Cobra (2022)

Original title

கோப்ரா

Directed by

R Ajay Gnanamuthu

Genre

action film, science fiction film, mystery film, thriller film, supernatural fiction

Country

India

Runtime

3h 03m

Rated

UA

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Interpol officer hunts a brilliant assassin who uses mathematics to carry out murders. The killer known as Cobra is a master of disguise and outsmarts everyone around him.

tensemysteriousstylishfast-pacedsuspensefulcerebraldark

What happens

Cobra is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language psychological action thriller film directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu and produced by 7 Screen Studio. The film stars Vikram in a dual roles as twin brothers, alongside Srinidhi Shetty, Irfan Pathan, Roshan Mathew, Sarjano Khalid, Mirnalini Ravi, Miya George, K. S. Ravikumar, Anandaraj, Robo Shankar and Meenakshi Govindarajan. It marked the acting debut of Pathan, previously a cricketer, and the Tamil debuts of Roshan Mathew, Sarjano Khalid and Srinidhi Shetty. In the film, an Interpol officer is assigned to catch a mysterious assassin, who intelligently assassinates people using mathematical skills, named "Cobra". The project was officially announced in May 2019 under the tentative title Vikram 58 as it is the actor's 58th film as a lead actor, and the official title was announced in December. Principal photography commenced in October 2019 and nearly took three years due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, travel restrictions and Vikram's commitments on other projects, wrapping only in February 2022. It was primarily shot in Chennai, while filming also took place in Kerala, Kolkata and Russia. The film has music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography handled by Harish Kannan and editing by John Abraham and Bhuvan Srinivasan. Cobra was released worldwide on 31 August 2022 in theatres, coinciding with Vinayaka Chathurthi. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics, who praised Vikram's performance, Rahman's music, the cinematography and concept but criticized its convoluted screenwriting and excessive length. The film was a box-office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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