![]() So one case impacts Jayasurya in one way, which, in turn, impacts the way he handles another case, which goes back to the accident at the beginning of the movie. One of the nicer touches in John Luther is that cops work on many cases at the same time. ![]() His line of work is going to result in several such wounds. How did he get that wound? There is no answer, because there is no need. When we first see him, he is being treated for a wound. None of these can be revealed, so let's look at the protagonist, the cop played by Jayasurya. ![]() But the director, who also wrote the screenplay, has other ideas. ![]() The film is set in the beautiful Munnar area, and in a nice bit of writing, we witness an accident that we think will form the basis of the story. Kuttavum Shikshayum is the better movie, while John Luther is probably the better audience-pleaser. Taken together, they would make an excellent demonstration of a mainstream and hero-centric way of looking at things, versus a slightly offbeat but more holistic way of looking at things. I was just surprised at this coincidence between the two films. Of course, there is no right or wrong approach to a subject. Rajeev Ravi dives deep in, with a ton of procedural detail, while Abhijith Joseph is content to stay on the surface and deliver simple twists and simple thrills. Broadly speaking, that is exactly what John Luther is about. Rajeev Ravi's Kuttavum Shikshayum is about cops investigating a case. It's strange how two films released the same week are so similar, yet so different.
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