Tldr; A webcam genre movie that is better than the sum of its parts, and was entertaining enough for the evening, but I would never watch it again, or recommend it.
As far as the found-footage / webcam genre goes, I have maybe seen a couple dozen of these films. This is arguably the most illogical, inconsistent, utterly incomprehensible mess I have seen in this genre. It demands the viewer accept ludicrous premise after ludicrous premise (I am trying to write this to be general enough to avoid spoilers)...
To say you have to shut your brain off with this movie is an understatement. You practically have to feign ignorance of the laws of physics, let alone human nature, in order to make this movie comprehensible, let alone believable. The webcam / on screen framing is illogically inconsistent, the scripting borderline incomprehensible, and the musical scoring is so utterly incompetent, that it seems whoever scored it did not understand certain scenes either. All that being said, I'd be lying if I said I didn't find it entertaining. In fact, some of its flaws, and incompetent story telling, added to the experience for me, as I tried to figure out just what the frack I was *supposed* to think while watching this mess of a movie. It was particularly fast-paced for cinema from that part of the world, and it had some compelling moments, all the while seeming to be made with effort and intent. While I would never recommend this, if one were compelled to watch a Malayalam take on this genre, I wouldn't try to stop them. It was maddeningly incomprehensible, but compelling enough that I never once wanted to stop watching.
As far as the found-footage / webcam genre goes, I have maybe seen a couple dozen of these films. This is arguably the most illogical, inconsistent, utterly incomprehensible mess I have seen in this genre. It demands the viewer accept ludicrous premise after ludicrous premise (I am trying to write this to be general enough to avoid spoilers)...
- that all it takes to hack into a person's Internet accounts is a low quality JPEG image of the front of their wireless router.
- that these same people involved with this magical cyber security & hacking, would use one-factor authentication, and leave their webcams on all the time with their social media account logged in, including while they sleep.
- that one person helping another person flee an abusive situation, would help the abuse victim change their phone number in order to hide from their abuser, and then go seek out the abuser to give them the victims updated phone number.
- that people who swipe as a match on an online dating app, would propose marriage to their families after a few days of chatting, and this wouldn't be called out as rash, reckless behaviour by the families involved.
- that people can have relationships, where they discuss, virtually nothing, ever, and seemingly purposely avoid talking about key plot points that are happening to them, for no reason whatsoever, other than to create unnecessary complications to the plot.
To say you have to shut your brain off with this movie is an understatement. You practically have to feign ignorance of the laws of physics, let alone human nature, in order to make this movie comprehensible, let alone believable. The webcam / on screen framing is illogically inconsistent, the scripting borderline incomprehensible, and the musical scoring is so utterly incompetent, that it seems whoever scored it did not understand certain scenes either. All that being said, I'd be lying if I said I didn't find it entertaining. In fact, some of its flaws, and incompetent story telling, added to the experience for me, as I tried to figure out just what the frack I was *supposed* to think while watching this mess of a movie. It was particularly fast-paced for cinema from that part of the world, and it had some compelling moments, all the while seeming to be made with effort and intent. While I would never recommend this, if one were compelled to watch a Malayalam take on this genre, I wouldn't try to stop them. It was maddeningly incomprehensible, but compelling enough that I never once wanted to stop watching.