That includes Nayanthara, ‘O2’ might have been an edge-of-the-seat survival drama. Nevertheless it largely isn’t.
That includes Nayanthara, ‘O2’ might have been an edge-of-the-seat survival drama. Nevertheless it largely isn’t.
Travelling is memorable not simply due to the vacation spot, however as a result of journey. Bus journeys, for example, are particular due to the numerous sort of folks en path to a vacation spot.
Parvathy (Nayanthara) and her son, Veera (YouTube star Ritvick), who has a respiration dysfunction, are embarking on one such journey. So is a politician who has misplaced elections, a person whose love has been rejected by the woman’s household, and a policeman concerned in a shady deal.
It’s a six-hour journey – from Coimbatore to Kochi – however this group, together with another characters, get caught in a landslide. Will they be capable of escape?
The benefit of O2 is that it doesn’t waste numerous time in setting issues up. Barring an emotional mother-son tune, which contributes in the direction of showcasing their camaraderie (which is implausible), it jumps straight into the premise: how a bunch of strangers offers with a life-threatening scenario?
O2
Forged: Nayanthara, Ritvick
Director: GK Viknesh
Storyline: A gaggle of passengers in a bus journey get caught in a landslide
On paper, O2 comes throughout as a survivor drama with attention-grabbing parts. However, such a topic wanted much more rigidity to work. After its preliminary setup, O2 turns into very similar to Squid Recreation, which too showcased how people react to sure conditions thrown at them and the way group dynamics work. However right here, the characters caught contained in the bus are a tad too many – with every of them having a number of issues – that we cease caring for them, in contrast to a Helen (2019) that focussed on a single particular person’s travails.
The mother-son relationship is endearing certainly however that is not going to assist us be invested the entire time. The love angle a couple of couple is weak, as is the politician who’s all the time pissed off on the scenario he is in.
Director GK Viknesh manages to throw in some attention-grabbing sequences within the second half, particularly the sequences by which some folks within the group get indignant. The cinematography (Thamizh Azhagan) and composer Vishal Chandrasekar attempt to spruce up issues, however the ending appears too handy. Very similar to Hollywood movie Oxygen (2021), O2 additionally brings to gentle how essential respiration is, and the way we take oxygen with no consideration, however all that is not sufficient to make it a gripping survival drama.
O2 is at present streaming on Disney + Hotstar