Movie Review: Mankatha(2011)

Sort of like the movie poster but here are the lead actors:

Actor Arjun a.ka. Action King

 Actor Ajith a.k.a Thala

Actress Trisha, South Indian cinema top actress

Before you get any funny ideas about a threesome let me tell you it's not. Let's just say it's between 2 police officers, one goes by the book, one goes by the babes. Trisha belongs to ladies man Ajith. For a short while anyway. Mankatha means gamble in Tamil. And that is the theme of this whole movie, gambling money, unscrupulous people gambling on people's life, gamble, gamble and more gamble related thing.

This movie tries very hard to get that Hollywood-esque feeling and I must say, PROPS FOR SUCH A GOOD EFFORT. 

It is slow and misleading in the beginning but picks up halfway where the good stuff really comes in. I mean, real good stuff.

Things I learned in Mankatha:

1. In an out of area desert where you are about to kill a terrorist, a jeep would plunge out of nowhere and rescue the terrorist. 

2. If you wake up drunk, you ALWAYS bring someone home, even a man, in your bed. Huzzah.

3. If your plan didn't go well, you will have that maniacal smile pasted on your face while pointing a gun.

4. Police officers always gets the hot chick.

5. The heroine's father will not suspect if his early 20's daughter is hanging out with a 40 year old man.

6. You just have to brush your teeth to not reek of alcohol.

7. You dont have the key to your boyfriend's apartment but you can get in anyway. Magically, you will be in Brazillian seas dancing in sheer sarees.

8.  Good girls ALWAYS wears the kurta. Sluts always wear modern clothes.

9. Young men can become rich in just a few years with a booze shop.

10. When you are in a fight scene, make sure you give your coolest fighting pose, stay still for 10 seconds so people can drown in your awesomeoness.

11. When a gas tank blows up, you get away with minor injuries.

12. You ride motorcycles with only ONE WHEEL. Make sure your passenger is dangling for his life too.

13. You can wear a tuxedo, get in the bottom of a lorry and not get scratched.

14. A lorry can hide a 30 foot tall metal detector.

15. Always run to Thailand if anything else fails.

Just watch this movie to kill time.