I personally felt that the final reveal that Parthi is Leo could have been a little less talk and more visual. Like all he had to do is roll the gun on his arm and a shock look on Harold's face would have been far better and effective than Parthi just blurting out that he is Leo.
Parthi successfuly convinced harold that he isn't leo but parthi . This was a plan by leo to not reveal himself . He only revealed it when harold was.going to die so imo it was brilliant scene with cool character transformation
Absolutely..This could have been a great ending..However, I liked everything about the movie except the weak back story..Still do not know if the story is true or fake..
To be honest im pretty happy with the reveal cause i feel like it was more from parthi than from leo, like I saw the tamil version and in the dialogues you can clearly feel his frustration of being constantly chased.
I guess parthi is always telling 'picture yourself' stories to his children with characters from his past. When asking his children to name hyena, they immediately say 'Ghost' (kamal) and 'Elisa' (Leo's Twin). This might be explored in later LCU instalments.
@@onkargodge9014 when watching that scene , the background of Leo wasn't established so we might have missed it on first watch of the movie or like you said that was just coincidence...
Parthi's daughter is a little girl - so she wants to give the disney princess Elsa name Parthi's son is a teenage boy - so he wants to give the Ghost name from Game of Thrones or Call of Duty Both names are influenced by the age of the children but Lokesh probably selected those names in particular to tease the LCU fans because Ghost = Adaikalam(in kaithi) and Vikram , Elsa = sounds similar to Leo's twin Elisa
The irony is, the movie name Leo, the BGM is Leo Leo, Everybody knows he is Leo, still the second half drags the thing and irritates the audience with the staple question "Confess you are Leo..."
@@TriedRefusedProductions Imagine that psycho character portrayed as a character like Joker from the Dark Knight and messing with the plans of both Parthi and Das by doing irrelevant intrusions to their jobs
Leo killed his identity and believes the guy leo is dead. He wants to be a reformed man now. He doesn’t want an iota of his past to taint his present peaceful life. That is the reason he doesn’t want to confess to the fact that he is leo. Why would it take a father so long to recognise his son?!?😅😅😅 he just wants him to admit that he’s the bad guy he was once before. Not that he doesn’t know if it is his son or not 🙉
@@nagendraprasadr9278 as well on the other side, Hindi speaking media are spreading the negative criticisms about the film ... politically something is fishy toward Vijay and this film ... let's see
@@nagendraprasadr9278Like Vijay fans spreads negativity when every ajith & rajini movie releases..boths sides do these things Don't act victim.Such a cowardly act...see every RUclips channels in Tamil, everyone have mixed & negatives reviews..
Who is playing victim? I have already said this whole thing is sick... I'm a common man, the negative vibes that is being spread is very noticeable. It is bad whose ever film it is. I have watched the movie...The 1st half is brilliant and the 2nd half meanders away... but there is a set of people calling it crap, ICU and even comparing it with Sura. Seriously?? No other director could have made even this quality of a movie, in the current crop... thats the standard to be frank.@@Lalosalamanca1122
For me Leo was a story about a man growing up in an abusive family/pack and adapting violence as a lifestyle to survive. Like the hyena, which bites and attacks first because that is the pack and environment it grew up in. They, man and animal, are both seeking safety and calm. If taken away from the environment, he and the hyena becomes a family man/pet. When threatened, the old violent survival methods come back.
During the climax, when Leo gives the conclusion about himself , both Mansoor and the other guy whom Trisha visits are shown, this means both of them know the actual truth about Parthiban's identity. Leo makes Mansoor lie to GVM about the picture because he doesn't want Joshiy to know and eventually die, same with Trisha. "The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World He didn't Exist".
@@pulpreality2083 Even 1% also Leo didn't died. Because when parthi kills Arjun Sarja he makes him realise that he is Leo by styling gun shots. The only thing is Leo might have a different back story which might be shown in future LCU movies.
@@TriedRefusedProductionsnope,they dont wanted to show them as dangerous or menacing bcz they r not. Its Leo who is menacing. Anthony was not trying to kill him but only to get him back. The flashback is not fully fake but after death of his sister. Das story is another film nd Rolex could be Harolds son. Did you notice one of the kids name hayena,Ghost(Vikrams name), then at the end Vikram asks do you recognise me? How on earth he asks if hes calling or talking first time.
Leo is not a story on a hero vs villains, like Vikram and Kaithi. It's a story on a few smaller villains trying to prey on a bigger monster. We can't call Parthi a hero just because he is living undercover and fights off some other villain gang. He was a drug lord, he was and still is a mass murderer who kills for self interest. So the main villain in the movie is Parthiban/Leo himself. Anbu needed to take drugs before killing even one or two people. Sandhanam needed drug to kill people. Even Rolex needed drug to kill people. But Leo is himself a monster and he doesn't need any drug to casually massacre people without guilt...he is a very dangerous character in LCU. Because he himself says in the climax that he will do whatever he can to suppress his identity. Now Vikram knows his identity. So he should deal with Parthiban the right way, or else Parthiban will have no remorse in going against Vikram. Because Parthi is not fighting for a higher cause or drug free society, he is fighting for his own reasons...
Maybe Leo is like that psycho killer past who wants to conceal his identity in every way possible to prevent his family from getting disrupted. And Leo is a superhuman who can kill everyone. Maccha Lokesh is creating Thamil super human verse.
