idi ( english : punch ) , also known as inspector dawood ibrahim , is a 2016 indian malayalam action-comedy film directed by sajid yahiya .

it stars jayasurya in the lead role with sshivada , joju george , and sunil sukhada playing supporting roles .

the soundtrack and background score are composed by rahul raj .

sujith sarang handles the cinematography , with editing by shameer mohammed .

idi narrates the story of a man who has dreamt of being police officer all his life and eventually works hard to become one .

it was released in india on 12 august 2016 .

inspector dawood ibrahim

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inspector dawood ibrahim who dreams of becoming a cop . his sole aim is to catch lawbreakers . the movie is all about how he fulfills his dreams .
debutant director sajid yahiya’s idi aka inspector dawood ibrahim may not be a gripping one with a highly interesting plot , but it could seriously affect your ears with its music that is way too loud .
idi aka inspector dawood ibrahim , which has jayasurya in a never seen before avatar , has hit the theatres today ( august 12 ) . the film marks the directorial debut of actor sajid yahiya .
while we had earlier reported that asif ali would be doing the lead role in the film inspector dawood ibrahim , news now is that there is a change in the actor playing the title role . it is not asif but jayasurya who would be donning the role of inspector dawood ibrahim . the film is written and directed by sajid yahiya and arouz irfan and will be their directorial debut . sources indicate that the look of jayasurya would be very different in this film .
the title idi means a punch colloquially and jayasurya , who plays inspector dawood ibrahim , lets his fists of fury do the talking . debutant director sajid has brought out a mass entertainer , uncommon in mollywood , with comic and spoof elements thrown in .
the first look of jayasurya ' s inspector dawood ibrahim ( idi ) is out . the film marks the directorial debut of actor sajid yahiya . sajid had initially planned to make the film with asif ali , but later signed jayasurya for the film .
and has him playing a cop . “it’s a commercial popcorn flick . while i have played several characters with mass appeal such as d company’s varal jaison and iyobinte pusthakam’s angoor ravuthar , inspector dawood ibrahim of idi stands tall among them , ” he says .
malayalam versatile actor jayasurya ' s upcoming movie
inspector dawood ibrahim
aka
idi
is one of the most awaited projects of the actor this year as he plays the role of a police officer in the action thriller after a gap of three years .
the film has sshivada nair doing the female lead role . idi - inspector dawood ibrahim , also features joju george , madhupal , saiju kurup , sudhi koppa , sunil sukhada etc . in important roles . the movie has its script written by sajid yahiya and arouse irfan .
today ' s action targets two long - time members of d company , shaikh anis ibrahim kaskar ( anis ibrahim ) , the brother of dawood ibrahim , and aziz moosa bilakhia ( bilakhia ) , both indian nationals . anis ibrahim is known to be involved in narcotics trafficking , extortion , contract killings , and money laundering on behalf of d company . anis ibrahim is also accused of involvement in the 1993 mumbai blasts . today ' s action also targets mehran paper mill , a kotri city , pakistan - based paper company owned or controlled by anis ibrahim .
‘idi’ is a fast - paced comic thriller with jayasurya playing the title role of inspector dawood ibrahim who dreams of becoming a cop . his sole aim is to catch lawbreakers . the film is all about how he fulfills his ‘dreams’ . the movie is the debut directorial venture of actor turned director sajid . . .
the independence day weekend witnessed the released of three malayalam movies , which have opened to mixed responses from the audience . jayasurya ' s horror comedy entertainer , action thriller
inspector dawood ibrahim
( idi ) and biju menon ' s
marubhooyile aana
locked horns at the kerala box office on aug . 12 .
not content with this , budesh continued squealing on other expatriate gangsters based in dubai , including chhota shakeel , noora ibrahim and others , forcing them to flee the uae . currently , the entire dawood ibrahim clan is learnt to live in karachi , thanks to budesh ' s vengeful streak .
jayasurya ' s
pretham ,
inspector dawood ibrahim
and biju menon ' s
marubhoomiyile aana ,
released on aug . 12 , have been performing decently at the kerala box office . among the three movies , it is the horror comedy entertainer that has been earning well after garnering positive response from the audience .
dawood ibrahim ( jayasurya ) has been a fan of cop movies right from his childhood days and wanted to become a police officer , when he grows up . and he manages to realize that dream .
while living in the slums near the shrine of pankheshah baba at vikhroli , budesh came into contact with dawood ibrahim ' s men who , while on the run from the police , sought shelter in the labyrinthine slums of the vikhroli parksite area . budesh ' s initial assistance to these fugitives paid off in an expected way , when he went to dubai and met india ' s most wanted fugitive , dawood ibrahim .
d company is a transnational crime syndicate that principally operates in india , pakistan , and the united arab emirates . d company is involved in a variety of criminal activities , including narcotics trafficking , extortion , smuggling , and contract killings . dawood ibrahim and other leaders of d company are the subjects of interpol red notices for their suspected involvement in the 1993 terrorist bombings in mumbai , india in which 257 people were killed . in october 2003 , the treasury department named dawood ibrahim as a specially designated global terrorist , and in june 2006 , the united states named both dawood ibrahim and d company as significant foreign narcotics traffickers pursuant to the kingpin act . additionally , in may 2012 , treasury designated two senior d company lieutenants , chhota shakeel and ibrahim
tiger
memon , under the kingpin act .
throughout the film , villains have a powerful character except at the end , where they fail . but that keeps the audience in their seats and creates an impact . so i like to be known as a villain , ” says unni . five films - old unni , 21 , is marking his entry in a villainous role in the upcoming movie , inspector dawood ibrahim aka idi as z .
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if a film name is supposed to give a quick glimpse into what it offers , sajid yahiya ` s debut directorial is bang on both through its expanded , quirky title ` inspector dawood ibrahim ` and the shortened version , ` idi ` . mixing crime , cops and comedy , the film delivers laughs , packs some punch , and has it all to make it a quintessential humour - action flick .
bilakhia works directly for anis and dawood ibrahim and manages extortion , enforcement , and debt collection activities for d company . bilakhia has been involved with d company since at least the 1993 mumbai bombings , for which he is wanted by indian authorities .
now , sooraj has bagged the role y in the upcoming movie idi or inspector dawood ibrahim . he says it was his not - so - mallu looks that favoured him . “i was rejected several times because of my north indian looks . in idi , however it completely goes with the character description . the only thing director sajid yahiya told me was it’s an extremely stylish role . rest is suspense . ”
‘styling up’ he says is easy as opposed to keeping it simple , which he has to do for his next , sajid yahiya’s inspector dawood ibrahim ( idi ) . dressing a common , everyday man is not easy . that is where a keen eye becomes important . “not only do you have to be informed , observant , updated and aware of the possibilities available – an awareness of socio - political issues too helps . ”
friday , 12 august 2016 , saw the release of eights film at the kerala box office . earlier , catch had reported that eight films are battling it out at the box office today - jayasurya - starrers pretham and inspector dawood ibrahim , vk prakash - biju menon ' s marubhoomiyile aana , bollywood films akshay kumar - starrer rustom , hrithik roshan - starrer mohenjo daro , and tamil films joker , wagah and mudinja ivana pudi .
dawood ibrahim was born in 1955 and brought up in dongri , a dirt poor area of central bombay with a large but not exclusively muslim population . his father was a police inspector , but this didn ' t deter young ibrahim from becoming involved in petty street crime . with his friends and brothers , he would go down to the bustling crawford market and scam gullible bargain hunters .
his first trick was to offer a customer an expensive foreign watch ,
recalled a member of his youthful gang .
after taking the money , he would vanish , while the customer would be discovering that dawood had switched the watch for a stone or some such worthless object during the wrapping .
ibrahim ' s errant brother anees ibrahim ' s detention at bahrain airport in 1996 is attributed to a tip - off from budesh - - dawood spent over rs 5 million for his brother ' s release . similarly , abu salem ' s month - long incarceration at the uae ' s al - rafa detention centre following the gulshan kumar killing last year , was said to be budesh ' s handiwork .
