SPY Movie Review: Nikhil Siddhartha Tries Hard To Impress In An Otherwise Bland Thriller

Actor Nikhil Siddhartha successfully ventured into the pan-India market with director Chandoo Mondeit's Karthikeya 2, which was quite a blockbuster film. He then hit the screens with an experimental film, 18 pages, which didn't do so well albeit with positive reviews.

The actor teamed up with debut director Garry BH, who has a vast experience in film editing for a slick action-thriller, SPY. The movie hit the screens worldwide on June 29 in five languages. Here's what the SPY movie is all about.

Story:

Jai (Nikhil Siddhartha) is a RAW agent and is on a mammoth mission to nab a global terrorist Khadir Khan. He also has an underlying personal reason to find out who killed his brother Subhash (Aryan Rajesh) on a mission that ran for five years in which he kills Khadir Khan. In between, there is a missing file related to India's best-kept secret concerning the death of Subhash Chandrabose. What and How Jay solves all these conflicts forms the crux of Spy.

Performances:

Nikhil Siddhartha does it again, pulling it all on his shoulders. The female lead actresses have good roles, and they try to fit in with the narration and their characters. The rest of the actors do their part as required. There are many actors like Makrand Deshpande, Posani Krishna Murali, Suresh, and Sachin Khedekar who appear as notable characters.

Technical Aspects:

The film's background score by Sricharan Pakala is just adequate and sets the tone right. Camera work and editing are on point. Budget restrictions show in the film's initial scenes, which would have come out well otherwise. Garry BH could have done a bit better in terms of executing the first half without deviating from the seriousness of the film as far as direction is concerned.

The film's trailer promoted the film as something that deals with India's best-kept secret about the freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. But the movie only superficially dabbles with the topic. Only Rana's cameo gives an impactful moment in the second half during the pre-climax.

Positives:

Nikhil's Image
A Few Scenes Around Subhash Chandra Bose
Second-half
Runtime

Negatives:

Distracting love track/flashback
All over the place first-half
Lack of tight narration

Verdict:

SPY makes for a routine action thriller that has its flaws and high moments. However, a packed narration would have made this film even better. Go watch the movie if you have no big plans this weekend.