A murder mystery thriller that manages an engaging watch is rare these days. There is a sense of predictability in this genre of movies. Thanks to director S G Charles for coming out with a convincing script in Lock Up, a whodunit mystery movie that engrossed from the word go.
Produced by Nithin Sathyaa, Lock Up in an investigative drama with a hand full of characters. The plot with few sub-plots keeps the audience guessing. Eswari Rao, Vaibhav, Venkat Prabhu, Poorna and Vani Bhojan play pivotal roles. Cinematography is by Santhanam Sekhar, editing is handled by Anand Geraldin and music is by Arrol Correli.
Illavarasi ( Eswari Rao), a police officer is informed of her colleague’s ( Mime Gopi) death. A tough cop Murthy (Venkat Prabhu) visits the scene of death for enquiry. Things take a turn when a local goon claims to be the killer and surrenders to police.
But subsequent events throws lots of surprise to Illavarasi. With Murthy she sets out find truth. Meanwhile, another cop Vasanth ( Vaibhav) investigating the death of a maid find that her death and that of the cop related in some way.
Eswari Rao has done a good job. She has a meaty role to do and done justice to it. Venkat Prabhu is at his ease and his character with shades make it an interesting watch. Vaibhav as Vasanth does well. He gets an opportunity to show varied emotions on screen. Poorna and Vani Bhojan play their part well.
Three cheers to Charles for Lock Up ends up as a convincing thriller.