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'Sara'S' review: Anchored by a powerful script, this simple film breaks the conventions of the feel-good template

Jude Anthany Joseph's third feature, after Ohm Shanti Oshana and Oru Muthassi Gadha, released on Prime Video at midnight today. This seemingly feel-good film, also seemingly made in limited spaces and with a shoestring budget, tackles a concept and issue never tested before in Malayalam cinema  circles. In Sara'S, we follow the life of Sara Vincent (Anna Ben), a young, bubbly, yet unapologetic filmmaker who struggles to make it big in the industry. She continuously assists male directors and is in the scripting works of her dream film. Sara has decided, from her school days, that she would not bear any kids. This is when she meets Jeevan (Sunny Wayne); her relationship with him subsequently brings her ideology and decision into a confrontation with the established norms of society, family and child-rearing.  Anna Ben in Sara'S The best aspect in which Sara'S has excelled, without doubt, is its hard-hitting taut script. Debutant Akshay Hareesh deserves praise for managin

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum: Keanu Reeves is the chased in this stunning action thriller

The Keanussance is upon us.

Considerably, one of the best action star of our time, Keanu Reeves continues to impress his fans and audiences with his on-screen and off-screen charisma. In the height of his career resurgence, Lionsgate came out with the third installment of the critically acclaimed action franchise, John Wick, starring the Canadian star. After the first two successful installments, the third feature promised fans of the actor and the franchise a gripping and bloody two hours. Here's what the Reviewer© felt on John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.



After the unsanctioned killing of Santino D'Antonio, a high ranking member of the High Table, skilled assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is declared "excommunicado", stripping him of his privileges. Adding to his woes, a $14 million bounty is put on Wick's head, sending the most dangerous and ruthless assassins in the world on the hunt for Wick. John has to wriggle himself out of peril's way, whilst battling some of his personal enemies and the world itself.

Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum
This franchise and its' uniqueness never gets old. Stunningly choreographed action sequences, brilliantly vibrant sets and an ass-kicking hero have been ingredients to this saga of the most dangerous assassin garnering fans all over the world. When it comes to the third part of the series, Stahelski doesn't miss the bullseye. He brings the hero to a highly resourceful space (in terms of arms), he faces a handful or, maybe, even more adversaries and the hero starts breaking legs and shooting their brains out. For long-time fans of action thrillers, what grips them most are these well-crafted action sequences. You fail in directing a well-choreographed action set piece, the film turns out to be a failure in the genre. Considering the evolution of this franchise, all three films have been successes; well due to the fact that the hero faces life-threatening stakes and circumstances and he beats to hell the solutions out of them. 


John Wick and Halle Berry in Parabellum
While John Wick chased the bad guys in the first two entries, in Parabellum, John Wick becomes the chased. The whole world is on his tail; when John incapacitates one set of the chasers, he is faced with even more challenging stakes as the story progresses. These travails of John Wick make Parabellum an edge-of-the-seat treat and makes us wait for what's to come next.


The most appreciable aspect of Parabellum is the action choreography that gets better with each installment in the franchise. It is well-detailed and deftly written. It isn't an easy job to write, choreograph and direct action sequences, let alone one. The cinematography is remarkable in Parabellum, regardless of the set or space it attempts to capture. 

Keanu Reeves is breathtaking, as always. He has minimal dialogues, but he delivers them with his trademark penchant; especially in his one-liners, reminiscent of the classic Keanu hits- The Matrix and Speed. He repeatedly proves that his age is no barrier to deliver swift action set pieces, which require physical effort from the part of the actor to pull it off brilliantly. The talented Halle Berry joins the cast as the ferocious Sofia; she is also joined by the likes of Lawrence Fishburne, Ian McShane and Asia McKate Dillon who portray the Bowery King, Winston and the Adjudicator respectively. 
In the height of his career, Parabellum assures Keanu Reeves' place in Hollywood as the most capable and talented action stars of his generation. Parabellum does not lose the spirit of its' predecessors and succeeds in gripping the audiences with breathtaking action set pieces.
Reviewer© rating: 5 stars

MPAA rating: R (for pervasive strong violence and some language)

Runtime: 131 minutes

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