I think Loki wanted this movie to show the lengths a deadliest villain will go to protect his family from breaking down due to his past which he has safeguarded for 20 years. Maybe this repressed rage is the reason why the present fight scenes were more Gory than the flashback one. Who is a bigger villain , A guy who does bad things because of superstition or A guy who does bad things because he can. Antony Das thought about making a deal with the police for Seized Datura but Leo just went in killed him and got the drugs back. So Leo was always the most dangerous of them all.
what intrigued me was Lokesh's attention to detail . Parthiban removed his shirt in 3 different sequences throughout the film . In vikram , when Das went to meet Rolex he had stitches in his neck which was due to the incident in kaithi . Even when Parthi faked the scratch in his back to get protection from the court , the marks from the incident with the hyena were there , but despite all this there were no bullet marks on parthi's body . The flashback maybe wasnt entirely true . Another instance is Lokesh's symbolization where Parthi had Devil crown beside him and Antony had angel wings , i dont think these were coincidences , i think a sequel with leo's past is definetely on the cards
Another detail here is during flashback we can see a star shape in sanjay dutt's room depicting his rituals. But in climax when leo's son is held hostage in that same room there was only a table meaning the whole ritual angle could be made up and his sister's death is due to something else.
SPOILERS : Main issue for me is the how the characters of Antony / Harold were written. The whole second half they keep running behind Parthi asking him to accept if he is leo (while they almost know for sure its leo). Antony himself says something like "If he is parthi only 4 ppl is enough to kill him.... if its leo even the entire town cannot defeat him"...... When Antony / Harold clearly know its leo what are they trying to achieve by making him admit the whole time ? Knowing Harold killed leo's sister and leo may always look for revenge, wouldnt they jus kill him at the first sight instead of taking a chance with him ? Didnt make sense whatsoever..... Another prblm is when Elsa dies in front of Leo, you could see the revenge in his eyes and boiling in anger.... yet he settled down in kashmir peacefully with his family knowing his sister's killers are still out there. The writers didnt make it clear what was the reason leo didnt go for revenge soon after. The connection between him & his twin sister were not properly fleshed out in the flashback..... hence the transition from leo to parthi was not properly justified !! Having said all that, i didnt feel movie required this much trolling / negative feedback. Its just that Loki set a very high standard for himself..... i thoroughly enjoyed overall inspite of the negatives in second half. Vijay's best performance in recent years.... As you pointed out the doppleganger theory didnt make any sense at all..... do watch Mr'Sudhir Srinivasan's take on how parthi deepdown hates his alter ego leo. Think thats what Loki might have gone for. Even one of initial naa ready poster they clearly mentioned "Alter Ego".... so dont know why so much speculations !!
Because they want him alive and admit to their "big boss" that Leo is the one who destroyed the drugs and caused their "business" to incur severe losses.
Absolutely accept your opinion.... As I also felt the same, apart from weak characterisation of leo & das co in past , movie is so enjoyable and theatrical experience is just woooow !!!!!
(My Opinion of Car chase scene) The narrative of that scene involved Vijay (Parthi) destroying a hundred cars, so shooting it practically wouldn't be feasible. Editing it like a game sequance made the scene fun and enjoyable (along with the bgm).
I don't know why so much negativity is being spread around the film.. People who have seen the film are liking it.. People are enjoying... That's what matter's Leo is far better than recent blockbuster films
Upon 2nd viewing there were many questions which were raised in my head 1. Why don't Parthiban have bullet marks on his body but we saw Anthony shooting leo 2. Why dsouza is in jail and why is he sentenced to death 3. If you carefully listen Kamal Hassan said I hope you remember me to leo, why does he say that !!!! 4. And this might be wild but guess but if you remember Rolex intro scene from Vikram there were 3 drug raids discussed 1 which was with Dilli 2 was with Vikram and 3 was with Amar but we weren't shown Amar's drug raid, this might be a possibility that Amar and leo are related with the orphanage and both are shown orphans. 😂😂 Too many outcomes if we go on discussing 😂😂
1. got the same doubt but maybe plastic surgery was performed to hide the bullet wounds. Leo was able to setup so many fake records then this also is possible for him to do
When parthi's family was asked to name the hyena, the names suggested by the son was GHOST (As in vikram) and daughter recommended ELISA (Leo's sister's name). Which might be because parthi tells them story about these characters but in disguise as fairy tales. So this tells us that the Sister is real and Leo has previous connection with Vikram.
I really don't understand the people who say the car chase scene has bad CGI. The purpose of that scene is to be stylistic (and not realistic) and remain a single shot the entire sequence like the one in Extraction. Doing that in practical effects would have cost a lot and they made whatever they aimed pretty well. The movie has so many flaws and yet when the criticisms come in, it is for the one sequence which deserves some credit; that kinda bugs me. I mean you wouldn't sit inside a theatre to watch Matrix and say that it is not realistic. 😅
@@SwaroopTripathy exactly my point... you watched too many movies which does the same shit that your brain numbed into thinking this was bad work. If you look at it closely though they have actually put some elbow grease in making that scene. It was also meant to be entertaining like the Matrix climax. Of course Matrix's climax wasn't realistic and was anime styled but it was still respected for what it was.
I want to see how Vikram will convince Parthi to join hands, because Vikram is on a mission for a drug-free society, while Parthi is just trying to save his family by staying low and not revealing his past, killing anyone who tries to do the same. And Parthi has no intention of following Vikram's footsteps, as it'd cause harm to his family, which he doesn't like at all....
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Good throwback to Kaithi n Vikram via Napoleon & the girl. The Lokiverse bgm at the end with all characters Leo, Vikram, Dilli n Rolex reminders was awesome. Anirudh rocking 2023. Yes, could have been more brilliant but a great watch
The main problem I felt was the backstory that Lokesh presented, wn we see his previous movies Lokesh is brilliant at keeping the protagonist's past a mystery and easily handling out the present by maintaining the suspense and continuing the story. Only if the backstory wasn't shown on screen as all Lokesh movies I guess then we could hav had a greater impact on Das family.
