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.

Several years after a nuclear power plant in Cape Town had a meltdown; a young single-mother and factory worker, Drew, who must fight to survive in this dystopian future, ruled by a sinister pharmaceutical company called DARCORP.
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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