Even if the most believable myth of every human
being on earth having at least its 6 other look-alikes somewhere in some parts
of the world could get applied to movies, first timer Saurabh Varma’s comic
thriller MICKEY VIRUS doesn’t come close to the last year’s sleeper-hit and a
trendsetter in big-in-content small films VICKY DONOR even in its prettiest
dream! Now, the makers can sure terminate the possibilities of their indulgence
in any such claims but the fact remains sound that it was positioned as the next
in the league!
MICKEY VIRUS shifts you into a world of cyber crime
that is new & novel but not complete alien. In the crowds of ‘Nehru Place’s,
‘Lajpat Nagar’s & ‘Connaught Place’s of Delhi, you might have bumped into these
young bloods with ‘spiked’ hairstyles, sling bags on back and in printed Tee’s that
talk much more than the guy himself. Mickey Arora-the virus (TV actor Manish
Paul in his first lead on big screen) is one such youth and a promising-playful
& carefree hacker who knows his powers [He can break through any security password
for a website] and capabilities but doesn’t bother to channelize it for his own
good. No wonder, in such rash practices to show off his talent, Mickey ignorantly
lands him in a plot of illegal hacking & serial murders that are never his
game of excitement.
Well, picking up a plot that has never been done
before is always a smart decision when you try to prove a point (Here it
supposed to be giving a hit on the lines of the earlier reference) but then you
also need to be upgraded with a smarter writing hand as an anchor to pull out. Sadly,
MICKEY VIRUS doesn’t find that support. Hacking a website is described here in
verbal as a hard nut to crack (The technical lingo seems too accurate for the ears
of a common man to doubt its authenticity) but is shown as an unproblematic smooth
pastime for everyone around. Where the cyber-talks are too gibberish and Martian
for one who’s not very familiar with the technology, the imagery is
over-simplistic for one who might know it inside out. And will you really feel
for a hero who’s hypothetically the sharpest brain around but couldn’t smell
anything fishy or see it coming, especially when you have guessed it all right
much before making a way to the climax?
Surprisingly, film’s strength lies in the
performances but mostly from the supporting cast. Film sees the strongly in
character Maneesh Chaudhary as ACP Siddhant who wants to make the most of Mickey’s
hacking talents to bust a cyber crime racket. The charming Varun Vadola plays an
archetypical ‘dilliwala’ police ready with comical one-liners. TV Actor Nitesh
Pande is seen after long in a brief but meaty role as the master in hacking,
fondly called as ‘The professor’. I wish we could have more of him on big screen.
Coming on to the amazingly funny on shows TV Anchor Manish Paul. This is his
launch pad to Bollywood and he shows promise but mostly in the comical scenes. In
times when he’s trapped in to emotional scenes, he doesn’t look very
comfortable. His leading lady on screen (Swedish girl Elli Avram of Bigg Boss
7) too carries only the looks of an accented glam-doll with herself and nothing
much to appreciate on acting front.
As a comic-thriller, it does have some flares as intimation
but the way it reaches there and unfolds itself is less bothering. This not-so-effective
virus can be overlooked. My suggestion? [Esc] it to [Ctrl+S] your time & money!
[Cltr+Alt+Delete] the idea of watching it in theaters! (2/5)
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