Actually Anthony and harold not the villains. They didn't want to hurt or kill Parthi. They want Parthi to accept that he is "Leo" and they want Leo in their side to rebuild the Empire that Leo destoryed. In the movie Everywhere Anthony have feelings for his Son. But Leo is exact opposite. He will Kill anyone to hold his life that he created .In the coffee shop when Anthony first saw Parthi there is a Angel wing in Anthony's background. maybe that is a Symbolic representation that Anthony is not the Bad man. But Parthi don't like anyone remembering his past life.He is scaring that he will loose his present life. So he is killing everyone that digging his past. After the climax fight scene Leo is saying that " If anyone Coming and claiming that I"m Leo i will try to convince that i"m not, But then also they continue the digging They will die or they already dead. So he ruthlessly Killing every person who is claiming parthi is Leo. There is a person who is Claiming to parthipan that you are my friend. That character also died. In movie scene it showing like Anthony Killed him. But maybe parthi only Killed him. because he don't want to intercept anyone in his present life. he got scared that Someone will notice the person ask him about his past. So maybe Parthi only killed him. So in the film whoever claiming that parthipan is Leo they all dead. At last Vikram calling him and Calling him Leo and he didn't liked that. Maybe that is a Start of Leo vs Vikram war. Because Parthipan don't want anyone to dig his past and he hate he Name "Leo". So i think there will be clash between Vikram and Leo. And whoever telling the Villains are not powerful. In this story Leo is the Villain. The most powerful one. Anthony only telling that he so brutal and the most powerful. So there is No stronger villain than Leo here.
Because only masala movies like rrr, pushpa run big in the north, since Tamil cinema is routing more towards genre specific movies it has to only rely on Tamil nadu and Kerala where there are audience for genre specific movies, though Leo does showcase some amount of hero worship and crazy fight scenes and songs, it doesn't come close to the masala elements produced by Telugu cinema, that's where Telugu cinema outperformed Tamil cinema in recent times and captured the north
They just dont care. Leo will definitely make around 700 -800 crore. As the ott release window is 4 weeks, they'll get huge profits from non theatrical revenue. Multiplexes demand 8 week window for hindi /hindi dubbed films to be shown in multiplexes. Compared to the revenue from hindi version with 8 week gap will be less than ott revenue with 4 week window. So they go for south indian release
@@sureshraghul2715yeah pushpa was a regular masala movie but I don't think you can compare rrr with masala movies it was well directed movie with good performances,music and cinematography even though it had some over the top action sequences.
@@nirmalam635 yes I was just comparing the genres and it's associated audience in north and south, what made rrr a big hit is the ram concept presented in a big budget glamorous large scale vfx which sit well the northern sentiments, SSR caught the right threads, pinned them in all perfectly into the masala format the audiences expect
I guess Leo got his identity of parthiban from Vikram. But i don't think the story was fake if it was fake Harold das would've never asked Leo "do you remember this weapon?"
@TriedRefusedProductions that doesn't prove anything. The eagle is a pet, and the weapon could've killed Elisa. But the reasons and circumstances surrounding Leo burning down the tobacco factory can be retconned, considering that was the biggest negative of the film.
I like this review, it's more nuanced and yes the 2nd half we all have to admit was weaker compared to the first BUT it doesn't change the fact that this was a highly enjoyable film, Vijay's performance was absolutely amazing (and we can only hope that other directors will learn from this and use him like this and not just as an action star), and this movie only heightened our thrill and anticipation for the next installment in the LCU.
I think that LEO knows Rolex , and he was the man who helped Vikram to reach Rolex. Don't forget leo kills a policeman who was doing his duties, Leo is actually a baddy in this universe.
I wish Parthi and Leo were different people . Leo’s back story wasnt needed . It should have been a mystery. A call from Leo at the end to hunt down Parthi would have been 🔥 . Rolex needs Leo . We got enough people on the other side 😁
If you see lokesh previous film you know he avoid the flashback seen...But here he didn't i think there is some reason that it has to be told which will impact in future LCU films(also there is theory that that is fake) So wait for future LCU films
Agree with you Dheeraj, I have same theory please read and say what you think. I have the best theory. What if Parthiban is Parthiban, he did told he is Leo of frustration to das brothers because they were not understanding him as Parthiban. Even if you look at the last shot where Vikram called him Leo and his closed eyes as " 0h not again". Now what if Lokesh is playing with the audience and the real comeback will be in Vikram 2. Where Parthiban is on Vikram side and Vikram says he has to face his real demon....and boom Leo comes with Rolex. Parthiban vs Leo, theatres will be blown away by this single twist. (For people thinking if Leo is alive why didn't he avenge his sister, maybe something happened in the factory where he lost his memory or in coma, the guy in the jail didn't tell reality and hiding him to save him..who knows it can be)
Did anyone else notice some parallels being brought between Siddu and sandy master? There were a few scenes when Parthi is narrating the story to kids and Siddu’s face immediately cuts to the horrific psycho murderer. I feel like that is an open end too, which might potentially be explored in the future.
i had honestly thought that the psycho killer and siddu were somehow connected as they both looked the same ... I had thought the second half was gonna explore it and also had thought that the psycho killer and siddu were played by same person
I think Loki should had made Leo 2 explaining the details of the flashback, or he should described the flashback like the way Amar described Vikram's flashback. Only thing I understood from the flashback that Leo felt like that he had no relationship with the Das family once his soul twin sister Elsa (played by Madonna Sebastian) was stabbed to death by his uncle and his father was in favor of that. So he started believing himself that he wasn't Leo Das anymore and Leo Das was dead, and he reveals it out that he did many wrongs when he was Leo and the only way he could undo by doing good deeds like taking care of the family etc. Had the director atleast showed the chemistry between Leo and his sister, then the flashback story should had been even more impacting. Also I felt like Lokesh had hurried in the 2nd half due to lack of time, he should had atleast delayed the release even further , edited or re-took some scenes in the 2nd half. One mistake we did as an audience and/or the fans of Lokesh Kanagaraj is that we had way too many expectations on him after watching Vikram. We should had slightly barred down our expectations. Before going to the theater, I saw your review on the movie then barred down my expectations and saw the movie. I felt like the movie was good but not as impacting as Vikram. Lesson learnt: every new movie needs to be watched with zero expectations, no matter who the director and the casting crew are....🙏🙏🙏
just like leo made it out of the factory there is a posibility that elisa couldve been saved too and he is actually just trying to protect her along with his family. overall i think Elisa could be alive.