“this is my second short film , and i wanted to try and make it non - linear , as that is not a concept which has been explored often in this format . despite our limitations , the film has been shot in as professional a manner as possible , ” says 23 - year - old anand , who has also penned the dialogue for the film and is now working as an assistant to sajid yahiya in his upcoming film idi - inspector dawood ibrahim .
a title which made a wave in the social media
idi
inspector davood ibrahim , the movie is all set to start shooting . the movie is expected to start rolling from this september . asif ali is the hero in the movie . correctly the actor is working in the movie kohinoor and after that
idi
will start .
ibrahim ' s association , it is said , helped him learn the ropes in the world of crime . but budesh fell out with his mentor and went on to lead the latter ' s foes against him . ibrahim ' s rivals became budesh ' s friends , including vasai - virar ' s dreaded goon , subhash singh thakur , who is currently lodged in new delhi ' s tihar central prison . another former ibrahim aide , dilawar khan , became budesh ' s man friday . the gangster ' s new alliances have succeeded in causing major upsets to ibrahim ' s declining empire .
as per early reports from kerala , both jayasurya films , pretham and inspector dawood ibrahim opened to very good reports at the box office . a good opening for both films was always on the cards as their trailers were hits . pretham is an out and out horror comedy , which also marks the third collaboration of director ranjith sankar and jayasurya after successful films punyalan agarbattis and su . . su . . sudhi vathmeekam . the film has been praised for its good comedy and jayasurya ' s performance as a talented mentalist .
‘idi , ’ the sound of the movie title itself gives a big - bang effect , and the khaki - movie is sure to keep your spirits high . the season of high - action police movies has bounced back along with new talents , and this time jayasurya is the lead for idi aka inspector dawood ibrahim which is directed by debutant director sajid yahiya . the movie was originally planned to be directed by sajid yahiya and arouz irfan together . but arouz stepped back to writing the screenplay , leaving the direction completely to sajid .
the second jayasurya - starrer of the day , idi , stars the national - award winning actor in a never - seen - before avatar as inspector dawood ibrahim . the film marks the directorial debut of actor sajid yahiya . like pretham , idi is also carrying positive reports , thanks to the ' mass - content ' with all the commercial trappings , including top action scenes and excellent comedy . however , it can ' t be denied that releasing two films of a profitable actor like jayasurya on the same day could have been avoided .
idi in the title stands for inspector dawood ibrahim and this is his story , with the character played by jayasurya . though from a wealthy family , all dawood desires is to become an honest cop and succeeds in becoming an inspector after some struggle . he gets posted at the remote kollanahalli , a place near the kerala - karnataka border . what he expects in his capacity as a police officer is blazes and guns . his time there as the inspector is what the movie is all about . the movie doesn’t have much of a plot and the story line is very thin . what is different is the treatment given to it . clichéd and formulistic sequences are given a boot . but again , ‘idi’ is not really a satire as there is a steady does of high end heroism . jayasurya does look good in those and this is perhaps the first time that he is doing something like this . the weekend was his , with two of his films releasing . on the other side , the cast including joju george , gokulan and sudhhy kopa were funny . saiju kuruppu and sunil sukhada were impressive . sshivada did not have much to do , but had ample screen presence .
it has been over half a decade since the last reliable public sighting of dawood ibrahim , the closest we have in the world to a real - life ernst blofeld , james bond ' s fictional nemesis . but despite this vanishing act , mr . ibrahim ' s myriad commercial enterprises continue to flourish . it is a testament both to his business acumen and the loyalty he generates that he still controls the largest criminal operation in india , despite having not set foot there a quarter of a century .
yet his affection for bombay did not prevent ibrahim from becoming involved in a terrorist attack that struck the city in march 1993 . indian authorities say ibrahim used his network to smuggle a huge amount of explosives and other weapons into the city for a series of deadly bomb and grenade attacks , which resulted in 257 deaths and almost 1 , 500 injured . according to indian authorities , ibrahim agreed to participate in retaliation for a series of anti - muslim riots and atrocities in bombay and other parts of the country .
for now , ibrahim must remain in hiding - - and the d - company is likely to remain one of the world ' s most impressive business and commercial networks .
reveals a deputy inspector general of police in bombay . budesh ' s targets are builders , diamond merchants and film people . his demands from builders include an annual ' fee ' or a few flats in their projects . from diamond merchants , he seeks deposits in numbered accounts in swiss banks . however , film folk remain the biggest contributors to budesh ' s coffers , as they were in ibrahim ' s heyday .
he had backed pakistan to win all four of their games . but a rival consortium had paid key players so that pakistan would win their first two matches , then lose the others . dawood and his associates stood to lose millions of pounds . ' cancel the bets , ' dawood barked . his visitors looked crestfallen . they told him that if they did that their reputations would be ruined and they would go bankrupt . this was last april , and the cricket world cup - an opportunity to earn serious money , they argued - was starting a month later in england . but dawood barely listened .
idi narrates the story of a person named dawood ibrahim , whose dream since his childhood days , has been to become a police officer . the character who is fascinated by police roles seen in films , decides to take up the job against the wishes of his family . he gets posted to a place called kollanahallu near kerala - karnataka border and what happens rest forms the crux of the story .
although unseen , ibrahim ' s whereabouts are no great mystery . if you ask a karachi taxi driver to show you the highlights of his city , he will happily drive you past
the white house
in the fashionable district of clifton , where
the don of bombay
lives . in its latest most wanted posting on ibrahim , interpol even gave this as his address .
he gets his first posting as a sub inspector in kollanahalli , a sleepy village in the kerala - karnataka border . and as we are aware by now , from all those movies that have been set in the area , there is no rule of law in these territories .
the five men from bombay sweated nervously as their plane passed over the arabian sea en route to dubai . they did not relish the task ahead : pleading for mercy from one of the most merciless figures in the violent and lucrative vortex of asian sports betting . dawood ibrahim , godfather of a criminal underworld whose corruption threatens to destroy the integrity of cricket worldwide , was not going to like what his associates had to say .
