![]() ![]() With that said, even just spending time in The Initiated’s gloomy city streets and grimy underbelly should be a joy for anyone who already enjoys hardboiled crime dramas. But by the end, the film’s noir elements seem to be mostly ornamental in nature, with the supposedly twisty narrative arriving at an overly tidy conclusion. These separate pieces are intriguing on their own, for sure: poisoned water supply, underground activists, the mayor potentially being involved in mysterious disappearances of bodies. It’s still enjoyable, for sure, but maybe more as a campy comedy than as a genuinely thrilling mystery.īased on four different books by Colombian author Mario Mendoza, The Initiated (or Los Iniciados) is perhaps too much of a good thing at times, as it struggles to have its many different pieces cohere into one thematic idea. It’s bogged down by unnecessary melodrama, flashbacks, and exposition, eventually falling off the rails of logic. But as a murder mystery, Neeyat is not as successful in weaving multiple mysteries and pulling off twists. ![]() Like Knives Out, it makes for a great ensemble movie. In fact, this is when the film shines the most, when it allows its talented cast to parade the silliness of their characters. Of course, Neeyat isn’t an exact replica it has its own inflections and charms, and figuring out how India’s ultra-rich live, specifically, is its own kind of fun. It’s a murder mystery that sides with the poor and satirizes the rich, and it mostly takes place in a grand manor that forces its colorful cast of characters to interact until, inevitably, their hidden motives surface. ![]() It seems unfair to call Neeyat India’s (and Amazon Prime’s) answer to the Knives Out series of films, but it often feels that way. ![]()
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