Arun Matheswaran’s Rocky is a no-nonsense, extremely ultraviolent revenge drama. Plot-wise, the film reeks of predictable moments and scenes but there’s so much to marvel at in Rocky, which is painstakingly shot to make every frame look like visual poetry. If you’re familiar with the kind of violence Korean and European cinema is known for portraying on screen, you will …
A car is in the centre of the frame. Arun Matheshwaran’s first film is probably among the best first films of Tamil cinema. In one scene, Rocky talks about God before proceeding to butcher a guy's head with a hammer which reminded me of Jules Winnfield quoting Ezekiel 25:17 before spraying bullets onto a man's torso. ‘Rocky’ Director: Arun Matheshwaran …
