‘Mickey Virus’- Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

Starring: - Manish Paul, Elli Abram, Manish Choudhary, Varun Badola, Puja Gupta, Nitish Pandey

Director:- Saurabh Varma

 

So guys, welcome to the world of ‘these’ young hackers, who ‘google’ a pickup line, ‘download’ a joke, their nick names are ‘Floppy’, ‘Virus’ & ‘Pancho’, Where the characters and setup are ‘comicaturic’ ( dhaye, zing, blam!) the latest sci-fi comic thriller is all about this.  

Personally for me I was looking forward to watch debutant Manish Paul’s (jhalak dikh la ja- fame) and Elli Abram’s (Big Boss fame) first film with a cheeky title. And I am decently satisfied with the new comers’ efforts.

The film is about new age Hackers, cybercrime and murder mystery. Mickey Arora aka Virus is a Hacker but he is also a slacker. ACP Siddhant Chauhan (Manish Chaudhary) hire him to crack a gang involved in cybercrime, but when the table turns 180 degree Mickey finds himself swathed as a murder accused and robber. He cracks the mystery the way he hacks a website and all ends well.

Film is a great concept but in search of a plot. It is full of good funny one liner in typical Delhi-Haryanavi lingo picture this " Aaj Kal ki Generation bhi ajeeb hai, kapade khule rakhti hai par phone lock rakhti hai" Or " Mai kya Universal Charger hoon jo kanhi bhi Ghused Doge"

Manish Paul is very good as laid back Delhi Youngster, he easily slips in the character (much like the real life person he is). Elli Abram looks beautiful but the length of her role is small. Manish Chaudhary as tough cop is good (he is a pro in such efforts), but one person rise above the rest of the crew in performance is Varun Badola. His act as inspector Devender bhalla is superlative. He is a tremendous actor and one feel sad the way he is wasted in the industry. Hopefully he gets good roles in the future. 
 

The film despite having a great concept lacks in production values and execution. The love story between leading pair lacks intensity and the film takes time to reach the main plot. After building up a good suspense and twist the director falls short of ideas and ways to show the unraveling of suspense.

 

Nothing to take away from the director Saurabh Varma kudos to him for bringing forth a brave concept and daring to do something other than regular masala offering at the Box office. The music too is a bit of a letdown. Will this do a ‘hatya’ for Manish Paul? Only time will tell. Watch this film for its light hearted thrill content.

All in all a decent road side Hakka noodle!

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Decent Screen play, good performances & funny dialogues 3D effects

-  ive:-  might put you off if you are a true masala lover

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 2 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 3 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)  Almost there

(2)  One Time Watch 

(1)  On your own risk