Venkat Prabhu’s ‘The Greatest of All Time’, starring Vijay, is a middling thriller with many high moments
One way to view G.O.A.T. is as a celebration of the star. That part works. But those of us who want more are left wanting.
The very first scene of G.O.A.T (The Greatest of All Time) has a train speeding across the Kenyan landscape, and Venkat Prabhu instantly lets us know that we are in for a Hollywood-style thriller. There is a fantastic homage to a star, thanks to one of the trademarks of the Mission:Impossible films. The casting is spot-on. The head of the covert-ops team is Gandhi (Vijay), and his teammates are played by Prashanth and Prabhu Deva. Given how long these actors have been part of our lives off-screen, we accept them as having a long history on screen, too. A bearded Mohan plays the villain, whose name is… Rajiv Menon. Is it a wink at the famous cinematographer? Who can tell in a Venkat Prabhu movie that advertises itself as a “Venkat Prabhu Hero”? But one thing we can tell. Despite being written by the same team of Maanaadu (the director, along with Ezhilarasu Gunasekaran, K Chandru), we know that this is not going to be as taut, as tense, as suspenseful an affair.
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