' do it or die , ' he insisted , before abruptly ending the meeting . the violence of dawood ' s gang , known as d company , is notorious . hours later hundreds of thousands of bets were suddenly cancelled .
senior inspector inmadar of bombay police ' s special unit targeting bookies likens sports betting to a huge pyramid . ' at the bottom you have a vast number of people betting a vast sum of money . at the apex you have very few people and a vast sum , ' he says .
a natural leader , by his late teens ibrahim had created d - company . he was charged with murder as a result of his audacious bid to destroy the near monopoly enjoyed in the underworld by the competing lala clan . d - company emerged victorious after an intense period of blood - letting , but ibrahim was forced to flee his beloved bombay , and by all accounts he has never overcome his melancholy at leaving .
the five bookmakers explained the problem to dawood , the man nicknamed the ' dubai don ' . he had been out - bribed in his attempt to profit from the triangular champions cup tournament in the desert state of sharjah between india , pakistan and england .
till last year , bombayites were familiar with names like dawood ibrahim , arun gawli , chhota rajan and ashwin naik who - - sometimes in league with each other and most often against - - divided the city ' s riches among themselves . however , with the murder of builder natwarlal desai at nariman point on august 18 last year , for which budesh owned up responsibility from his bahraini hideout in a television interview , it looks like bombay ' s ongoing turf war will get more intense .
the film has been produced by dr ajas ibrahim and arun under the banner of magic lantern productions and eros international . idi , which is touted to be an out - and - out mass entertainer , has been jointly written by sajid yahiya and arous irfan .
ibrahim , a muslim raised in bombay , was forced to flee his hometown on murder charges in 1984 . he spent the next the two decades living the high life in dubai . but in 2003 , the dramatic assassination of one of his associates in the lobby of dubai ' s swanky india club proved the last straw for emirati authorities . already under international pressure to do something about a top criminal with links to terrorism , dubai discreetly suggested to mr . ibrahim that it was time to end his luxury exile in the gulf .
and since then , nothing . ibrahim was not even spotted when dubai ' s hyatt hotel hosted the reception for his daughter ' s marriage to the son of javed miandan , the legendary former captain of the pakistani national cricket team . this was the celebrity event of the decade for high society from all around the arabian sea . but despite dozens of paparazzi , covert journalists and a coachload of international intelligence agents , ibrahim was nowhere to be seen ( in fact , he watched the event via a video - conferencing facility ) .
in the sajid yahiya directorial movie , jayasurya plays the title role of a sub - inspector , who worked hard to become a cop . soon he realises the struggles of a police officer and how he faces the pressures and duties assigned to him is said to be the gist of the action thriller , which also has comedy elements in it . the film marks the reunion of jayasurya and sshivada nair after the superhit family entertainer
su su sudhi vathmeekam .
idi ,
which is co - produced by eros international in association with magic lantern headed by dr . ajaz ibrahim and arun , also has joju george and sunil sukhada in significant roles .
the story follows dawood , who wishes to don the cop uniform right from his childhood . he grows up to be a straight - laced , passionate policeman , who is sent off to a sleepy border suburb kollanahalli for his first posting . an unexpected turn of events presents him an opportunity to prove himself .
washington – the u . s . department of the treasury today announced the designation of two indian nationals and one entity in pakistan as specially designated narcotics traffickers pursuant to the foreign narcotics kingpin designation act ( kingpin act ) due to their ties to d company , a south asian criminal organization led by dawood ibrahim . as a result of today ' s action , all assets of those designated that are based in the united states or are in the control of u . s . persons are frozen , and u . s . persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them .
the young scriptwriter said he didn’t aim to bring in a superstar for the role . “we didn’t start the film considering the artiste ; we only had a character developed in our mind . there are different shades to the character . the story is about a man named dawood ibrahim and the movie shows the life of the character from his birth to a turning point as he grows up . to show this , we wanted someone who didn’t have the weight of an image . son we approached jayasoorya . he heard the story , was convinced and he responded very positively . that’s how things became easier , ” explains arouz .
actor sajid yahiya is all set to make his directorial debut with idi – inspector dawood ibrahim . he , along with arouz irfan , who also makes his directorial debut , has scripted the film and the duo will direct the film . the lead actor , however , is a ‘secret’ which will be revealed in a couple of months , says sajid . “the film , ” he says , “will be a fun - packed action dhamaka . the lead actor , one among the youth brigade , is working on his physique and building his body . ” sajid is an entrepreneur - turned - actor who has acted in a few malayalam films notable among which is bangalore days in which he essayed the role of samy , a biking enthusiast . he has also directed a handful of television commercials and a short film . he will be seen next in lijo jose pellissery’s double barrel . arouz irfan started his career as an assistant director with the film friday 11 . 11 . 11 following which he worked as an associate director for amen and law point .
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by contrast , ibrahim ' s businesses in the legitimate world are flourishing , helped chiefly by a continuing boom in parts of india ' s construction industry , where he holds significant interests through a series of front men and front companies . several of the vast shopping malls and multiplex cinemas that follow indian boom towns have been financed and built by businesses with covert links to d - company , according to indian and foreign intelligence services . ibrahim ' s role in financing bollywood movies , a particular passion of his second - in - command , chota shakheel , has also been ramped up in recent years .
the incident , recounted here for the first time , illustrates the power of the men who run a racket that starts with poor punters waging small sums in backstreet gambling dens across asia , ends with big - name cricketers throwing matches for cash and makes fortunes for those with the right information and right contacts . dawood has plenty of both .
dawood ' s base in dubai is an ideal place from which to influence the countless games that take place in neighbouring sharjah , a kind of monaco of the middle east . it stages a large number of the insignificant ' noddy games ' - matches meaningless in sporting terms but highly - valuable to television - which often attract the bookies ' attention .
meanwhile , there ' s no end in sight to ibrahim ' s exile . he may once have had the opportunity to negotiate a deal with the indian authorities , and even engaged in backdoor talks about possible amnesty . but his involvement in the bombay bombings and his support for pakistani - based militant groups closed that door .
his first posting is in godforsaken kollanahalli on the kerala - karnataka border , which has no proper police station or amenities . crimes there are livestock or vegetable thefts by a gang of three petty thieves , led by joju george , who acquits himself well . sunil sukhada and molly kannamali , who play dawood’s subordinates , bring on comic relief through their dialogues and actions .
today , ibrahim ' s empire stretches across south asia into africa , and it has outlets in several european capitals . in many respects , his business interests differ little today from those of the great oligarchs of russia , south africa , china and india . the origins of the business , however , lie explicitly in large - scale transnational criminal activities .
ibrahim ' s forced departure from the emirates did not , however , impinge on his ability to do business . his organization , the d - company , still controls vast swathes of mumbai ' s underworld from its headquarters in the central district of dongri . its influence stretches north through gujurat and into delhi , and covers large swathes of nepal , bangladesh , pakistan and beyond .
the cbi ( india ' s special police force ) and the raw ( the country ' s intelligence agency ) frequently stumble across major industries that are backed by ibrahim : his traditional organized criminal sectors such as the smuggling of drugs and arms , the more recent manufacture of counterfeit currency in india , nepal and bangladesh , and in legitimate businesses like construction and financing bollywood movies .
