DC

Director Arun Matheswaran returns to familiar territory with DC — a world where ordinary people are crushed by a broken system, women carry the scars of male brutality, and revenge is the only language left for justice. Like Rocky and Saani Kaayidham before it, DC is steeped in blood, grief and moral ambiguity. This time, though, Arun wraps his recurring themes in a stylish revenge thriller with unexpected twists, pulsating action and enough emotional heft to justify the violence. Devadas (Lokesh Kanagaraj) is a gangster with no intention of leaving crime behind. He and his men are riding high after ambushing a police convoy and making off with a cache of discarded weapons. Around the same time, a grieving woman approaches Das, claiming policemen killed her husband and stole the money meant for her son’s education. Having carried the grief of losing his own mother for years, Das has a soft spot for women in distress, and decides to help her — killing the policeman responsible and forcing his own gang into hiding.