"The Official Weapon of Mass Boredom"
If there was a minus rating, this would be in the negatives.
Kannappa isnโt just a bad movieโitโs a disaster festival in every department. I wouldnโt even call it a film; itโs more like a painful endurance test. If you have absolutely nothing to do and seven days to waste, maybe then you can try watching itโฆ but even then, I wouldnโt recommend it.
Story & Script
Calling this a โscriptโ is a huge complimentโitโs more like a pile of recycled scenes from every devotional movie made in the last 50 years. Cringe after cringe, predictability at its peak. This is the 100,000th time weโre watching the same story, same scenes, and zero creativity. Disaster level writing.
Direction
Only the director knows what he was doing here. Itโs almost as if he said โOkayโ to every single shot without watching the monitor. No vision, no soul, no effort.
Production & Sets
Looks like they rented a local childrenโs park and called it an โancient kingdom.โ Background actors? Felt like school kids standing for morning assembly during supposedly emotional village scenes. Zero authenticity, zero atmosphere.
Costume Design
An unintentional comedy show. My 4-year-old nephew could design better costumes. Mohanlalโs getup looked like it was done with an eyeliner and leftover craft paper. Nothing felt naturalโeverything screamed โcheap costume drama.โ
CGI
From bad to worse. Akshay Kumar as Lord Shiva looked like a badly rendered video game character. The war and fight visuals were so poor, it felt like a free mobile game cutscene.
Fight Choreography
Full marksโฆ for comedy. Watching the fight scenes felt like watching kindergarten kids fight with umbrellas. No intensity, no creativityโjust pure unintentional humor.
Music
Some random sounds here and there. Nothing memorable, nothing emotional, nothing worth mentioning.
Performances
Vishnu Manchu โ Acting skills? Couldnโt find them under the beard. Expressions missing, performance flat. Looks like the director approved every single take without question.
Prabhas โ Why, just why?
Mohanlal โ Laletta, you shouldโve thrown away the costume right after makeup.
Akshay Kumar โ A CGI comedy piece in human form.
Sharath Kumar โ Another cringe highlight.
Final Verdict
Kannappa is a masterclass in how not to make a film. No script, no direction, no production value, no good actingโjust a long, tiring cringe ride. Donโt waste your time, data, or energy.
I took seven days to finish this movie, and I regret every second.