Irul ฆาตกร (2021) [บรรยายไทย]

Irul was one of the first films to be shot around Covid-19 restrictions and it looks like a guerilla effort, with most of the film located in a house and with a cast of just three, but that’s not the problem. While Irul is a mystery thriller, most of the questions it would raise in the mind of viewers would be, ‘why are the characters behaving like this?’






The film has Soubin playing writer Alex Parayil, who has written a thriller by the eponymous title, and Dhanya Rajendran his busy lawyer girlfriend Archana Pillai. Alex invites Archana for a relaxing weekend away from her usual grind, without cellphones and wifi, and she is happy to accept after some mild persuasion. Alex has a surprise in store for her, but as they head out up the quiet hill station road on a dark, rainy night, things go wrong. The car breaks down and without cellphones, they are compelled to seek help from the nearest house with a light.

Fahadh Faasil plays the mysterious Unni. It is the strange situation, with murder and darkness lurking, and questions that arise among the trio that forms the rest of the movie. The amazing acting talent in this film by debut director Naseef Yusuf Izuddin, written by Sunil Yadav, are obviously struggling with the weak script. The cinematography by Jomon T John is stylish, but even at just a length of 90 minutes, Irul seems just style over substance.