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Officer on Duty
2025
· Movie
· 134 min
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75/100
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During a quiet overnight shift, a seasoned police officer responds to a routine disturbance call at a remote corporate high-rise. The situation rapidly escalates into a violent hostage crisis, but he finds his communications to the outside world have been severed. Trapped inside with the assailants, he begins to suspect the event is a carefully orchestrated trap designed specifically for him. The film becomes a tense cat-and-mouse game where the officer must use his wits to survive and uncover the truth behind his isolation.
Details
- Director
- Jithu Ashraf
- Writer
- Shahi Kabir
- Released
- 20 February 2025
- Country
- India
- Language
- Malayalam
- Runtime
- 134 min
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