Wild Dog Movie Review: The cast keeps you hooked in this clinical action-drama

Story: Wild Dog aka Vijay Varma is an NIA agent who’s introduced again to area from a desk job to deal with a terrorism case. Despite having a private motive, he strikes heaven and earth to make sure justice is served for the sake of the nation.

Review: Ahishor Solomon’s Wild Dog relies on true incidents of bombings that rocked the nation in mid-2000s. Backed by info with a contact of cinematic liberty, the movie explores the aftermath of those heinous incidents. Thankfully devoid of melodrama or over-the-top motion sequences, it’s the cast that keeps you hooked.

Vijay Varma (Nagarjuna) is named a ‘wild dog’ by the authorities as a result of all his missions make sure the perpetrators find yourself useless. Moved to a desk job after conducting one too many encounters, he’s quickly known as again to obligation on area after a bombing takes place in Pune. He and his spouse Priya (Dia Mirza) are additionally mourning a heart-breaking private loss, lending him additional motive to pursue Kalid Batkal (Bilal Hossein), the person behind these bombings. However, what motivates Vijay to pursue Khalid throughout the nation and even to Nepal is just not private loss, however the security of this nation.

Ahishor Solomon wastes no time in moving into the thick of issues. Even as a girl screams as she’s seared because of a blast or a dying is mentioned over lunch, the director doesn’t let the narrative dwell on the feelings that bubble beneath the floor of this story. Much like Vijay Varma’s character, who prefers to maintain it skilled and persist with work, together with his character nearly bordering on chilly, the movie’s proceedings maintain issues clinical.

The stakes maintain getting larger because the movie progresses however as a viewer, one doesn’t absolutely grasp the implications of what may occur ought to this mission fail. Yes, we’re proven a style of how the bombings may proceed ought to Khalid not be caught, however in a fast-paced narrative, there’s much less time to deal with the emotional implication of all of it. Which is why when an encounter specialist like Vijay Varma decides to not use his gun for the primary time in his profession, the punch doesn’t land.

Nagarjuna aces the position of Vijay Varma with élan, seeming comfy in the pores and skin of the character. Dia Mirza will get an opportunity to shine regardless of her restricted display screen time. Saiyami Kher, Ali Reza, Atul Kulkarni, Prakash Sundaran, Mayank Parakh and others additionally pull off their roles effectively. Saiyami, Ali and and Mayank in specific appear to have a ball with their roles and stand out. The crew of Wild Dog has put in effort to make sure the movie stays as lifelike as doable, even in relation to their physique language, and it exhibits on-screen.

Thaman S excels at offering BGM and he does job of offering a rating for the movie that ably helps however doesn’t overshadow the proceedings. Shaneil Deo’s camerawork options tight photographs on actors and large frames throughout motion sequences, lending a moody vibe to the movie. Kiran Kumar’s simplistic dialogues get overtly explanatory at instances, with actors muttering strains like, “Sh*t, he’s really smart,” or “Something is really wrong,” when they’re issues that could possibly be left unsaid. David Ismalone and Sham Kaushal additionally do job with the stunts, maintaining issues lifelike, barring a specific motion sequence in Nepal that includes Saiyami and Nagarjuna.

Wild Dog is an easy story that doesn’t veer a lot past the story of a crew seeking to nab a terrorist. Ahishor Solomon should be lauded for making an attempt to make an motion movie that’s devoid of any industrial parts. However, he additionally doesn’t transfer past telling a narrative that lacks an emotional hook. Watch this one this weekend if motion dramas are your cup of tea.