The climax fight we saw there is no bullet marks.. In one frame antony is show as good man and parthi/leo as evil.. And also in climax fight the bgm was"WHO IS VILLAIN" I think lokesh is giving us hint that something is wrong in leo character
Perhaps a slightly longer runtime would have greatly benifitted the film. The villans just needed a better build up and some scenes to show their terrifying nature. Maybe Lokesh could have included some scenes of the human sacrifices done by Antony. Perhaps he could have given some ulterior motive to Harold that links him to the greater narrative of the LCU. Just 10-15 more minutes of focus on the Das brothers would have made their characters better.
7:00 my theory : Leo fighting the police looked very goofy in comparison to the other fights, because it was intentionally shot like that to convey us that Dsouza's flashback is fake
A few things that I would like to note here: I watched it a second time with a friend who had not seen it. - The first half was truly brilliant in terms of direction and the way Vijay portrayed the character as well as the realism in the action sequences. - The second half was def lacking in terms of character development for Antony and Harold and as a viewer I was very emotionally detached vs the character development given to Sandy’s character. But that said Jawan was just as bad in terms of having a compelling narrative. It was multiple Tamil movies with mass messages put together at best. The action sequences were the only thing about Jawan that was worth watching in the theater embellished by Anirudh’s score. Even Jawan had extremely bad cuts for Zinda Banda. - I first watched the version where Leo is revealed only after picking up the gun against Harold at the end, the entire BGM after the back story did not have the “Leo is a Badass” lyric to not give away that he’s Leo but considering that they used the same track meant he was going to be revealed as Leo. Until the end I thought it was very unlikely that he was pretending, the only two possibilities in my head were memory loss or double acting. It never occurred to me that he could be acting, especially after they added doubt with D’Souza saying he’s not Leo similar to how Antony claimed he was lfeom his eyes. - The attitude with which Vijay sits on the “throne“ in the end explaining that he had to believe that Leo was dead was so magical to watch, the ease with which he pulled off that dichotomy, and the way the words are stylized in his Tamil when he is behaving as Leo is pure masss. - Napoleon’s introduction was truly the most mass scene in this movie and it was a very unforced link to LCU. The girl from Vikram is also present in the end with Vikram in the second version that I watched.
I think Leo is the villain, i don’t know how many notice this when Antony Das meets Vijay at coffee shop you can see the painting of an angle wings behind Antony and a devil ring for Leo
Honestly, leo is a good movie, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I dont understand why there are many mixed reviews about it. It's a great movie when you look at it as a standalone film. What makes this movie look bad is its connection to the LCU. I think it was overhyped by the fans and were disappointed when fanmade theories were not true.
The Single take shot of Parthi entering his cafe after the Thalapathy Title card is a homage to Scorcese's Single take shot in 'Goodfellas'. It was very obvious as Loki has been vocal about his love with Goodfellas movie... i donno why people don't talk about it.
watched leo with an open mind, and really felt watching an unique movie much different than other so called mass movies.. the movie explores the theme of inner struggle with past self.. the movie was never about leo vs villains, its about leo vs parthivan all way.. the main motivation of leo was to erase his past self which eventually overpowers parthivan during the climax.. he becomes successful in erasing the proofs of him being leo, but actually becomes leo from parthiban..
I believe this would have easily worked out with having 2 parts, The first part could have just ended with killing Anthony Das and the monologue that he gave in the end could have been a speech given after revealing that he is Leo to Anthony and then killing him. And they could have explored Harold in the second part cause I feel like they wasted Arjun sir's character. And by doing this they could have put more effort into the flashback sequence.
I felt the same. Anthony Das atleast gets 1 mass moment. Harold except for the entry is not explored. Even more so when you compare the amount of time given in Vikram to Sandhanam's characterization.
@@_.Ash.._ hmm that sounds nice and maybe a far fetched theory but It wld be nice if they connect Rolex to be Harold's Son....in some frames they do share few similarities
Nice Idea... What about the call sheet of Vijay?? Lokesh has a big line up already set... So they did what could do with that limitations... having said that, the writing could have been better in the 2nd half.
Though I agree that the film has many flaws, in fact it is probably the most flawed LCU film, for this one i'm okay with looking over those flaws, because quite honestly I had a blast with Leo. I totally agree that a song that has become my favourite of the film is Ordinary Person and the insane long take that it is accompanied with ,through the cafe shop, Parthi going from the one who stopped the hyena to an ordinary cafe owner. The fight scenes are all fantastically captured and Lokesh's style is displayed in every frame and every camera angle choice. I totally agree that the 2nd half is nowhere near as good as the first half, especially with that fantastic interval scene, and that the Das Duo of villains just were not intimidating to me and their plan was not well written. Vijay's acting is fantastic as everyone is saying and I liked the hyena portions of the film though the CGI was noticeable.
Antony does not seem to want to kill Leo and I think he wants Leo to go back to him so that he can get back to top in his business. This is why he doesn't hurt Trisha or Chintu. If Leo loses his family he only has Antony to fall back on. Harold in the climax wants Leo to feel the loss that he felt with his brother before killing him, ie why he asks him to admit he is Leo to his family. But flashback didn't need to be shown if Manzoor was an unreliable narrator. Sanjay and Arjun chopping off some hands and heads would have made them more fearsome. But I suspect it was censored. I want to see much more of the actor Vijay. I saw the movie twice and both times he got me teary eyed with the scene with Trisha.
Even though the screenplay Faltered in second half and we have to witness literally the most stupid flashback sequence in past few years. The moment I heard the voice of kamal sir in the end I don't know why I felt so pumped up for what's coming next. The possibility and the range this universe will reach in future. Vijay, kamal, karthi, Fahad and Surya all in one frame,,,,, My god it's just beyond our imagination.
