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is a commercial entertainer  Review: Samar is a commercial
entertainer  January 15, 2013 10:19 IST  A scene from
SamarPavithra Srinivasan feels despite several plot-holes, Samar
works because of its entertaining plot.  The ancient, tried-and-
trusted commercial, formulaic entertainers are now receiving
newer, slicker coats of paint. It's not enough to just have a
hero randomly destroy baddies, win the girl of his choice and
walk away in a blaze of glory.  Director Thiru's Samar (Battle),
produced by Jaya Balaji Real Media Pvt Ltd manages to wring out
a tale that's entertaining and snappy, despite its flaws.  It
begins much the way masala films usually begin: in Ooty, a group
of rugged men enter a forest with saws to bring down trees, when
an almost superhuman force seems to bash them all to the ground,
in the form of Shakthi (Vishal), a forest ranger with muscles of
steel.  And then, fortun