Spyder (2017)
6/10
Spyder Movie review
27 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Spyder ******* Synopsys – A surveillance intelligent bureau officer at a lower rank creates his own spy software for his rescue missions off course with help from his friends in office. His mission gets in to another level when he engages in tackling a psychopath who terrors the public.

When AR Murugadose collaborates with Mahesh babu the expectations were sky-high and undoubtedly, he delivered an engaging thriller with few lets downs in the Visual effects here and there. This time ARM shows how smart is the lead actor than how physically engaged he is in all the frames. And this time again ARM didn't get bogged by the star, the movie is purely based on the story & characters written. The Plot have had scope for a better script which would have become an action- packed edge of the seat thriller, however that lacks from the movie in some places. The extended family scenes distracted the audience inside hall, but loved the villain intro and flashback scenes, which others may claim that quite tedious to experience on screen. Through Spyder ARM applies the same formula of a CAT and mouse game, the battle between the good & bad. Neither the CAT nor the mouse would be aware of each other's actions until the plan is executed. ARM proves how vulnerable the human lives are though some sequences & the climax lengthy dialogue rendered by the hero.

Mahesh Babu once claimed that his directors are God for him - Only a director's own actor could perform absolutely stunning in all major sequences when the film is run by its script & story and not even marketed well with the lead actor's presence. He just amazed me with the performance. There was a moment when a women constable and teen- age student gets killed by the psycho villain and the director managed not to showcase us the blood and chaos, it's through his terrific performance on screen that led us to feel the depth of crime that happened.

I am unsure why SJ Surya's psycho character reminds me of epic role of Heath Ledger's Jocker in Dark Night. Here in the movie the villain kills people for fun, just to enjoy the way people weep. He keeps terrifying them. Murugadose managed to bring the fear among audience even before the introduction of main villain. SJ Surya just nailed portraying the role so perfectly that he just fits in the shoes of "Bhairava" quite comfortably. Just for the mandatory romance track of the film there was Rakul Preet Sing.

Harris Jayaraj's background score and Santhosh Sivan's cinematography are terrific. Santhosh's epic mirror reflection shot is the signature one that I personally loved watching on big screen. And especially during the villain's into with the magic of Haris's terrific BGM the way Santhosh showcased much confident eye of the villain was just mind-blowing. Haris Jayraj's songs were not that impressive as expected except the intro song "Boom Boom". Other songs did help the movie to extend little bit and managed to cop up the length.

The biggest let down of the movie is its Visual effects. They haven't much concentrated on the same. Both the VFX and Climax action scenes could have been much better.

Bottom Line – Spyder is not a mass masala movie and an edge of the seat thriller either. Spyder has a different tone from the very beginning. Expect an intelligent Cat & Mouse game and experience how through the smart move by the lead character tackle the psycho serial killer. Watch it on Big screen and experience the stunning visuals. Thumps up for Spyder.

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