I think partiban is the bruce banner of this universe, he really doesnt want his past and leo to come out at any situtations, my favourite portion of the movie is when parthi loses his cool and chokes the police.officer. his intensity anger and the menace he is, is perfectly shown in that scene. And also i think dilli and leo have a past.
Tbh, i like the car chase scene very much. LEO has some one of a kind action and camera shots that i haven't seen earlier in any indian action film. The car chase sequence looked so cool to me may be because i was fully into the flow of the film that's why. Vijay just surpassed my expectations. Man what a performance!!! Lokesh keeps saying "I can't direct a love story" but bro just gave us a matured love story in an action film itself. 🫡
Even master was similar upon first viewing we felt its a average affair but on repeat watching. We can easily say its one of the best mass masala hero film of this decade. Sad that we failed to celebrate master.
Parthi is suffering from PTSD for his past actions as Leo. He hates being Leo, a situation he was born into. Post the factory fire, he wanted to escape from his current reality. Parthi is the world that he has built for himself, and he wants to hold onto it dearly. He is madly in love with Satya, and wants to parent his kids Madi and Siddu. This is world he has created and he believes this is his reality. He will protect this reality at any cost. Loki s reference for Villain Yaruda, Nanban Yaruda shows the conflict is internal. This movie is all about Parthi vs Leo, he certainly makes us believe that Parthi is the real villain here. The back story is intentionally poor, to establish that Antony and Harold are dumb gangsters and not that evil that we expected them to be. Infact when Antony and Harold get to know that Leo is alive, their first reaction is to get Leo back into their fold and resurrect their failing drug empire. This movie is all about Leo/Parthi' s world and the song Naan Ready captures it is as an Alter Ego.
There were no villains. Das brothers never wanted to kill leo. They just want him to accept he is leo till the last moment, nothing else. They need him back to flourish their business. What i thought could be better is that a more brutal sacrifce sequence of sister and leo never confessing from his own mouth, it would still be understandable and would satisfy audience for them to understand themselves
I would suggest u to make videos on serials and movies who gives us unrealistic love expectations...and those also who justified toxic love and other problematic scenarios..
I don't think Das duo was supposed to be scary villains. For me, the only hero and villain in the story was Vijay's character himself, Parthiban and Leo respectively. The song 'villain yaaru' and its placement in the movie was kind of depicting that. His care for the family, asking the son to get back home and when he refuses tries to slap him and instead showing his anger on the two random guys and that scary look he gives to his son and the lyrics of the song asking 'Only one question, who is the villain? who is the friend?' kind of shows that. The fact that Antony Das never wanted to kill Leo was clearly evident in the film. During the scene where Leo's friend was hanged in front of his cafe, they showed a small clip that Antony did that, that might be a misdirection. I think it was done by Parthiban/Leo himself cause somewhere in the movie he says that he will eliminate anyone who comes in search for Leo even if its his friend. But still I am really frustrated about the second half of the movie just because it had so much more potential. The flashback scene was not so effective. Leo Das was supposed to be 'badass'. But I never felt so. The first fight of Leo with the police officers was not strong enough to establish the badass character. The relation between Leo and his sister, her death were not emotionally connected to me. And the car chase. Although I appreciate Loki for trying such a grand scene, something we mostly see in Hollywood films, I hoped that he would have mixed that scene with some practical effects. I also hope that there will be an alternate flashback. I don't think that the entire flashback scene was a scam. Maybe a 10% of it was not true, maybe the sister was killed because of Leo's actions itself which might have caused a mental breakdown for his character which forced him to change from Leo to Parthiban. And these are all just speculations. But overall I really enjoyed movie as a whole but frustrated for the second half because it had so much potential.
Absolutely resonate with your statement that Sandy master character was far more menacing - on a whole loved the movie (probably because I was prepped with the initial reviews and analysis); I felt Vijay and Madonna were probably against the drug business. I hope to see more of that part and the Das brothers duo in future. Also, I did not feel the call from Vikram is forced fit - we need to wait and see how Lokesh would take it forward.
I do believe that Leo and Vikram has a past, because Leo was just a criminal and reinventing himself as Parthi would take expertise (Like how Vikram became Karnan). Also when Vikram called Leo, he wasn't surprised, so I guess though Das Orgin story was a sucker, there's more to that orgin story post the factory fire
I don’t know ..not really a fan of Vijay and went in watching this movie thinking it would be mediocre based on the mixed reviews but Leo was actually really good!
What if instead of doing Kamal Haasan Cameo like Nick fury they could have integrated Rolex into the story as The person who had invested in the das family business and das were searching for Leo only to prove to the Rolex that 20 years ago Leo was the person who had burnt the factory which have dented das family reputation in the eyes of Rolex.This would have also solved the major problem about they that why need Leo not for sacrifice but present him infront of Rolex and to get their reputation back. Comment ur thoughts
I think in the second half leo das introduction fight sets on forest there is double role. I noticed on my 2nd watch of the film. There is moment where vijay looking for the lorry and immediately the lorry starts driven by vijay in the particular scene. And there is no bullet marks for vijay in the whole film, if leo and parthi were same. And i truely beleive that lokesh will give depth of theses das brothers in upcoming movies. Its just an intrioduction of leo in lokesh universe. The das brothers will more in rolex stand alone movie .
I enjoyed the movie throughout. Beginning to the end. I'm not much of a vijay fan but i need to say that this movie probably was his THE BEST performance in his entire career. Man has really put in some reaal hard work and IT SHOWS. This is the best example for people to realize how movies or actors can become if it is the Director's movie and not the actor's movie. And regarding the death of the das brothers and anurag's character and even Elisa, I feel like this movie is just an introduction to those characters and maybe there might be some kind of a prequel to this in Lokesh's future movies...MAYBE. Just like Kaithi.
True. Vijay actually does good when he tries. Like he was good in Thupakki, Kaththi, and his old movies. It’s just that he doesn’t try sometimes like in Bigil
May be, Parthi didn't want to be Leo and has convinced himself that Leo is dead. And he's in anguish when he fears that he'll not be able to convince Satya that he's Parthi and not Leo (anymore).
