Movie - 30, Double Barrel

Double Barrel (2015)

by

Lijo Jose Pellissery

Movie Seen: 31 August 2015

Place: PeeCee Theater, Mukkam

Note Written: 21 September 2015

The thirst to see Lijo Jose Pellissery's latest, even when no one was willing to come with me due to the negative reviews and reports of the first two days, took me to PeeCee mukkam. Jobin (my cousin) had promised to come for 'Kunjiramayanam' in the afternoon, so I though I could already be there at mukkam after watching Double Barrel. The movie is definitely not for the normal Indian audience, it is something totally unseen in our commercial films as yet, that's the reason for the hesitant acceptance of it, according to me. 

Double Barrel is LJP all the way - he is a craftsman who knows what he's doing, who's passion towards cinema is unflinching, who sees nothing else but the joy and thrill of making quality cinema. My favourites of the various characters in the movie were 'Silent and the Kid' - a great duo, and also Blacky, the gangster. There were a lot of experiments in craft and script of the movie which made it a fun, cinematic experience to me. Double Barrel is LJP's yet another step to the future of Indian cinema. Most people won't understand or accept it now, but will laud this movie later - the same way 'City of God' is being accepted now as one of Malayalam cinema's best.

Double Barrel is a clash of genres- enjoyable, weird, full of classy frames, plenty of fun shootouts. I should watch it again and again! I feel sad that I couldn't watch it a second time in big screen, since it was taken off from screens in Hyderabad the next week itself. 

PS: The DVD has released now - yay torrent!