Coolie (2025) Movie Review: Rajinikanth’s Style Outshines the Story
Coolie promised style, action, and Rajinikanth’s mass presence, but did it deliver on substance? Here’s my full review on whether Lokesh Kanagaraj’s film lives up to the hype.

For months and months now, Frédéric Laffont has been photographing the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The stone, the tank, the olive trees that are cut down... And yet, there are things that his photos do not say. Written day by day, his notebooks sketch another horizon. Close to her victims, the photographer refuses to submit to the worst. There is a time for war and a time for peace.
Coolie promised style, action, and Rajinikanth’s mass presence, but did it deliver on substance? Here’s my full review on whether Lokesh Kanagaraj’s film lives up to the hype.
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