My opinion, 1. Half should be made into one film * Serial killer part, Hyena, more character establishment needed for Leo, more scenario and those scenarios should be made into visuals,He is preparing his son how to be prepared for unforeseen events in life and how to find the imminent solutions, Sanjay Dutt’s introduction, and vehicle showdown should be the climax. And the movie should be made with the same budget allocated, one or two VFX flaws were there, ( eg: the killing of doctor, final vehicle showdown, the pet eagle head movement, and the tail end should be G V M meeting the his exgang member ( Mansoor Ali Khan ) at jail. Where he narrates the introduction of LEO. That’s it. Just the look of Madonna and Vijay was enough. That will be the highest note. Second part movie should give more time to give character establishment of Das brothers, how their cartel operates, who was the former aides and they can connect LCU there. Not in the first part. Then this movie would have worked wonder. This is my idea about this movie. The movie was too much packed for such a short time. Too many characters went under cooked and they had only 1 year time to produce a movie. All this came because of he committed 4 LCU movies may be. Yet those action choreography was the best. I have seen many people saying second half is the best. There are much mass masala movie lovers who prefer over the top action sequences. some time we have to compromise to please all parts of demographics due to pressure from producers.
The movie was one of the most intelligent movies made by Lokesh. There are so many hidden details and Leo is more like a charactery study which has many unanswered questions like how Fahadh & Vijay are related, is Rolex son of Harold, what is the flashback of Leo etc. This movie was more like a base set for Vijay's character in LCU. I would give this to Lokesh and not criticize the movie as we need to understand his vision and how he will collate all of this in his universe. The Orphanage link would be definitely a key link to establish links between Trisha, Fahadh, Vijay & Karthi.
Great video - couple of thoughts: 1. The backstory cannot be a hoax - there are too many people who corroborate it at multiple points, none of whom need to. 2. I think Vikram may have saved Leo and help establish his fake history as Parthi. Vikram was a spy, so definitely something he would be able to. The why may come later. Pretty sure Leo knows Vikram because there is a line something like “You know whose voice this is” during the call. 3. I think Parthi doesn’t mean to “gaslight” Sathya (though he really does). In the end, Leo says something to the effect of “I want to believe that person is dead” - so for Parthi, he has already ‘killed’ his alter ego and has nothing to do with Leo. 4. The second half had serious pacing and editing choice issues. Agree the back story should’ve got more time to breathe. 5. And to be honest, the whole occult stuff was a bit ridiculous, and the only way to make it believable was to spend more time on it. Would’ve been better if the plot was something like Leo was not a son and was just devoted to the Dad brothers, but becomes too powerful that they decide to kill him. The pack abandoning ideology would’ve panned out. 6. Was so fun to hear the moaning bgm from Vikram when the escort is at the cafe. Got a hoot outta me. 5. The friend’s death outside the cafe was pointless, because there was no time given to that character. Agree on everything else, but still a good watch for me.
@@connorcoco2152you can’t make your enemies play along with your story though. Outside of his “death”, the other stuff had to be true because the villains also reference them multiple times.
The newspaper article of Parthi leaving the court is seen by 3 ppl in different states, and only in my rewatch I realised two of them were Dinesh Master (Parthi’s friend who Trisha visits) and Mansoor (Desouza). Probably alerted them that Leo’s identity maybe compromised and ppl are gonna come look for him. The flashback may not entirely be a hoax but definitely fabricated.
Just watched this in theatre and was one of my best theatre going experience. I was in awe of all the action set pieces, and contrary to everyone i loveeeeddd the car chase. I love how it is cut like a video game cutscene fight where you press the buttons to push the action, it literally gave me goosebumps. I think it is clear that Loki just want to direct a full-blown, no nonsense, high octane action movie. Like most great action films (Raid 1, John wick, Rumble in the bronx, Armour of God) this movie had a wafer thin plot, yet was filled with nuances. Parthi's inner turmoil is caught great by vijay. But what I wanted to notice was the shift between Parthi and Leo during violence. In HOV, Viggo portrayed this with gloriously subtlety, shifting between two characters on a whim-- cold blooded killer who loves killing and a "peace loving soul" protecting his family. When Parthiban accepts with all his glory that he is indeed Leo the illusion breaks for me. Even the half-baked backstory didn't bother me, because this is about a man running away from his past. I never felt the fear of approaching mobsters in HOV... It is all about Tom stall, it is about his conflict with the inner Joey. Want to watch leo one more time to observe this split-personality like shift in parthiban. However I thoroughly enjoyed it and so glad that a "Vijay" movie could entise such vast theories about acting and inner turmoil.
Leo is a good character study.. Parthiban has moved on from his past and living peacefully but he knows that his ability to be violent is still in him.. he satisfies that urge through small time animal rescue .. but in the coffee shop scene his violent side gets revealed.. it's a mass movie moment but it's treated in a different way.. from that moment on he is scared.. not because he is being hunted or his family could be in danger.. because Leo that he buried in himself could come out.. all he has achieved in that last 20 years will be lost. Every villain characters are just triggers.. they are just triggers to push Parthiban to reveal himself as leo
i watched the cut where he reveals to antony right after the fight and then rereveals it at the end to harold... i think this cut SUCKS i think the cut where they show he said it to antony at the very end AFTER the reveal to harold is MUCH better but still doesn't save this film
My Theory - Just like in Vikram, he leaves clues behind so that someone will come after him ( Agent Amar / Fahadh Faasil ) He is given false flashbacks to make them believe Vikram is an alcoholic person. Later we realised it was a fake. Same in Leo, ( Irudhayaraj D'souza / Mansoor Ali Khan ) tells the flashback to ( Joshy Andrews / Gautham Vasudev Menon ) This scene is right after Leo sees that girl Escort from Vikram. He must have suspected that Vikram was after him. So he leaves a fake flashback through Irudhayaraj D'souza. Joshy Andrews believes he is Parthiban whereas Vikram believes he is Leo. Or he made up the flashback to get closer to Vikram (since his character has 2 faces) working with Rolex on the other hand. Who knows there might be another reason why the tobacco factory was closed. Because it does sound weird to hear that Leo who smuggled did the dirty work for them to run the business smoothly and suddenly turned against them for revenge. Maybe we might get a clear picture in Lokesh's next LCU movie - Rolex Point Agreed. 1. Missed opportunities to score in the flashback 2. The Na Ready song should have gone uninterrupted. 3. The cult practices did not work for the movie. It should have been better. 4. Elisa should have had more screen time to connect emotionally with her. 5. One vs All looks more unrealistic after what we witnessed in the first half. Should have handled it in a Lokesh way Vikram ( Using Warmachine and Cannon to fight all ) or like Kaithi ( Using Minigun to fight ) All the negatives came from the second half. My only five negatives.
