synopsis kathiravan a major in the indian army with anger management issues is compelled by circumstances to borrow a loan from a bank with false documents when the entire money in the account vanishes kathiravan tries to track down the scamsters and it leads him to white devil a master hacker and an agent of chaos upsidesgiven the recent controversial incidents involving facebookcambridge analytica the shutting down of ukrainian power stations by alleged russian hackers and even our very own aadhaar card the topicality of the films theme cyber crime instantly makes it compellingread alsoirumbu thirai five reasons to watch vishalsamanthas filmahead of the release we give you five reasons why you should watch irumbu thirai in theatresthe linking of a few important scenes to money a serial borrower dad a loan collection agent with zero empathy kathiravan who loathes borrowing being forced to take a loan are lovely touchesthe fatherson angle between kathiravan and his father delhi ganesh in yet another subtle performance is nicely brought out when kathiravan says ungala adichiduven nu bayama irukkappa you cant help but feel for both the charactersthe tense interval block peps up things and sets up what should be a thrilling catandmouse game between kathiravan and white devilthe antagonist isnt even shown until the intermission point we dont even see his face but we sense his presence in most of his scenes and that creates a sense of dreadthe parkourinfluenced stunt we get in the preinterval scene is impressive despite being a brief onedialogues on how banks are reluctant to lend loans to farmers how loan agents harass people who have borrowed small amounts but let big fish like vijay mallaya to slip away strike a chordgeorge williamss cinematography gives the film a sheen that makes it very slickdownsidesover 45 minutes is spent on character development which feels too long for a thriller like this one some economy in the storytelling could have propped up the films paceeven the whole anger management angle which recalls a similar setup in maayavan seems to be mainly to include the heroine character the film could have just given us kathiravan as a guy who goes after the mysterious criminal who has emptied his account and we would have still rooted for hima song on vishal seems to be there mainly for building up the hero but the other song which shows kathiravan learning to enjoy the small things in life feels fine yuvan shankar rajas background score is quite effectivewatch this space for full critic review of movie irumbuthirai watch irumbu thirai official trailer