2007 · action · crime · romance
Pokkiri
Directed by Prabhu Deva2h 45m2007
Amidst gang warfare and police crackdowns, mob hitman Tamizh falls for Shruthi, a nice girl unaware of his true identity. But she may not be the only one Tamizh is hiding secrets from...
Our read: Pokkiri (2007) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · crime · romance entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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“You want massive Tamil masala action with a swaggering undercover cop twist.”
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