. ' it ' s going to be a mass entertainer in which i play a police officer named dawood and i will be romancing sshivada again , ' says jayasurya . interestingly , like the character of jayasurya in sudhi vathmeekam , sshivada will be playing a bank employee in this film . revealing more about her character , the actress says , ' i play nithya who is bolder than my character kalyani of sudhi vathmeekam . '
the bombings led to the splintering of not just d - company , but most of the bombay underworld . chota rajan , previously ibrahim ' s key lieutenant , entered into a deadly feud with his former boss . but so stretched are law enforcement resources in india and so propitious the economic boom for underground activities , that all the major gangs in bombay , delhi and elsewhere continue to expand at a breathtaking rate .
there is a rather funny sequence in the beginning , where dawood imagines how kollanahalli would be , while travelling in the train to that place . but in reality , it’s a horrible place and the police station is in a pathetic state . evidently to tickle the funny bone , there is a head constable named kuttan pillai ( sunil sukhada ) and a lady constable called angel mary ( molly kannamaly ) , besides some weird looking baddies , who are also there to play jokers .
dawood’s dreams of big bang bust of hardened criminals and crime cracking , aided by a police contingent , are shattered . but soon things begin to hot up with the sleepy town of kollanahalli waking up to the news of a theft for the first time in 15 years . the script accommodates a dreaded overseas don , played by yog japee and three hi - tech thieves . how jayasurya deals with these characters and takes things to a predictable end form the rest of the story .
dawood , 44 , fled to dubai in 1987 to escape the attention of the bombay police after a courtroom shoot - out left a rival gangster dead . despite all that , he lives openly in dubai , travels freely , throws lavish parties and has high - level political connections in pakistan . crucially , he also controls a network of bookies and has links with some of the world ' s best - known cricketers . like the other south asian betting kingpins , he operates with virtual impunity .
unsurprisingly , interpol ' s notice provoked outrage from pakistani authorities , who vehemently deny that they host the man once described as the most dangerous in the world . ibrahim is a major player in the criminal - terrorist business network that has deep roots in pakistan , but despite his financial clout and d - company ' s long reach , he is personally dependent on the goodwill of pakistan ' s government . there are few other countries in the world where he would be safe .
his reluctance to appear in public is explained less by his criminal activities and more by complex judicial and geo - political circumstances . good relations with the u . s . and india were a crucial part of dubai ' s efforts to transform itself into the new regional financial hub . and while the emirate refused to go so far as to hand over ibrahim to either delhi or washington , his presence threatened its ballooning business ties with india and its political friendship with the u . s .
the makers have announced the release date of the thriller , and it will hit screens across the world on aug . 12 .
hello folks , we ' re back with a bang ! team idi is proud and happy to let you know that our movie was co - produced by eros international in association with the production house , magic lantern which is ventured by dr . ajaz ibrahim and arun . idi will be distributed worldwide by eros international on the 12th of august , 2016 [ sic ] ,
the makers wrote on the movie ' s facebook page .
even here , things have recently proved increasingly difficult for the bombay don , and he has had to abandon the white house in karachi . the u . s . ' s influence in pakistan has increased steadily in the past five years , and agents of india ' s raw swarm all over the country . roughly 18 months ago , the pakistani government moved him first to the turbulent province of baluchistan , and then allowed him to settle in the blue district of the capital , islamabad . as a precautionary measure , ibrahim has toned down his direct involvement in overtly criminal enterprises such as the transit of heroin : drugs , arms trafficking and the production of counterfeit money invariably attract greater interest from u . s . security agencies .
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made malayali audience laugh , cry , and root for them as an inspiring couple in su . . su . . sudhi vathmeekam . the duo will now once again team up to flaunt their onscreen chemistry in sajid yahiya and arouz irfan ' s directorial debut ,
the duo is currently shooting for the film and having a blast at it . ' i am really enjoying working with jayasurya again . he is a fantastic actor . the entire team is young and so full of energy , ' she adds . for jayasurya , idi marks his foray into ' mass movies , ' claims the actor , who has been part of realistic movies of late such as lukka chuppi , apothecary and happy journey .
' i have been playing realistic characters for many years now . but after seeing how the viewers have received my one - off , over - the - top role as shaji pappan in aadu : oru bheegara jeeviyanu , i figured the time is right to do a mass movie . it ' s also the biggest film in terms of budget i have been part of , yet , ' he says .
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pretham ,
idi
and
marubhoomiyile aana
were released in kerala on aug . 12 .
pretham ,
helmed by ranjith sankar is said to have crossed rs . 4 crore mark with an earning of approximately rs . 4 . 24 crore within five days of its theatrical run in the state . according to trade analysts , the four day and three day gross collection of the film were rs . 3 . 74 crore and rs . 2 . 67 crore , respectively .
the jayasurya - starrer which also has aju varghese , govind padmasoorya , sharafudheen and dharmajan bolgatty in the main roles , is narrated in the backdrop of an haunted sea - side resort owned by the youngsters . jayasurya , who plays mentalist john don bosco , is on a mission to find the reason behind the paranormal activities that happen in the resort .
meanwhile , the versatile actor ' s action thriller
idi
is said to be witnessing a decent collection at the kerala box office . the sajid yahiya directed film is believed to have collected rs . 2 . 35 crore within four days of its release in kerala . the movie had entered the rs . 1 crore mark after completing two days of its theatrical run in the state .
however , director vk prakash ' s comedy entertainer
marubhoomiyile aana
has been making only an average collection in kerala . even after running for four days , the movie , which also stars balu varghese , krishna shankar and samskruthy shenoy in main roles , is said to have made only a gross collection of rs . 1 . 61 crore .
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arouz irfan is the man behind the script and screen play of the jayasurya movie idi and is the culmination of a long cherished dream .
“we both are cousins and grew up together in the same house . so we had this dream conceived even before we stepped into the movie world . the production of idi started a little late , so i committed to another project by lijin jose , who directed friday , ” says arouz .
having worked previously as assistant director for movies like friday and amen , alappuzha - based arouz has been in the field for over six years . “things have been working out well since jayasurya gave us the commitment . with a huge budget and good casting , we got an opening beyond our expectation , ” adds arouz .
arouz jokes he didn’t ‘know the work’ to frame the story , as he worked only with his conviction to write the script . “we didn’t treat it as a realistic story as it is larger than life concept and more driven to the entertainment of the viewers . we have used some humourous sequences which we have adapted from real life and moulded some character . we also have given a character identity to the negative roles in the film , ” he says .
the movie also stars su . . su . . . sudhi vathmeekam star shivada , joju george and sunil sukhada in important roles .
the lives we lead are complex , and despite appearances , everyone is in it for their own gain .
this is one of the core philosophies explored in ordinary people , a short film written and directed by anand p . s .
relationships feature heavily in the roughly 11 minute long film , which depicts love and desire in various forms through different relationships : one stable , one finding its feet , one on the verge of collapse and one founded on the basis of money .
the non - linear structure adopted by the narrative slowly reveals the relationships the various characters share ; and the undercurrents of society where almost everyone uses other people for personal gain .
the aforementioned professionalism is evident in the way ordinary people looks , with director of photography bineesh viswam’s long sweeping shots adding a visual splendour to the intentionally tangled web that the story weaves . anand’s characters paint contrasting pictures , with the poor couple that pushes carts of clothes and snacks radiating a simple happiness while the youngsters in a new relationship unabashedly admit to each other the shallowness of their relationship , all this while the casually aloof sex worker goes about her business with more than one of the committed men in the story . the harsh realities in the lives of ordinary people , it would seem .
the film , produced by k . k . sudarsan , stars sree nath , chithira lakshmy , samarth ambujakshan , sreelakshmi sreekumar , manu thomas , sruthy madhavan , manmadhan and lakshmipriya menon in the main roles .
in 2010 , sooraj harris completed his acting course at barry john acting studio in mumbai . five years later , he landed in his first role in rani padmini . for those who probably wonder , it wouldn’t be so hard to recollect his character which was named after a superstar — shahrukh khan . “it was when i was a part of the production team that writer shyam pushkaran came to me and said that he wanted me to do the shahrukh role . he said i was the most apt one for the role . as a writer , if he frames a character in mind , he wouldn’t change it . ”
“as a debutant , it was a great experience to work with aashiq abu and i was multi - tasking for rani padmini , ” says sooraj . son of producer p . m . harris , sooraj says he doesn’t mind waiting to get a deserving role and is extremely uncomfortable with the tag ‘producer’s son’ . “i clearly want to state that i don’t want that privilege . i want to get a role only if i deserve it . ”
before his acting stint , sooraj was working with ace ad director sreekumar menon . “sreekumar is my mentor in everything . starting as an assistant director , my purpose was to learn more about cinema and then get into acting . i started my career as a flight dispatcher and soon , i understood that this was not my future . one day , i told my father . he asked what i want to do and i said i want to act . despite having a film background , my dad insisted i learn cinema and understand the whole process . he has never recommended for me , so i only owe him for his advice . he asked me to do the necessary preparation to be an actor and thus i joined barry john . ” he’ll also be seen with vinay forrt , asif ali and unni mukundan in avarude raavukal , directed by shanil muhammed .
king liar has dileep sporting a new and sleek get - up - one that makes him look different . it’s unlike anything we have seen on him - blazer and turtle neck , a sharp beard and the works . the designer behind the look is praveen varma , a film industry veteran of 10 years and an almost equal number of films , who swears by ‘design basics’ .
