Mickey Virus Review

Mickey Virus is a thriller film stuffed with hackers and some adult comedy. Mickey Virus is a short  film (about two and a quarter hours long) and belongs to neither the hackers category nor the thriller category: it has some exceptional comedy to cheer your mood but the base of the film itself is very shaky. To be honest, humor is not a hackers cup of tea. Hackers are not lazy: they are real programmers who can turn the whole world upside down with the help of a few clicks. If you have seen Hollywood hacking stories I am sorry to say this but you will be extremely disappointed with Mickey Virus.

Mickey Virus has not received much positive reviews. The reason is because to make a good hacker's film requires a good technical director who knows hacking inside-out and an audience which can understand at least the basics of hacking. To top it all the quality of the film is also negotiable and there is not much action on the screen which can give you thrills filled with adrenaline releases!

The plot of Mickey is not too difficult to judge. The thriller part of the film is connected with two murders (two Delhi hackers). The Delhi police is investigating the case and they stumble upon Mickey Virus. Elli Avram is Mickey's dream girl coming to life! Romance, technology, adult comedy and thriller make the film a full Khichadi. You do not understand what you are seeing as there are so many different things going on at the same time.

The songs have nothing to do with the film and are just stuffed in to fill in the blanks. You have no other option but to accept everything that comes up on the silver screen. Mickey virus starts slowly in the first half trying to build a base for the film. In the second half you will find Delhi police running all around the place.

But the most stupid part about the movie is the lazy hacker concept. He has to be quick on his toes to do all that is to be done and disconnect before someone tracks his location. This requires some great killer skills and throughout a hacking session a hacker is found standing on the tip of his toes absolutely alert so as to make sure that no-one gets to track his actions.

Mickey Virus is an Indian style hacking for fun film and lacks the mind-set and attitude of a real-life hacker. The director has screwed things up and the script of the film is also very poor. Manish Paul is good but not the best. The Indian audience expects something more from an Indian actor. And when the targeted audience is the techno-geeks you cannot compromise on the acting part. There is much Manish could have given to Mickey Virus. There is more that I expected from Mickey Virus but the movie is decent enough to keep you sitting for two and a half hours in the theater.