Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- propulsive
- action movie night
- heist movie marathon
What critics said
The available audience rating suggests a moderately positive response to this energetic crime-comedy blend, though it is not broadly acclaimed.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Kannan leaves home hoping for a new life but is pulled into a shark circle and its dangerous heist.
The daring heist turns the characters' hopes into a curse, redirecting the story from aspiration toward survival.
Kannan must outsmart fate itself after the heist destabilizes his attempt to start over.
The film combines crime and comedy around Kannan, Arivu, Dharma, and the surrounding shark circle.
Films like Ace, and why
Soodhu Kavvum
shared crime-comedy tone, unconventional heist setup, and ensemble-driven criminal misadventure
Mankatha
shared tamil crime caper energy, dark humor, and shifting loyalties within an underworld scheme
The Italian Job
shared heist mechanics, action-comedy pacing, and protagonists improvising through escalating criminal complications
Movie Details
- Director
- P. Arumugakumar
- Release Date
- 2025-05-23
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (8)
Cast
- Vijay Sethupathi
- Rukmini Vasanth
- Yogi Babu
- B. S. Avinash
- Babloo Prithiveeraj
- Rajkumar
- Divya Pillai
- Denes Kumar
- Alvin Martin
- Jasper Supayah
Common questions
- What is Ace about?
- A hopeful migrant is pulled into a perilous heist and must outwit the criminal world that promises him a new beginning.
- What is Ace like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ace as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Ace violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ace as mild.
- What did critics think of Ace?
- The available audience rating suggests a moderately positive response to this energetic crime-comedy blend, though it is not broadly acclaimed.
- Which films are like Ace?
- Films with a similar feel include Soodhu Kavvum, Mankatha, and The Italian Job.
- How long is Ace?
- Ace runs 154 minutes.
