Although Prabhu Solomon’s earnest attempt at making a spooky thriller is evident, the predictable plot and screenplay prove to be a let down. And club with it some uninspiring dialogues and a girl, whose sole purpose of existence in the movie is to flaunt her assets, the movie gets nowhere. Really!
Laadam is the story of a young man who accidentally stumbles upon a gang war and finds himself in a life-threatening situation between the two gangs that are up against each other and the poor guy’s life. The movie revolves around his attempts to save his life from the burly gangsters. The whole movie is, thus, a hide-and-seek affair, only parts of it really hold on to your attention. The pre-interval session of the movie lets your expectations mount, but the predictable fare lets it fizzle out the same way in the post-interval session. And the rest of it is largely passé that puts your power of endurance to test.
Aravindan plays the guy who entangles himself in the web of criminals accidentally. And that’s pretty much that could be said about him. The lovely looking Charmee establishes that she could be quite annoying at times. She meddles with the movie’s flow most of the times with her mono-acting. And since her character is not properly developed, her whole existence in the movie seems like an excuse for skin show. That said, no characters in the movie seems to have been developed the way it should have been for a thriller.