“inches and centimetres are all i have to express myself as designer , ” he says . manipulate the measurement , combine it with design basics , work around an actor’s physical limitations and show their best on film .
it is tempting to call praveen varma’s take on his craft cerebral . as costume designer for films he firmly believes that his job is to contribute cohesion and depth – a sense of wholesomeness – to a character .
to illustrate the point he uses a detail – a gun patch – from prithviraj’s get - up in the 2012 film bachelor party , directed by amal neerad ; many would remember the film’s edgy look .
“it is a tiny detail ; but one which tells something of the character and his circumstances . negligible details such as this complete the picture while adding something extra to the film . and the film was able to communicate that . ” these details would , obviously , be irrelevant if a film fails to communicate their presence . communicating through his work , therefore , is important .
this explains why in the last 10 years , starting 2006 when he began doing films , he has picked only a handful . he made his debut with amal neerad’s big b . he counts amal , along with directors such as lijo jose pellisserry and lal , directors he can depend on to communicate his ‘art’ .
“i agree that costumes don’t make a film , but i , consciously , choose to associate with filmmakers with whom i can work sans doubts . be it amal or lijo , for example , who are brilliant technicians . i need that confidence to work . ”
he is not comfortable with labelling his approach as just cerebral ; it is too layered for that . “it is art too , as ‘design’ could be defined as a controlled form of art . so there is definitely art and emotion . design treads a fine line between art and commerce and rational thinking . i walk that line . it’s simple and pleasurable if you know how . ”
of the many labels that define him – designer , film stylist , entrepreneur and teacher – it is the teacher’s he feels passionately about . his grandfather , mother , aunts , cousins , sister are all teachers ; explaining his affinity for the profession . after completing his fashion design course in the city , he taught at tirupur , for a couple of years and was on the fashion design faculty of st . teresa’s college .
an introduction to amal neerad led him to the sets of big b . “amal told me that we could work together on his next project , but a week before shoot was to begin , he told me i was on . ”
it is interesting to listen to him talk about his process . god does seem to be in the details for him . he tells of the jacket arya’s character wore in double barrel ( db ) . lijo pellissery’s comic - inspired film was an over - the - top , surreal fantasy in which styling was an important component . the film’s look was marked by bright colours and exaggerated , imaginative accessorising . “four elements on arya’s jacket came from three different sources . only i knew how the garment would shape up . ” handcuffs became an accessory for another character . his work in the film is proof of having been able to work unfettered .
“the psychology of characters was different from normal characters and hence the designs too had to different . ” he mulls over each character , adding that with styling an ordinary accessory should get a new meaning or significance . compared to the kind of work that might have gone into the costumes for db , king liar looks easy , “not so , ” praveen says . seemingly simple and straightforward , a lot of thought went into the styling of each character . “we paid attention to minute details like how a hairstyle or style of beard would work . ” in the film , asha sharath’s look is very different as is lal’s appearance , with the styling spelling luxury and opulence .
he clarifies , “the effort i put in for each film is the same . the physical effort wasn’t as much but the artistic effort invested in each film is the same . i have a team of brilliant artists to help me . for instance for db i couldn’t have done it on my own . i value and appreciate their effort . ”
jayasurya plays the role of a police officer in sajid yahiya ' s action comedy entertainer
idi .
with the latest announcement , the audience have become a bit confused as the makers of jayasurya ' s horror comedy entertainer had also earlier announced aug . 12 as the release date of the ranjith sankar movie . when international business times india contacted the team of
pretham ,
they confirmed that the horror film will also be released on the same date . if both the jayasurya - starrers hit the theatres together , then it will be a rare moment for the actor .
in
pretham ,
jayasurya will be seen as a mysterious mentalist jon don bosco , who can read the the minds of people . the movie also has aju varghese , govind padmasoorya and sharafudheen , who were once college classmates and own a resort together . what happens when john ' s character enters their life form the crux of the film . meanwhile , jayasurya is also awaiting the release of boban samuel ' s
shajahanum pareekuttiyum
this eid season . it also has kunchacko boban and amala paul in the lead roles .
singer shaan has lent his voice to yeh hai india , and says the film is a great attempt to showcase the spirit of our country .
“raja hasan , who basically is a fabulous singer and has composed the music for many regional films , is entering bollywood with yeh hai india . i am very proud to be a part of the film , as it is a very good attempt to showcase the spirit and image of our country which is very positive and clean , ” said shaan .


cottage country is a 2013 canadian comedy horror film directed by peter wellington .

it stars malin åkerman , tyler labine , dan petronijevic and lucy punch .

it was released on march 14 , 2013 .

cottage country ( film )

cottage country opens on oct . 18 in toronto , vancouver , calgary , and on demand .
todd and cammie are clearly in love . i almost don’t want to say anything more about cottage country
comparisons to a better and similar , at least in one respect , film in tucker and dale will do cottage country no favors . the film’s storyline and characters take some disagreeable turns and the laughs are light outside of labine and punch . cottage country is a merely ok horror comedy and not one worthy of frequent revisiting .
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overall i found cottage country to be a thoroughly entertaining film . despite the direction sometimes being a bit misguided and the different elements getting occasionally crossed the film remains very enjoyable . it definitely could have been funnier , but what we got with cottage country is still a satisfying flick , if perhaps a little forgettable . i’d definitely recommend it to fans of the horror comedy subgenre .
malin akerman as cammie and tyler labine as todd play a couple whose romantic weekend goes off the rails in cottage country .
in the midst of the american film market , we have a trailer ( and a sales poster ) for the thriller - comedy cottage country starring tyler labine ( tucker and dale versus evil ) and malin akerman ( watchmen ) .
malin akerman is great in final girls . in cottage country she is okay as the control freak girlfriend . for a horror comedy this isn ' t the best and as a dark comedy it is alright . this is a pretty average film .
what to this point succeeds as a frisky dark comedy goes off the rails , courtesy of the script by jeremy boxen , and cottage country ends up becoming a crashing disappointment .
the film comes to us “from the producer of hobo with a shotgun ” as the promo materials state .
cottage country gives labine a chance to revisit the same “pushover who goes into the woods and ends up in over his head” character that he nailed in 2010’s classic tucker and dale vs . evil . while labine succeeds , most of what’s going on around him doesn’t match the high bar set by that film .
cottage country is a movie that i saw a trailer for and then just sort of forgot about until they added it to netflix . the sole reason i watched this movie was for tyler labine from the excellent tucker and dale vs evil . this movie seemed to have the same kind of idea , both being dark comedies centering around accidental murder . was cottage country as good as tucker and dale vs evil ? no . it’s not that close either . tucker and dale is much better all around and it is especially a great deal funnier . that being said i still very much enjoyed cottage country .
