worst in humanity, as they struggle to find a safer ground. But what is more dangerous – humans in distress or nature’s destructive force unleased? REVIEW : John Garrity (Gerard Butler) isn’t exactly having a great day, thanks to his strained relationship with his wife Allison (Morena Baccarin) and a 7-year-old son, who is diabetic. But their lives are about to take a dramatic turn as a deadly comet is about to strike planet earth. Like most others, the Garritys are following the news of the fast progressing doomsday on TV but the disaster hits much closer home when a comet strikes their own neighbourhood.  A ray of hope comes in the form of a government message that says the Garritys have been chosen for a safe passage to an undisclosed military location. They are asked to report to the nearest military airbase. This even as their friends wonder why only the Garrity...

Paatal Lok: An Indian Crime Thriller

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  Synopsis  A celebrity TV anchor Sanjeev Mehra is the target of an assassination, the case is assigned to a cop Hathiram Choudhary who takes up the opportunity and strives to earn a promotion to make himself and his wife feel proud. The story revolves around four out-casts who are allegedly guilty for attempt to murder and how Choudhary must use his wits to find out who the real culprit is. Well Developed Protagonist Hathiram Choudary is a well developed character who has a well defined motivation to solve the case so that he can prove himself worthy to his wife and his superiors. Hathiram Choudary played by Jaideep Ahalwat .  In addition to that, he hopes to set an example for his son with whom he continues to struggle to maintain a healthy relationship, although he strives to be the father that he never had, Choudary's struggled relationship with his father makes him question his behavior with his child. All these nuances combined with Ahalwat's acting makes Hath...

Best Action Seqeuneces From Thrillers

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Action and thriller go hand in hand, many thriller films are defined by the epic action sequences and car chases scenes. Many production houses spend millions on perfecting these scenes in pre-production by prepping the actors or in post-production by adding visual effects. They aid in giving the audience a "Thrill".  Mission Impossible Franchise  The franchise is defined by Tom Cruise's love and commitment for action sequences. With each movie Cruise pushes the limit and surprises the audience with something that has never been done before even in CGI. Cruise's commitment makes the audience feel a sense of authenticity from the actor and filmmakers.  Combined with humor and epic high chase music the Mission Impossible series offers the viewers amazing fight scenes and action sequences.  OldBoy  The South Korean has set the precedent for using fight scenes for story telling and has inspired many other movies and shows to do something similar. The director uses f...

SEARCHING

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Story : When 16-year-old Margot (Michelle La) goes missing without a trace, her widowed father David (John Cho) resorts to analysing her behavioural pattern on social media and tracks her digital footprints to decode what could have happened to his daughter. Searching has one of the most soul-stirring opening scenes that leave you teary-eyed. It brilliantly touches upon us coping with life and loss in times of digital isolation. Small films can leave a deep impact and this is one such incredible story that addresses the most pertinent question of today — whether our need to document our lives on social media is a boon or a bane? Chaganty infuses technology in a classic whodunit, to give us a taut mystery that unfolds on computer and phone screens. This innovative storytelling technique makes you a part of David’s search operation instead of being a mere spectator. Every call missed, key pressed or text read, brings a lump in your throat, almost mirroring our rel...

HUSH

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Story : In HUSH, Maddie Young (Kate Siegel) is a deaf novelist who lives alone in the middle of the woods so she can work on her next book and get some perspective after breaking up with her boyfriend. But her tranquility is shattered when a masked killer (John Gallagher Jr.) wielding a crossbow kills Maddie's neighbor Sarah as she is trying to get into Maddie's front door.  The masked killer realizes that Maddie is deaf, and decides to stalk her by stealing her phone and sending her pictures and texts while inside the house. The killer then cuts off the power to the house, slashes her car tires, and proceeds to play a cat-and-mouse game with Maddie, taunting and tormenting her, even as she fights back and stabs him in the arm with a hammer and tries to trick him by setting off the car alarm and by throwing a flashlight deep into the woods.  But as all attempts to escape the killer fail, and Sarah's boyfriend is unable to stop the killer, Maddie real...

