Maharaja Review

Warning: This review contains spoilers of the movie

I traveled to Hershey Park with my girlfriend recently and the night before going to the park, we decided to watch a movie that was recommended to her by her friend. Neither of us knew what the story was about but we turned on Netflix and started watching. The hotel TV was having issues showing the subtitles so we watched on the computer.

I thought that the movie was pretty interesting. There was a lot of action and the beginning was pretty disorienting with the numerous characters and time skips and missing context. However, it seems like that was on purpose because as the movie progressed, the pieces came together and the whole story was revealed.

The barber was pretty badass and it was funny for me to see that this guy’s “superpower” was that he doesn’t let anything go. He has an insane grip that can tear down buildings as well as a perseverance to make sure that justice is served.

The society seemed to be pretty unfortunate. The main villain was not well off so he resorted to stealing and killing and raping to get the lifestyle he wanted for his wife and kids. The juxtaposition between this guy doing villainous things in strangers’ houses and eating their food and then him coming back and being a loving husband and father was jarring for me. It made me think that just because people may do bad things, that doesn’t mean that they treat everyone poorly – it is possible that they also have loved ones.

Anyways, this main villain gets arrested and he blames the barber for it. So, after he gets out of jail, he goes on a revenge arc against the barber. The barber doesn’t know what hits him, but he doesn’t let anything go. So, he reenacts Liam Neeson in Taken and hunts down the people who broke into his house and attacked and kidnapped his family. This guy ends up beheading one in a warehouse, kills another in his house, and handicapped the main villain in a construction site. The barber’s daughter ends up talking to the main villain and it turns out that the girl was actually the main villain’s daughter. The night the main villain broke into the barber’s house, he and his accomplices beat her up and raped her. Realizing this, the main villain felt extreme remorse and jumped to his death.

This movie is certainly not the happy, lift-your-spirits-up type of movie that we were planning on watching. However, I think it was a good movie nevertheless.