@@pranav8681 I'm just sharing my thoughts and theories that came to me after watching this Video. If you hate people coming up with theories, that's your problem.
The worst part was the Occult angle - not the idea as such ,but the execution. The Villains’s lair with the dim lighting.. the huge ass Eagle statue..I mean come on, an Eagle.. dude could have at-least used a Vulture or a Raven would have atleast made sense with the bonkers occult theme, oh yeah not to mention the Red light up and the Indiana jonesque fire torches .. the priest with the French beard who suggests the Kid sacrifice. The whole second half seemed like something out of an Uwe Boll movie.. albeit the cool song ..(the audio version not the Super informative cut scene song visual)
The spree killers mysskin and sandy were scarier than the main villains. A lost opportunity to use Arjun as a more dangerous villain still remains. Sanjay Dutt was never menacing, but just looked tired. In hindsight I felt Arjun would have been a menacing Anthony Das. That said, I echo with you Jammy, the second half let down the excitement that was set by the first half
Anthony das is suffering huge loss and his drug mafia has gone nuts since leo left him.. and he has become older.. only intention he has is leo to come back.. Harold on the other hand had only one encounter with parthi and he is sending his army of 150 odd ppl to kill him.. gangsters usually don't fight In the flashback, dsouza is telling the story so he is definitely projecting leo bigger than anthony and Harold so logically they can't be powerful than him... And the movie is all about internal conflict of parthi not letting leo to take over and not let ppl know that he is Leo.. so the importance is given to lead character.. rest all the characters are just provoking him...
This is just the introduction of character Leo. Like vikram and kaithi for respective charactors. Maybe upcoming films in LCU these villains have more to do. Even Anurag Kashyap !
The main loophole I feel is the location thing. That Vikram girl coming from Chennai to Theog just for that little meet didn't make sense. Good Vikram connection tho.
Everybody pointed out the Hyena sequence wasn't there just for a visual treat. Jammy felt he missed something when watching LEO. So he went in for a seond watch and corrected that part in this review 😀 good..
The fact that there is much heated debate about the theories of movies already made this movie awesome, everyone wants to give their opinion and share their theories and will watch this movie more than a single time, this already made this movie accomplished its purpose
The censorship surely messed some scenes. I believe many scenes regarding the human sacrifices might've been removed, affecting the over-all impact of the Das's intimidating factors.
I enjoyed the film largely due to Vijay's fantastic performance, Anirudh's BGM, Lokesh's unique style of story-telling and the way he has connected this to the LCU. The first half in particular was simply terrific with a solid interval point. The second half especially the back-story featuring Dutt & Arjun Sarja was weak indeed but thankfully the film picked up steam in the last 20-30 mins. Sanju Baba is getting typecast in such roles (KGF2, Shamshera, Leo) - hamming away to glory. High time he does something different or gracefully retires.
No, as mentioned in the video those small time criminals were used to tease who actually parthiban actually was. That went really, really well. The das Duo should've been written well or else the human sacrifice part must've been made us spine chilled. If the either worked well, I think leo will a complete 100% lokesh's film.
Jammy the existence of a twin is true but whats fake about the flashback is the reason why the twin was killed.. Not because of the occult sacrifice.. It's possible she was the one leaking intel to the cops as a police informer and probably thats why she was killed by Harold and leo was trying to save her even though he knew the truth
It is not necessary to fully explain the intentions, backstory and complete character arc of every character for a movie that is a part of a cinematic universe in one film itself. It might make sense as other films come out and we get to know more about them. Das duo and their arc may get explored in upcoming films. This was just a character intro and his nature in my opinion. Leo is like the Hulk the Bruce Banner Parthiban hates. He is kind of like an anti hero and a villain as the song Villain Yaruda clearly indicates this. In the second watch I could sense the evil in him right from the beginning. Das duo wanted something that Leo could give. Why Parthi hates Leo might get answered as LCU expands. Come on, we hated Age Of Ultron when it released. Now we love it after Infinity war and Engame as it clearly contributed to complete Tony's character arc. I loved Leo much more after second watch❤
Parthi should've never accepted that he is Leo. Rather Lokesh should've left some signs like 1. Parthi rolls a revolver on his arm and kills Harold in Leo's cool style. 2. Parthi looks into the eye of the flying eagle. 3. Parthi grabs the knife that was used to kill his twin sister Elisa followed by blowing up the factory scene. 4. In the end, he receives a call from Vikram saying that "Leo can fool everyone but not him, he knows that Parthi is in fact Leo." Lokesh should've left the Parthi-Leo identity open-ended rather than concluding it.
