Director: Karthik Subbaraj
Cast: Prabhudeva, Sananth Reddy, Shashank Purushotham, Indhuja, Remya Nambeesan
After all that extremely loud ventures, high on heroism, here comes a silent killer which partially leaves the audience ‘speechless’. Feeling disappointed over the noise level? The background score will still manage to keep the audience wide awake for not less than two hours of dead silence.
A still from 'Mercury'.
The element of mercury and silence may sound strange but the debut filmmaker, to some extent has used it sensibly. The plot revolves around a group of deaf-mute high school friends who are having some good time on a get together, celebrating the birthday of the only girl in the group. Also, each of them is connected with the outcome of the poisonous mercury gas emanated from a factory, killing several in the past.
Observed carefully, the posters of the film in which actor Prabhu Deva, is seen screaming his lungs out is another dead give away on what is in store for the audience. At his best with a ‘killer’ performance, his act of revenge mannerisms reminds of those intelligent dinosaurs from the Hollywood movie ‘Jurassic Park’.
For those who still remember what happened in last summer, and similar such revenge saga from the Hollywood's collection, here 'Mercury’ is quite impressive for its meaning content set in the backdrop and the crisp making of it webbed around the challenging characters. Imagine a cat and mouse situation of a group of deaf-mute friends being hunted down by a visually impaired person.
An accident leads to the twist and eventually to the intended place of action. There are few impressive moment and also yawning ones for the predictable factor. But this silent one will not go unheard for its ghostly tale.