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a proper black comedy needs to mix the comedy with the macabre . look at heathers for black comedy done right . hell look at very bad things , a film that this one has a passing resemblance to . both the aforementioned films work because of this mixture . cottage country does not . the dark moments aren ' t funny , the funny scenes not particularly dark . the film is passable entertainment but only marginally so . it ' s not terrible , just not funny and it ' s overlong .
the kind of content you find on cable at 2am . was there some sort of mandate i missed where all canadian indie films require tyler labine in the woods ? unlikable characters doing horrendous things with no punchlines . at least the cottage country presents some nice scenery to murder people in .
a couple retreats to the cottage for a weekend , but when they’re interrupted by an unwanted family member , it all goes awry .
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subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken cottage country official trailer # 1 ( 2012 ) - malin akerman movie hd todd ( labine ) wants everything to be just perfect at the family cottage where he plans to propose to cammie ( akerman ) . . . cast : malin akerman : urltoken director : peter wellington producer : frank siracusa : urltoken paul gross writer : jeremy boxen editor : christopher donaldson cinematographer : composer : stephen skratt
montreal — dreams of a picture - perfect bourgeois life go violently awry in peter wellington ' s cottage country , a lakefront macbeth in which the stakes aren ' t the fate of a kingdom but the need of a tightly wound woman to hear
will you marry me ?
in exactly the way she has planned . despite some perfectly commercial ingredients and a familiar cast , the film winks too often to succeed as a thriller and hits too many strident notes to keep us rooting for the characters ; theatrical prospects are limited .
i ' ll be honest , i saw the word
cottage
and tyler labine in what looked possibly like the setting for a canadian horror comedy and it built up hope that this was the next tucker and dale vs evil . it is not . it ' s basically labine and malin akerman showing their canadian roots by staring in a bad canadian film .
the fact that i watched this film is proof enough that i have a lot of anticipation for whatever comes next in some actors ' upcoming projects list . tyler labine and lucy punch hit my funny bone a thousand times a minute in someone marry barry , and they made an otherwise trash throwaway into a watchable comedy . in the case of cottage country , however , neither of them can swoop in to save the day . this has an okay setup for a dark comedy , but its execution is flat beyond belief , and it under - uses both labine and punch in excruciating , disappointing fashion .
todd ( tyler labine ) dreams of making the perfect marriage proposal to longtime girlfriend cammie ( malin akerman ) at his family ' s cottage , but fate takes a new direction .
it ' s actually not all bad . i love black comedies and this one does not shy away from violence and i also like labine and akerman a great deal . you might not know it from her film output , but akerman is a…
if cottage country has a flaw , it may be that it is too many things to attract too many people . horror fans will want more blood ; comedy aficionados may find the laughs too spread out . but if you have even an inkling of appreciation for either genre , and you like the idea of a story that doesn’t tell you where it’s going in the first five minutes , tag along . it’s worth the drive .
cottage country sports a twist in its third act which completely reworks the nature of todd and cammie’s nature relationship . it’s one that , had the movie shown a little restraint , would build logically off the painful deterioration of cammie’s morality . the movie shows zero restraint and dives in whole hog , taking the twist to a degree that it never earned . it cheapens everything that came before it and removes any weight from what comes after .
ou can probably see where this is going even if you haven’t seen ang lee’s adaptation of annie proulx’s gay cowboy story brokeback mountain – a film to which god’s own country owes an immediately obvious debt , even if the ways in which the two productions chew over their stories of unconstrained love on the open pasture turn out to be markedly different . johnny is suspicious of gheorghe as soon as he collects him from the station – he calls him ‘gypsy’ in a tone of voice that’s not obviously affectionate .
cottage country tells the story of todd and cammie who go to todd’s cottage so that he can propose . some unwanted guests cause todd and cammie to cover up multiple murders in a very dark comedy . the movie is morbidly funny and mixes the horror with the comedy in a way that not everyone’s pallette will be able to handle . sometimes the mixing of the two genres is a little uneven , and i would’ve liked a bit more comedy in there , but the movie remains funny enough to not lose sight of its goal . there are standout moments that are very very funny , but the movie would’ve benefited from having some smaller laughs sprinkled in throughout .
“i have a feeling this will be our best trip to the cottage ever , ” says a hopeful todd before all heck breaks loose . he’s about to be disappointed , along with the rest of us .
sam kench is a high school film fanatic who moonlights as an amateur filmmaker himself . following in the footsteps of martin mcdonaugh , darren aronofsky , and quentin tarantino . also has an aspiration for art and produces many drawings , paintings , and noire art revolving around movies and actors
todd and cammie are off to the family cottage and part of the program is to formalize the couple’s endearing love — she calls him “toodles , ” he calls her “snuggle bum” — with a proposal and a ring .
todd and cammie are clearly in love . i almost don’t want to say anything more about cottage country , for fear of ruining its sundry devious surprises . many movies feature a twist or reveal in the final act : i am your father ! he’s a ghost ! one direction is not an actual direction ! ( was i the only one who didn’t see that coming ? ) anyway , this one caroms down the narrative highway like an out - of - control hearse late for its own funeral .
tyler labine is great as todd . he pulls off the comedy and handles the dramatic moments just as well . the cast of characters is surprisingly varied and everyone does their jobs nicely . the female lead cammie ( played by malin akerman ) is great and her character , that at first seems generic , is actually rather interesting . spoiler her character actually becomes the antagonist of the film near the end and while the writing on her transition wasn’t particularly good , the actress manages to make it work fairly well . the climax of the film went in an unexpected direction , but i think it works for this particular movie . end spoiler .
from here , the movie lists from comedy to horror , from thriller to police procedural , from the taming of the shrew to macbeth . in its best moments it touches down in coen brothers’ country , although i may be projecting because of the presence of folksy police sergeant mackenzie , played by sabrina grdevich .
“let people feel the soul and the heart there , ” robert bresson once advised aspiring directors , “but let it be made like a work of hands . ” god’s own country , the superb debut feature from the 47 - year - old english filmmaker francis lee , could slip seamlessly into the austere french master’s bristlingly tactile world .
ecareanu brings wells of unspoken feeling and a quietly imposing presence to what could have easily been a flat - pack heartthrob role , and the two actors’ chemistry is genuine and grapefruit - sharp . the film has a cumulative power that sneaks up on you even as you think you’re keeping track of it , and a twilit afterglow that hasn’t faded yet .
the dramatic and horror aspects are surprisingly effective . i love horror comedies , and what usually ends up happening is that the comedy takes center stage while the horror is merely a backdrop . most horror comedies simply use the horror as the setup and fail to deliver on actually being frightening . cottage country , while never being scary , does manage to competently build tension and even manifest a creepy vibe in a few scenes . the way these different elements are mixed could have been handled better , but i found that they still worked . these elements work especially well given the excellent acting and the good musical score .
o’connor is probably best known for his work on television – he played larry , brother of gerald , in the itv comic - drama series the durrells – and he portrays johnny’s steady maturation here with extraordinary delicacy and deftness . ( by the end of the film , it feels like you’re looking at a completely different person , without having actually noticed him changing once . )
but todd ' s overbearingly free - spirited brother salinger didn ' t consult the cottage - occupancy schedule , and shows up with girlfriend masha ( lucy punch ) just as the romantic getaway begins . he may have invited a few dozen friends to show up tomorrow night , in fact .
