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        Vijay, back after a hiatus, is out with a movie that is about a cop on a undercover job of nailing a dreaded don and his diehards. The story is as old as it can get and is filled with gore, violence and nauseating action sequences.

        Heroes these days have a passion for such kind of stories. In the guise of a mass masala entertainer, they utter punch dialogues, flex their muscles and go to any extreme to bump off their rivals. No different is Vijay. His role is an extension from his earlier movies, wherein he plays a brawny youngster, who cares a hoot for dangers.

        Wielding the megaphone, Prabhudeva has managed to leave his mark (in terms of some light-hearted sequences and perky dances) in the first half. But on the whole with excessive action episodes and stretched out screenplay, he gets lost.
 

        Thamizh (Vijay), a daredevil youth, works for an underworld gang operated by Ali Bhai (Prakashraj). Thamizh falls in love with an aerobic teacher Sruthi (Asin). But Sruthi finds it too hard to digest his 'rowdy ways'. Meanwhile, a police inspector harasses Sruthi, and Thamizh bails her out of trouble.

        A sequence of events reveals that Thamizh is not a rowdy but he is an undercover IPS officer. The rest is how the police officer eliminates the mafia from the city.

        Prabhudeva has tried to give the film a wholesome feel by incorporating all the 'items of entertainment'. However, a sense of 'having seen before' prevails as the sequences turn out to be very predictable. But Vijay has managed to leave his screen presence. He charms his way in dance sequences and the on-screen chemistry that he shares with Asin is worth a mention. His ebullience and enterprise, in a way, minimises the shortcomings in the script.

        But it is time the actor, who has a huge fan-following among the children and womenfolk, cuts down on the gory action sequences in his movies.

        Asin as usual plays a bubbly young girl. She runs behind Vijay and appears in a couple of foot-tapping numbers. Prakashraj is the underworld don and is in his elements. Vadivelu, as a kung-fu instructor, tries desperately to evoke laughter. The comedy track is cheap and is in no way of any use to the film.

        Nepolean and Vincent Asokan are also in the cast.

        Manisharma has come up with peppy tunes, quite typical to Vijay films while Nirav Shah's keen lens have captured the action sequences well.

        No doubt Pokkiri will go down well with Vijay's fans. But for the rest it is just another average (cliched) entertainer.