Movie would be good if vijay didnt reveal himself as leo to anyone , bluffing all the way till the end, and finally revealed by kamal.. then it would be suspenseful and mysterical and could be potential lead and hype for the next movie in the universe..😅😅
So a few points I noticed on my second viewing - SPOILER ALERT (obviously) 1) While the flashback might not entirely be fake, I feel D'Souza did lie about a few aspects. The kadi Leo wears on his hand before "dying" is found at Das & Co after the climax fight (he wears it again then) - not sure how it got there if he "died" according to D'Souza. Also when Joshy visits D'Souza in jail, one of the policemen mentions that there will be a headcount soon and that Joshy only has about 20 min to talk to D'Souza, which kind of explains why D'Souza talks mostly (and briefly) only about the day the factory got burned. After his conversation with Joshy, D'Souza even says this - "He reacted like this after I narrated what happened in one day, I wonder how he'll react if he listens to the entire story". This kind of explains the rushed "flashback" as I'm guessing Loki has kept it under wraps to explore in future LCU movies. Also, the absence of bullet wounds after getting shot at (twice I think) that everyone is pointing out. Loki is very consistent with such details and I refuse to believe that he missed something so obvious. And he showed Leo shirtless for like 3 times in the movie - which I believe is to establish that the part about him dying after getting shot by Anthony is not true. 2) I feel there might've been some rivalry between Das & Co and Rolex as it is hinted in one of the lyrics from Naa Ready - "Don't taunt this lion (Leo) with a scorpion bite (Rolex). Also, one of his henchmen says that they're getting shot at by "them" whenever they try to transport stuff. "Them" here might either be the police or Rolex's peeps - I'm inclined to believe the latter. 3) In the climax fight, before killing Harold, Leo says "I should've killed you that day itself, not sure why I didn't. No matter, I'll do it now" hinting that he had a chance to kill him "that" day, but he still let him go for some reason - which also kind of establishes that D'Souza was not entirely truthful when he spoke to Joshy. Maybe I'm reading a little too much into stuff, lol. But I really enjoyed it a bit more (especially the second half - which I felt was kind of a letdown on my first viewing) on my second viewing.
The whole thing isnt a lie. I think D'Souza was toning down how he narrated the story as gvm's character is already shook to the core just hearing that and he must have also lied how eliza died and how leo was killed. Also the issues with the censor board must played a part in toning down the scenes
So when the guy from jail tell the flash back he says that sanjay dutt shot leo in the back multiple times but with parthi his back is clean with no wound marks. So maybe. Also appears that there are 3 version of the film going on 1. Where Anthony never find out and the scene cuts after the cigarette is thrown out. 2. Anthony learns about leo when he dies but is only reveled when harold is being killed 3. Anthony learns about leo in his final moments and this is shown to the audience and also same thing with harold.
I personally felt that the final reveal that Parthi is Leo could have been a little less talk and more visual. Like all he had to do is roll the gun on his arm and a shock look on Harold's face would have been far better and effective than Parthi just blurting out that he is Leo.
Parthi successfuly convinced harold that he isn't leo but parthi . This was a plan by leo to not reveal himself . He only revealed it when harold was.going to die so imo it was brilliant scene with cool character transformation
Absolutely..This could have been a great ending..However, I liked everything about the movie except the weak back story..Still do not know if the story is true or fake..
@@rome316ae3Harold only said that to save himself
To be honest im pretty happy with the reveal cause i feel like it was more from parthi than from leo, like I saw the tamil version and in the dialogues you can clearly feel his frustration of being constantly chased.
Absolutely
I guess parthi is always telling 'picture yourself' stories to his children with characters from his past. When asking his children to name hyena, they immediately say 'Ghost' (kamal) and 'Elisa' (Leo's Twin). This might be explored in later LCU instalments.
PICTURE yourself.
I thought the son was game of thrones fan and the daughter loved frozen
@@onkargodge9014 when watching that scene , the background of Leo wasn't established so we might have missed it on first watch of the movie or like you said that was just coincidence...
Parthi's daughter is a little girl - so she wants to give the disney princess Elsa name
Parthi's son is a teenage boy - so he wants to give the Ghost name from Game of Thrones or Call of Duty
Both names are influenced by the age of the children
but Lokesh probably selected those names in particular to tease the LCU fans because Ghost = Adaikalam(in kaithi) and Vikram , Elsa = sounds similar to Leo's twin Elisa
@@praveenl8396 she says Elsa, not elisa
The irony is, the movie name Leo, the BGM is Leo Leo, Everybody knows he is Leo, still the second half drags the thing and irritates the audience with the staple question "Confess you are Leo..."
THERE WAS LITERALLY ZERO DOUBT IN HIM BEING LEO!
@@TriedRefusedProductions we all know that prathi doesn't believe he is leo. If u try to prove him wrong then u be in afterlife
@@TriedRefusedProductions Imagine that psycho character portrayed as a character like Joker from the Dark Knight and messing with the plans of both Parthi and Das by doing irrelevant intrusions to their jobs
Leo killed his identity and believes the guy leo is dead. He wants to be a reformed man now. He doesn’t want an iota of his past to taint his present peaceful life. That is the reason he doesn’t want to confess to the fact that he is leo. Why would it take a father so long to recognise his son?!?😅😅😅 he just wants him to admit that he’s the bad guy he was once before. Not that he doesn’t know if it is his son or not 🙉
I don't know why so much negativity is being spread around the film.. People who have seen the film are liking it.. People are enjoying..
I'm not a fan of anyone... But these fans fights are ugly... Ajith and Rajini fans talking shit and spreading negative news about this movie is SICk.
@@nagendraprasadr9278 as well on the other side, Hindi speaking media are spreading the negative criticisms about the film ... politically something is fishy toward Vijay and this film ... let's see
@@nagendraprasadr9278Like Vijay fans spreads negativity when every ajith & rajini movie releases..boths sides do these things Don't act victim.Such a cowardly act...see every RUclips channels in Tamil, everyone have mixed & negatives reviews..
I'm not surprised... hindi media spewing venom, its like a cartel...they dont want outsiders to succeed@@rahulkhanna8412
Who is playing victim? I have already said this whole thing is sick... I'm a common man, the negative vibes that is being spread is very noticeable. It is bad whose ever film it is. I have watched the movie...The 1st half is brilliant and the 2nd half meanders away... but there is a set of people calling it crap, ICU and even comparing it with Sura. