The concept of the film is enough to keep the audience hooked till the end, but sometimes it feels like watching a game show instead of an investigative thriller.
The concept of the film is enough to keep the audience hooked till the end, but sometimes it feels like watching a game show instead of an investigative thriller.
in the center of 12th value There is a group of friends whom we are told are very close even after years of college. But in all those opening scenes, we have to wonder if they’re friends or game show participants plotting against each other and gossiping behind each other’s backs. If that wasn’t enough, the feeling is heightened when the film itself turns into a game show mode, in which the characters look at each other with suspicion.
Eleven friends including their spouses have gathered at a hill station resort to celebrate the bachelor party of the last bachelor of the group. But the celebratory mood, despite interruptions by a drunken stranger (Mohanlal), quickly vanishes when they decide to play a game to prove that they have no secrets to keep from each other. . Soon, it appears that most of the group has secrets that could jeopardize their friendship. A death that occurs later in the night further complicates matters.
in 12th value, Jeetu Joseph returns to the thriller genre again, his most comfortable place, but the screenplay by KR Krishnakumar, based on a story by Sunir Khetrapal, brings back memories of several films based on the works of Agatha Christie. Its classic hints are in an isolated setting cut off from the outside world, and in the plot where one of the group dies, leaving everyone else suspicious. On top of this familiar setting is placed a novel idea derived from a very reimagined Italian film perfect StrangersIn which a group of friends play a game together in which the contents of all calls and messages received during that time are revealed.
It’s a concept that has enough to keep the audience hooked till the end, but at times it feels like watching a game show rather than an investigative thriller. The interesting bits are in the change in their behavior, initially telling half-truths and even lying, and later attempting to cover up when confronted with evidence to the contrary.
12th value
Director: Jeetu Joseph
Cast: Mohanlal, Unni Mukundan, Priyanka Nair, Saiju Kurup, Shivda, Anushree, Anu Sithara, Rahul Madhav
After a point, the screenwriter is trying hard to turn the needle of suspicion towards each and every one of them, with some red herrings thrown in. It also has to do with the runtime of the film, which, at over 160 minutes, is a bit of a stretch for such a plot.
The investigation becomes long and tiring after a point, even with suspicions descending on each new person, one seeking to solve the mystery as quickly as possible, only to watch helplessly as the other person becomes suspicious. goes. The mystery, when it is finally revealed after all the twists and turns, doesn’t manage to shock us too much. But again, it’s unreasonable to expect Drishyam From every other film of Jeetu Joseph.
Ultimately, familiar settings and a lengthy investigation come undone. 12th valueWhich has drawn inspiration from many sources.
12th Man is currently streaming on Disney+ Hotstar
