Based on the real life story of Paritaala Soori, a gangster in the Rayalaseema, this solid crime drama narrates the story of a youth by name Soori (Vijay) who initially takes on the gundas only to protect his sister. But fate draws him to rowdism and turns him into RX Soori, when he starts dominating the proceedings as a crime lord in the area. Meera (Akanksha) who relocates to Bengaluru with her widowed mother and younger brother resides in the neighbourhood. She is head over heels in love with Suri. He doesn’t return her affection, at least at first.
Despite Soori’s best efforts to the contrary, he is drawn into to world of crime. Soori soon realises that he become a pawn in an extremely dangerous game. Will he be able get out of it and lead a normal life? What happens to Meera? The climax leaves everybody thinking about the life of people who enter a dark world.
SriJai in his debut film as a director has taken on the responsibility of writing the story, screenplay too. Machetes and bloodshed scorch the screen space along with some rough characters like Rajeev, Prashanth Siddi, among few others.
RX Soori is a genre pleasing film with its fill of petty criminals and their dilemmas. The gritty film is shot in junk yards and unglamourous locales with a grungy atmosphere, well picturised by HC Venu with appropriate soundtrack and background music by Arjun Janya.
However somewhere, it loses the immediacy of the actual incident it is inspired by and does not come close to reality.
Vijay is spellbinding in a role that establishes his iconic status in cinema. Though Vijay had grown weary of endlessly repeating the gangster persona, which he established in Duniya, the role in RX Soori has resurrected his gangster image that brought him stardom.
This is Akanksha debut and she has a good screen presence. She has played her role to the best of her ability and has a long way to go.
Considering that the film is constructed around the life story of a gangster, Ravi Shankar as the antogonist has justified the character he has been given. Even though the film, is made for commercial purposes, Sadhu Kokila and Bullet Prakash's comedy scenes make no sense and are tasteless.
The film is brutally realistic in its street language and violence, so sensitive viewers should be warned but is a treat for Vijay’s fans.