The soundtrack is a banger. Songs like "Vikram Vikram" and "Engeyo Paartha" are timeless. But the background score—especially the "Killer" theme—is pure adrenaline. It turns a spy thriller into a rock concert.

On the surface, Vikram follows a familiar skeleton. Kamal Haasan plays Vikram, a no-nonsense police officer. He is pitted against a formidable villain, Sekhar (Sathyaraj), a smuggler with a hair-trigger temper. The narrative involves missing gold, a missing police officer (played by the late, great Amjad Khan of Sholay fame), and a ticking clock.

When cinephiles argue that Vikram (1986) is the , they are usually pointing to three technical pillars: