Bheemaa (2008) User Reviews

Average action flick

[bnarsim · 5/10 · 1 March 2008]

i expected more from this film vikram after a hiatus of almost 2 and a half years has acted in a shoddily directed film

its high on style but low on substance vikrams performance is the only good thing in the film the action scenes are done well but there's no story . it borrows from a lot of films there's a bit of nayakan thalapathy and a bit of a few other films the songs were not called for they don't make the film realistic. it was a very average experience.Songs should be cut out from any film . they are for noly the stereotype Indian audiences

so im going with 5 on 10 for Bheema a big disappointment

Typical tamil movie....

[santoshblr · 6/10 · 24 January 2008]

Those who live by the sword, die by the sword', goes the caption at the end of 'Bheema'. It is nothing new; for, we have seen both the caption, and the saga of the gangster and his favorite henchman, in innumerable films earlier. It's again a sense of déjà vu for a viewer here. The film does begin promisingly, and manages to keep viewer's attention engaged for the earlier part. However, as the narration proceeds, the scenes turn repetitive, and the script takes a downslide from which it never recovers. Chinna is a thug, whose men are on a killing spree. But who his victims are, and what really is their crime, is a confused scenario. With Chinna's rival being Periyavar (Raghuvaran), a wobbly aging gangster who could barely speak coherently, there is not much of an intimidating opposition for Chinna. It's a further lost cause for Periyavar, with the entry of the gutsy, one-man-army Shekhar into Chinna's fold. Shekhar had admired Chinna's ways and attitude since childhood and had joined his gang. The police enter the picture in order to end the gang war. But with no proper strategy, it's confusion confounded. Some of the fights are well choreographed, while others are those gravity and bullet- defying ones.eaved into this is the love story between Shekar and Shalini (Trisha), and of Chinna's secret love (Lakshmi Gopalasami). It's an ornamental role for Trisha, though there is a futile attempt to thrust her character towards the climax. Songs and dance numbers pop up at inopportune moments causing a lag. . The finale is a weakly etched one, which neither touches a chord, nor evokes any sympathy.

Prakashraj plays Chinna with flair and panache. Thalaivasal Vjay makes his mark as his loyal man. Nevertheless, the saving grace of the film is Vikram. Looking handsome, using his body language to good effect, Vikram plays Shekhar with total involvement and sincerity. The actor is consistently good, even when the script lets him down.

Lingusamy had made well packaged, engrossing, action-packed entertainers like 'Run' and 'Sandakozhi'. 'Bheema' seems to be the weakest of his scripts. It's a film strictly for Vikram's fans.

Bheema - Spoiler Warning

[DaSuperstar · 6/10 · 21 April 2008]

I do not know what all the fuss is about , yes Bheema is a good movie but it's not Shakespeare , cos I read other reviews about the movie before I could watch it and critics hailed it as such a brilliant art movie , to me it is a commercial entertainer but it is more retrained , it does have a more realistic portrayal of gangster life in Chennai but it still has commercial ingredients , the love angle which happens all too quickly as with most Tamil movies , the one man against 50 men fight scenes which are over the top but done well in most part.Do not get me wrong the movie is good , especially Vikram , Trisha and Prakash Raj , in a way it is two movies , Vikram's relationship with Prakash Raj and his romance with Trisha , the former being the mentor - student relationship , which forms the crux of the movie and is acted and played out well , the flashbacks scenes help to emphasis this, the latter relationship although like I earlier said happens too quickly is also acted well but it is also a reason for having your mandatory love songs in the movie though it is also the reason for the turning point in the movie and a very different ending I must say.All in all a good entertainer with a more realistic approach but still not forgetting the key commercial ingredients , Vikram does shine here and Prakash Raj and Trisha help him do that.

wow!

[gopi858 · 15 January 2008]

i have seen about 500 odd films in English and other languages,but this film stayed in my mind longer than any film . i just couldn't forget it. The hero Vikram .... wow! This guy is the best out there in Indian cinema....and i mean it. i am a die hard fan of johnny depp and al pacino, for a moment i was confused in choosing who was my favorite actor, this guy can really act!

The director needs a special mention here, the entire film has a Hollywood kind of a feel to it.

This definitely has to be my favorite film in Indian cinema and surely in my top 5 films of all time.

****1/2 of *****

Your End is decided, when you choose your way of life

[arul_oct · 4/10 · 1 February 2008]

Another Gangster movie which came close to being good

They have put lot of good effort and they have struggled more than (they did for Titanic) to get this movie released with all the financial crisis piled over the past three years...

I should admit that the Climax wax very good, real good..but not entirely unique or different...we have seen this kind of Endings in lot of Gangster movies. For Example Company in Hindi and lot other movies in English... If Lingusamy had decided to give such a serious closing, then he should have given the same treatment from the beginning of the movie....Till the first 2 hours, Bheema is your usual Tamil-Gangster-masala-musical movie...In fact if you see the last half-hour of the movie you can have the full feel and sense of the movie because the 2 hours before that has nothing special....

Vikram with BGM will be walking all over chennai and shooting his targets without even seeing him..and flex his muscle throwing everyone over the roof...but I should admit that the fight before the Interval was good...in fact all the fights are decent enough for tamil movie...

But I really expected a gangster movie with great substance with lot great dialogues and Intelligent Plote(like Puthupettai) but hmhmh...Except for the climax, nothing special to mention

Vikram's worst

[vjnambu · 1/10 · 18 June 2020]

Bheema is a very very bad gangster film. Vikram's acting and physique was good but story has nothing new. Script is pathetic. Worst are the villains who are brainless. They come only to get beaten up or killed by vikram. I didn't feel disappointed with the ending as the whole film itself is disappointing. I didn't care that everybody died. How come a talented actor like vikram spent two and a half years for this crap?

Useless Movie

[vudsp · 1/10 · 23 November 2020]

Surprised to see such a shoddy movie with no sotry no values and written just like that with all the popular stars and making them look dummies

Vikram is Bheema... Amazing Act

[rajivkrishnank · 10/10 · 3 March 2008]

There are a few who have rated this movie 1 and 2, but I think they probably meant 9 and 10. It could only be a mistake to rate it lower than 7. Amazing movie, not for the storyline or anything (which is certainly gripping), but for the apt portrayal of Vikram - the protagonist - as the mighty Bheema (Sekar). He is simply superb! I have seen a few good Hollywood action thrillers lately (Departed, Bourne(I,II &III), Shooter, American Gangster, etc) and Bheema (especially Vikarm) stands tall. Watch this movie, closely observe Vikram, and I am sure you would agree with me. For me, this movie is a certain 10/10.

Happy Viewing folks!

Bheemaa

[santhosh-10290 · 1/10 · 16 July 2019]

The movie was worst. Nothing was good in the movie. The story in the movie was also worst. One of the worst movie of Vikram. The movie was so boring.