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Mani Ratnam's previous diptych, "Ponniyin Selvan: Parts I and II", was excellent and highly recommended. Unfortunately, reviews for "Thug Life" have been relatively miserable...and they're charging 23$ a ticket for it (a common and very aggravating problem at the moment for Telugu-language tentpoles that get local screenings, though if you're lucky enough for them to stay into a second week they often drop down to a "regular price" ticket), so I'm not bothering to take my chances.
Mani Ratnam's previous diptych, "Ponniyin Selvan: Parts I and II", was excellent and highly recommended. Unfortunately, reviews for "Thug Life" have been relatively miserable...and they're charging 23$ a ticket for it (a common and very aggravating problem at the moment for Telugu-language tentpoles that get local screenings, though if you're lucky enough for them to stay into a second week they often drop down to a "regular price" ticket), so I'm not bothering to take my chances.
Here’s a review of Thug Life posted elsewhere on Substack (second half of post). https://substack.com/home/post/p-165516291?source=queue