Best Acting In Thriller Films

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Acting  One of the most important aspects of a film is the performance made by the actor. Even with presence of epic action sequences, fast paced background music and plot twists, it is the responsiblity of the actor to bring a sense of realness and emotion to the film that brings it out alive and resonates with the hearts of the audience and leaves a long lasting impression.  " Film acting, like all art, is a form of communication, a relationship with another human being on an emotional level. Just as great artists define themselves by their art, so do brilliant film actors communicate through their quality, which is personality combined with talent" An excerpt from  The Art of Film Acting: A Guide for Actors and Directors   Shutter Island (2010) (Spoiler Alert) The criminally underrated thriller mystery film directed by Martin  Scorsese  staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley is a masterclass on acting. The film presents DiCaprio's actin...

HELEN - A DREAM OF A YOUNG GIRL

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 Helen is a Malayalam based movie released in the year 2019 which stared Ana Ben , Lal in the lead role. This story is about  women who has a dream of going abroad to work . she works in a restaurant named chicken hub. her father is a reserved Christian and he is against her going to abroad and her non-Christian friends. she was in a relationship with a Muslim guy who was in search of job.  one day when she was checking the items in freezer , her manager by mistake locks her in and leaves. this causes chaos in her house as her father finds her missing. later police is informed and the investigation starts. her father gets into a fight with the police officer when he claimed her boyfriend would have done something. so after a lot of struggle she is found after 5 hours being locked in the freezer. she is later hospitalized and recovers. the movie ends in a happy note where her father proudly says her name to the mall watchmen who praised her to be a brave women. 

TALWAR - THE DOUBLE MURDER CASE

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  TALWAR IS A MOVIE BASED ON A REAL LIFE INCIDENT WHICH WAS KNOWN AS THE DOUBLE MURDER CASE. THIS MOVIE WAS RELASED IN THE YEAR 2015 WHICH STARRED IFFRAN KHAN , KONKONA SEN SHARMA , NEERAJ KABI WAS DIRECTED BY MEGHNA GULZAR. THIS WAS AN INCIDENT WHICH TOOK PLACE IN NOIDA WHERE A TEENAGE GIRL WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER HOUSE AND THE MURDER TOOK PLACE WHEN HER PARENTS  WERE ASLEEP IN THE NEXT ROOM WHICH RAISED QUESTIONS  AGAINST HER PARENTS.                                                          THE STORY STARTS WITH THE GIRL BEING FOUND DEAD WHEN HER MOTHER COMES TO WAKE HER UP IN THE MORNING. THIS SHICKS THE PARENTS THEY CALL THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY AND THE INVSTIGATION OF THE MURDER STARTS. IN THE POSTMORTEM REPORT IT IS RVEALED THAT A SURGECAL WEAPON IS INVOLVED IN THE MURDER. LATER INTO THE INVESTIGATION THE SERVENT OF THE HOUSE W...

Nishabdham - silence

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 Anthony Gonsalves ( madhavan )   , a celebrated cellist,  and his fiancee sakshi( anushka shetty) a speech and hearing challenged artist go to a house that is believed to be haunted - one where a young couple were mysteriously killed in 1972 so that she can pick up a rare painting.  But Anthony ends up being killed in the same manner as the guy in 1972 while an injured sakshi who has managed to flee the place is hospitalised.   into  Kannada . [1] [4] Nishabdham Official release poster

GUILTY

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                    GUILTY  The movie comprises of series of newcomers starting from male lead Gurfateh Singh who has shown immense potential and sure to get many chances in coming days. The surprise factor is Kiara Advani where you can see her in never seen avatar and she has perfectly went into the character as disturbed, tombayish yet a real potrayal of today's youth. Akansha Ranjan Kapoor is the new kid in the block but she is the weakest among the lot. The investigation lawyer played by Taher Shabbir is equally good in terms of performance. Rest all the other cast bigger or smaller in role is perfectly cast. The movie is bit lengthy if I may say so and editing it out for 10 to 15 minutes must have made one of the best movie of the year. The environment of college is cinematic as lots of liberalities has been taken into account yet doesn't go overboard. The songs which were suppose to lift the movie actually hampers the flow of...

