The film is set in a mercury factory, where five friends are at the mercy of a unknown force out to take revenge. Will the friends survive and if so, how of them will survive forms the rest of the story.
Analysis:-
For all those expecting a silent film, heres a little spoiler. For starters, the film is not a silent film, as was publicized prior to release. In fact, it relies heavily on background score and music, though it has no dialogues.
Closer home, it reminds one of A Film By Aravind, and it has close resemblance to the Hollywood film Dont Breathe, that released last year.
The film falls under the slasher/ horror genre flicks and deals with the issue of corporate role in environmental pollution.
Five hearing impaired friends have a reunion after many years and end up being caught up in a problem. Though they come out of it, they are eventually forced to come back to the same factory due to some incidents.
But the director takes a very long time to establish the plot and also the bonding between the five friends.
Though the film has supernatural elements, director Karthik Subbaraj adds various elements and turns into a Home Invasion like movie. Though the sound design, production design and cinematography are good, the film nevertheless fails to thrill.
The film lacks scenes that build tension and it progresses on a monotonous track. Barring a couple of scenes, the director totally fails in getting the empathy of the audience, which works against the film.
Also, while the director has taken a lot of time in introducing the characters, their sign language does not get to the audience, which is another minus point for Mercury.
In his earlier film Pizza, Karthik manages to hold the thrill effect through out the film. However, in Mercury, he introduces a problem in the fear element, just like the principal characters have a problem. But this time, he fails to carry forward his plot on planned script.
In all, while Karthik Subbarajs idea had potential, it fails to excite and thrill the audiences, especially towards the second half. So, for all Pizza fans, this film will be a huge disappointment.
Greatandhra