when todd takes his girlfriend cammie up to the family cottage for a reclusive proposal , the last thing he expected to be doing was dealing with was his slacker brother and his hippie girlfriend . but in this comedy of errors , todd and cammie , have to deal with his accidentally murdered brother in order to live happily ever after .
after watching the movie i was somewhat shocked to see all the negative reviews for it . this film has a bad reputation and seems to be getting a lot of undeserved flak . is this movie perfect ? not at all , but it is not bad by any stretch of the imagination . it’s an enjoyable flick that doesn’t deserved to be labeled as trash as it has been . i’m expecting it to actually gain a cult following in a few years .
cammie’s arc is another instance where the film drops the ball . sure , the movie is a horror comedy , a subgenre not known as the domain of complex characters . however , the moment she hears the news of salinger’s untimely passing , cammie takes a hard right , becoming this manipulative , selfish she - devil . todd gets a few quiet moments following the kill where you can see his brain is struggling to catch up with what his body did . cammie ? she jumps right into a speech about sunk relationship costs , her unrelenting need to have kids , and sweeps todd into how the pair can blow passed all this and still have a great week . it’s a cheap character development , one that the film tries to make up for later with a brief scene showing she has indeed been affected by what happened . it’s too late by then and even her guilt is colored entirely by how the murder could impact her dream wedding .
he film begins with what might be the most unmistakably yorkshire dawn imaginable , the sky over johnny’s farmhouse inching imperceptibly from grey - blue into grey - green , while clouds lour impatiently overhead . but up on the moors , it’s as if he and gheorghe have entered into a temporary state of grace , until they return home to johnny’s father and plain - spoken grandmother ( gemma jones ) , the sigh and tick of her steam iron , and the crackle of kindling in the grate .
one element which is absolutely on point , besides labine , is the criminally underrated lucy punch . she’s clearly having a blast burying herself behind an almost unintelligible and unquantifiable eastern european accent . her masha gets these moments of clarity where a demented sense of humor shines through . masha nearly totally buries the forgettable salinger as a foil for todd and cammie , almost to the point where the film might have been better served ditching him entirely and just doing some sort of triangle with the three others .
ot that the film labours the point , or any other . in the style of andrea arnold’s extraordinary poetic - realist adaptation of wuthering heights ( 2011 ) , it lingers in the moment and lets nature take its course . even the lambing sequences themselves are all the lovelier for being so eye - wateringly frank – and a scene in which an orphaned animal is ‘grafted’ onto a new mother is later harked back to for maximum symbolic impact . ( gheorghe too comes into johnny’s life in sheep’s clothing . )
todd ( labine ) wants everything to be just perfect at the family cottage where he plans to propose to cammie ( akerman ) . but things go awry with the arrival of todd’s slacker brother salinger and his free - spirited girlfriend masha ( lucy punch ) . when todd accidentally kills his annoying brother with an axe , cammie is determined not to let a murder stand in the way of their happiness .
todd and cammie blame a drifter they saw earlier who gets arrested . after cammie insists their wedding be held in the same cottage all the murders have happened in and she makes him yell at his mother , todd realizes he doesn ' t love her and needs to turn himself into the police . he takes off in his car with cammie ( who agrees she doesn ' t love him ) in hot pursuit .
todd ( labine ) wants everything to be just perfect at the family cottage where he plans to propose to cammie ( akerman ) . but things go awry with the arrival of todd ' s slacker brother salinger ( petronijevic ) and his free - spirited girlfriend masha ( punch ) . when todd accidentally dispatches his irksome sibling with an axe , cammie is determined not to let murder stand in the way of their happiness .
so now we have a dead body in the movie . given the woodsy - cabin locale ( plus the fact that mortality loves company ) , you can expect more to follow . seemingly just to broaden the pool of victims , salinger has invited all his friends up to the cottage for the weekend , and so the murder scene quickly becomes party central , complete with one reveler named dov ( benjamin ayres ) who fancies himself an amateur sleuth .
ut when they camp out close to the flock in the remains of a long - deserted cottage , the gently poaching tension between them ramps up to a rolling boil , and the hands that until recently ran themselves over animal flanks find other things to paw and grasp at . the sex scenes are muddy and vigorous , verging on explicit – but they’re also struck through with the same flinty , unsentimental beauty as the terrain that stretches to the horizon on all sides .
the supporting cast all do a very good job . horror movies in general get a bad reputation as having terrible acting , but that is not always the case . the acting in cottage country is good all around . there are some standout characters that manage to be fully developed even though they may only have a couple of scenes . there is a hasidic jewish man named dov who goes all detective on the disappearance of todd’s brother salinger who he murdered earlier ( not a spoiler it’s in the trailer ) . this character is delightfully strange and his outcome is gleefully funny . the one character i found underdeveloped was the vagrant . he is only seen twice and a little more action from him would’ve been appreciated . there are two other standout characters i want to mention . the female cop and todd’s father both manage to be terribly cool , despite having little screen time . the cop is a bonafide bamf and really goes out with a bang and todd’s father might actually be the funniest part of the whole movie when he starts screaming at his wife .
bit of a disappointing black comedy starring tyler labine and malin akerman as todd and cammie , a sickly sweet couple who go to todd ' s parents cottage for a romantic weekend but get rudely interrupted by todd ' s slacker brother and his russian girlfriend . things take a turn for the grisly when during a fight with his brother todd manages to lodge an axe in his neck and we watch as the body count rises as he tries to cover up the murder . this films main problem is for a black comedy there just aren ' t enough laughs , the humour is based on the stupidity of the lead characters and for me it just wasn ' t that funny . the characters also come across as…
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tyler labine and malin akerman play a couple whose quiet week by the lake is interrupted by bloodshed .
malin akerman plays cammie , a type a woman who for some reason has decided her tubby , slightly dim boyfriend todd ( no offense intended to tyler labine ) is the best she can do before the biological clock stops ticking . she ' s elated at the knowledge that he intends to propose to her on their week - long trip to his parents ' lakeside cabin , and impatient with any obstacle to that agenda .
desperate to keep his fiancee - to - be happy , todd insists that salinger has to pack his affectations up and leave . a fight ensues , and , as will sometimes happen in brotherly squabbles , todd accidentally decapitates salinger with an axe .
instead of leaving in horror , cammie doubles down on her commitment , taking charge of corpse disposal and the inevitable killing of masha . the two take a picturesque canoe ride , drop some trash bags full of cadaver parts in the lake , and reach a tiny island just in time for todd ' s sunset presentation of the ring . but by the time they get back to shore , the house is full of sal ' s drunken friends , some of whom are a little too curious about where the host has gotten off to .
labine brings as much likability as possible to a hard - to - love character , freaking out as todd struggles to keep stories straight for sal ' s friends and the cops who come later . akerman has a tougher assignment , her one - dimensional character making demands that grow increasingly hard to believe . predictably , punch is hard to ignore in her few scenes , laying on the russian sexpot act and making the most of dialogue like
i ' m goink to rape yoor bolls off .
the autumnal setting makes things easy to watch - - until , that is , todd ' s victims come to haunt him in silly - corpse - makeup hallucinations .
cammie , turning ever so shrewish , demands that todd tell salinger to vamoose . this he does , but salinger digs in his heels , and a scrap ensues . at first , both men fight like girls . then one of them lifts an ax , and the movie takes its first horrifying lurch . it’s so dreadful it’s almost funny . no , it’s so funny you can’t believe how ghastly it is . actually , it’s both .
along the way we marvel at the knowledge one can pick up at childhood bar mitzvahs , and at the ongoing use of the frying pan as a movie murder weapon of choice . ( this with an ax , meat cleavers and arrows lying around for the taking . ) it all unrolls to a boppy soundtrack that includes to your health by canadian chuck erlichman , and not one but two covers of if i didn’t care , by the ink spots ( 1939 ) and the platters ( 1961 ) .
throughout , it feels as though fate plays a shadowy co - starring role . the universe seems to be messing with one of the characters , letting him ( or her ; don’t want to say too much ) get away with things while simultaneously dangling the threat of punishment .