THE INVITATION

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 The INVITATION is a 2015 thriller and horror movie directed by karyn usama and written by Phil hay and Matt Manfredi.  The film star Logan Marshall green, tammy blanchard  , Michael huisman and emayatzy coriealdi .  In this movie the husband responds to an invitation given by his ex wife , and that man except it and he takes his girlfriend to that dinner party . There , he relives the trauma of their childs death and becomes suspicious that his ex wife has ulterior motives for inviting him .  The Invitation Theatrical release poster

BADLA

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 Badla is a full thriller and revenge movie . The movie has earned a lot of respect due to the casts members acting ,and mainly our bigB's acting was appreciated. It gained 3.5stars out 5 . Naina the lead role is played by aaapse pannu is accused for the murder of arjun(Tony luke) . Her lawyer Jimmy (manav kaul) hires the senior advocate badal gupta (amitabh Bachchan) to help crack the case and defend naina ,but het confessions to badal add twists and turns to the murder mystery.  Since revenge stories are literally done to death in cinemas,  crafting a smart thriller around the same old saga requires smart execution and tactfulness .the solid performance by amitabh Bachahan and taapsee pannu , along with the eye for detail in writing by ghosh and his team , make the film a thrill a minute ride . Badla Theatrical release poster

KAHAANI 2

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 KAHAANI 2 A spoiler-free assessment of Sujoy Ghosh’s  Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh  is that despite a couple of major scripting flaws, the movie is never boring, well acted and consistently stays within thriller territory. Starring Vidya Balan in dowdy deglam mode and Arjun Rampal as the police officer in the West Bengal cadre,  Kahaani 2  gave away a fair bit of its storyline away in its trailer. So it is perfectly alright to say that the 129-minute movie is about a woman accused of murdering her daughter, and contains hints of violence against children and a cat-and-mouse game between the accused and the police office Kahaani 2  shares with its predecessor half a title, the Bengal location, an enterprising and strong-willed heroine, and the belief that for all their hard work and commitment, the local police force is not very bright when it comes to solving clues and nabbing criminals who are hiding in plain sight. Balan is once again named Vidya, but thi...

Memento

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Memento (2000) Image via Newmarket “Okay, so what am I doing?”  Guy Pearce  asks himself in  Memento , as he’s racing down a street in pursuit of - or possibly pursued by - a deadly assailant. It’s a question  Christopher Nolan ’s second feature asks itself many times, as the narrative works its way backward from scene to scene. Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, who suffered brain trauma during an attack on his wife and is now incapable of developing new memories. But he won’t let that stop him from pursuing his wife’s murderer.   The innovative structure of  Memento  works its way backward, so the audience shares Leonard’s ignorance of all the events that propelled him to each fascinating scene, and the cleverness doesn’t stop there.  Memento  takes what could have been a novel editing gimmick and builds an entire, gripping suspense narrative around the hero’s limited perception, and around his - and the audience’s - eagerness to trust whatever w...

FORENSIC- A CRIME THRILLER

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 Forensic is crime thriller which was released in the year 2020. It had Tovino Thomas , Mamta Mohandas in the lead. It was directed by Akhil Paul and Anas Khan. I had a very good response among the audience. This movie was released by Netflix due to the pandemic though it was initially released in theatres.  the movie is based on a serial killer who targets kids. The serial killer is a patient who has recovered from leukaemia. Tovino Thomas is a forensic doctor who is assigned to take this case. But the police officer who is appointed for this case is the Ex- sister in law of Tovino Tomas. The investigation goes on and they find a kid to be the killer and he is mentally affected but the murders still continue. The story takes a turn when Tovino's niece is seen disposing the bodies of the kids. But she happens to be the twin of his niece who was long lost. The movie ends with the real culprit is killed who happens to be a doctor in the Forensic team. 

SUPERNATURAL

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 Have you heard of the word SUPERNATURAL before? if not let explain, supernatural is attributed to some force beyond the scientific understanding of the laws of nature, or events considered to be of supernatural origins, such as ghosts, it's interesting isn't. Well if you're kind of a person who is interested in this type of stuff, the best series you can probably watch is "supernatural". The first season of  supernatural  an American dark fantasy television series created by Eric Kripke premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on May 4, 2006, after 22 episodes. The story of the first season is basically about Winchester brothers Dean and Sam who tries to track down their father John who is on the trail of the Demon who killed their mother Mary and sam's girlfriend Jessica. During their travels, they use their father's journal to help them carry on their hunt . "saving people and hunting things-- family business" it was one of an iconic dia...