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Marco (2024)

Marco poster
Original title
മാർക്കോ
Directed by
Haneef Adeni
Genre
action, crime, thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 25m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 119 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man named Marco seeks revenge after a personal tragedy. He fights against a powerful criminal network in a series of violent confrontations.

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What happens

Marco is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Haneef Adeni and produced by Shareef Muhammed under his Cubes Entertainments banner. It is the second installment to the Mikhael Extended Universe, following Mikhael (2019), starring Unni Mukundan in the titular role alongside an ensemble cast, including Siddique, Jagadish, Kabir Duhan Singh, Abhimanyu Shammi Thilakan, Anson Paul, Ishaan Shoukath and Yukti Thareja. The film is considered as the most violent film in the history of Indian cinema, leading it to generate significant controversy. The music was composed by Ravi Basrur, while cinematography and editing were handled by Chandru Selvaraj and Shameer Muhammed, respectively. Marco was released worldwide on 20 December 2024, coinciding with Christmas. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success at the box office and emerged as the highest-grossing A-rated Malayalam-language film of all time and one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time. A prequel is under development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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