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he still always checks behind the shower curtain . . . just in case .
todd ( tyler labine ) is a bit of a pushover who is planning on proposing to his strong - willed girlfriend cammie ( malin akerman ) at his parent ' s cabin . his brother sal ( dan petronijevic ) and sal ' s girlfriend masha ( lucy punch ) show up unexpectedly . they are loud and rude and are ruining todd and cammie ' s weekend .
cammie and masha go to pick mushrooms so todd can get sal to leave after sal mentions a party he wants to throw . the latter two get into a fist fight after todd throws sal ' s headphones into the lake which results in todd killing sal with an ax to the neck .
when the girls get back , todd tells cammie what he did and she coerces him into killing masha as well ( cammie hits her with a frying pan and then strangles her ) . they chop up their bodies and dispose of them in the lake , after which cammie accepts todd ' s proposal .
when they return to the cabin , there is a party going on . sal ' s friend dov seems really suspicious of todd and cammie and ultimately , after he finds the headphones , is killed by todd and cammie with an arrow to his eye and heart .
a policewoman arrives , having received a message from dov the evening before . todd ' s parents arrive , with todd ' s mother being a pushover and todd ' s father being aggressive . they find blood on the property and a sleepwalking incident from cammie makes todd ' s mother think they killed sal .
as he makes it to the police station , he gets out of the car to approach the policewoman from earlier . cammie speeds towards him and the policewoman takes her gun out and shoots cammie in the chest . cammie swerves and crushes the officer . she then takes the dropped gun and shoots todd in the head , takes off her engagement ring and dies .
epilogue shows todd alive , in a wheelchair with his father ( who reveals his wife has left him ) . todd says the lake is pretty , then asks about his mother and brother . he repeats the same questions a few times , revealing that even though he is alive , the bullet has caused irreparable damage .
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sure enough , the fantasia screening i saw this at was jam - packed and sold out for days in advance . while i wouldn’t say it’s as fresh and fun as tucker & dale , it’s still a pretty nifty little comedy - thriller , although like most films of its ilk , the less you know about it going in , the better . it’s essentially a riff on early coen bros , particularly blood simple , crossed with a healthy dose of peter berg’s underrated very bad things .
malin akerman , who’s usually stuck playing the typical “hot chick” part , gets to stretch as labine’s girlfriend . at first , she seems too good to be true , being drop - dead gorgeous , and utterly devoted to her pudgy boyfriend . but , as things go south , akerman’s really able to cut loose and camp it up a bit as her character is put through the wringer , and defies her stereotype in often very funny fashion .
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starring malin akerman , tyler labine . directed by peter wellington . 91 minutes . opening oct . 18 at carlton cinema . 14a .
unfortunately , todd’s obnoxious brother , salinger , crashes the party with girlfriend masha in tow and the best laid plans . . . yada yada .
when salinger pushes him too far , the close proximity of an axe provokes an unfortunate burst of rage and suddenly todd and cammie are waist deep in gore and a seat - of - the - pants cover - up , with the bodies piling up .
it’s too bad because there’s quite a bit to like here , starting with malin akerman’s portrayal of cammie , whose determination to have the picture - perfect marriage and future turns her into a sort of lady macbeth .
then there’s lucy punch’s comically over - the - top performance as masha , whose russian - accented english requires translation .
“i’m boring , ” masha moans , when she means to say she’s bored .
benjamin ayres has an amusing turn as dov , an orthodox jewish guy who smells a rat when he and a cadre of party - goers show up to find salinger and masha inexplicably absent .
luc montpellier’s cinematography makes the canadian shield setting , replete with fall colours , an appealing backdrop to the action .
less successful is tyler labine’s portrayal of todd , who’s an unappealing marshmallow inside and out . dan petronijevic’s salinger is supposed to be annoying , but his performance is beyond grating . when he returns from the beyond to haunt brother todd — one of the script’s major missteps — you wish someone would kill him all over again .
but it’s the script that’s the major letdown in the final throes , going from sardonically amusing with a soupçon of suspense to ridiculously awful due to a pot - holed plot .
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great piece . alice sweet alice is a great proto - slasher . very . . .
i definitely think john ryder ( the amazing dutchman rutger hauer ) from . . .
jfyi : as cool as it is , that second image is not . . .
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irector : francis lee . starring : josh o’connor , alec secareanu , gemma jones , ian hart . cert : 15 , 104 mins .
lee’s picture keeps a watchful eye on its characters’ hands at all times . for a start , they’re what they work with , up on the west riding of yorkshire’s wind - hammered moors . but they’re also often their best means of self - expression , for all the times when words fall hopelessly short .
heorghe ( alec secareanu ) , a handsome romanian farmhand who arrives in the area for the lambing time , isn’t much of a talker . but the way he gently rubs the life into the tiny , bleating bundles of wool and mucus he pulls out into the world doesn’t require much in the way of verbal explanation . nor do the far surlier efforts made by johnny saxby ( josh o’connor ) , the 24 - year - old son of the ailing middle - aged sheep farmer ( ian hart ) whose estate gheorghe comes to work on – and whose own responsibilities feel like a hand clasped tight around his ankle , holding him to the life and land you sense he longs to leave behind .
hat complicates matters is the fact that johnny is gay – and actively so , as an early sequence set at a cattle market makes strappingly apparent . fumbled encounters in livestock trailers are all well and good , but the idea that one of them might lead to a
, of all things , is beyond the pale , a mindset lee’s script spells out with wiry precision .
“hold up mate , wanna get a pint or summat ? ” a young man asks johnny after just such a roll in the hay . “i just thought we…”
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the arrival of todd ' s brother salinger ( daniel petronijevic ) and his girlfriend masha ( lucy punch ) ends in devastation , but cammie is determined not to let murder stand in their way .
i fist - fuck life with a nuclear - powered pneumatic fuck - hammer for 60 , 70 hours a week . so who ' s the douche bag ? - salinger chipowski
dark ( dark ! ) comedy that really keeps you guessing and makes you ask yourself some hard questions . i might just need to see this again .
malin akerman ( watchmen ) and tyler labine ( reaper ) are cammie and todd , one of those awful couples that have cutesy nicknames for each other . they plan on spending a momentous romantic vacation at todd ' s parents cabin by the lake , but when his slacker brother shows up with his girlfriend this go quickly from bad to worse ,
a fun horror comedy filled with actors i love . worth the watch if you like the genre .
a horror comedy that is neither . watch tucker & dale vs evil instead .
ganz guter anfang , nimmt ab der mitte aber rapide ab , nach einbau von ziemlich dümmliches halluzinationen und übertreibungen . alles nicht ganz rund .
so many horror films come out every year that it ' s no surprise when a good one slips through the cracks . …
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