Starting with the entertaining Thalainagaram, every film with Sundar. C in the lead has turned out to be worse than the one before. So its comes as no surprise when his latest film Thee, where he plays a cop-turned-politician, follows the pattern and usurps the title of 'Worst Sundar. C film' from Perumal. While Sundar had a few hits as a director of mass-market, chaotic comedies, his last few films as director were not particularly good. But Thee is one more in his string of movies as hero, that has made us look upon quite fondly, those times when he stayed behind the camera.

Rajapandiyan(Shayaji Shinde) is an unscrupulous party leader with an eye on the Chief Minister's chair. With the backing of popular actress Ruchidevi(Namitha), he runs the party as per his wishes, creating quite a few enemies. Chief among them is JP, who is denied a seat in the upcoming elections. Saami(Sundar. C), who proves his loyalty to Rajapandiyan quite clearly, becomes his right-hand man and soon worms his way to JP's seat.

With its portrayal of politicians and potshots at all things political, the film tries to be a political satire. It certainly has no shortage of subjects as it touches upon the raw deal dealt to the people by politicians, the improper power exerted by politicians on the police, party politics, the politician-actress nexus, etc. But the characters are caricatures and their actions are so cartoonish that the proceedings are completely unrealistic. Reminding us of much better films like Amaidhi Padai in the way Sundar. C manipulates the system to get what he wants, the film is too over-the-top to shock or surprise us with its take on politics.

Sundar. C's flashback is a familiar affair made up of characters and events picked from several movies where the protagonist goes on a revenge spree. As an honest cop goes up against corrupt politicians, the proceedings are straight out of a Screenwriting 101 book and can be predicted with accuracy. So we see the cop helping the common man in a string of cliched situations, standing up to powerful men including his own superiors, spouting lengthy dialogs on everything from student power to communal politics and finally paying a heavy price for his honesty and fearlessness. But the familiar and over-the-top nature of the events ensure that none of this affects us even a wee bit.

While film has little respect for politics and politicians, it is definitely on the side of the police. Its sole bright spot comes in the form of a decision made by the policemen(led by Manoj. K. Jayan) late in the proceedings. It is a bold move that illustrates the importance of the police in no uncertain terms. Ofcourse, like in the case of the satirical look at politics earlier, the impact of this plot point is also diluted by the handling as the impact of the policemen's decision and their subsequent revoking of it are catalogued by a series of amateurish, loud incidents. But the whole sequence is noteworthy if only for the fact that it is the only shred of originality visible in the film.

Sundar. C seems to think that raising one eyebrow is all that is required for acting as a cop and keeps doing it throughout the film. Namitha gets an item number but that's it and she disappears once Sundar. C becomes a politician. Ragini doesn't make much of an impression as Sundar's wife in the flashback. Shayaji Shinde doesn't try too hard to differentiate his role from the countless other corrupt politicians we've seen in our movies while Manoj. K. Jayan has had enough experience playing the good cop to carry it off convincingly.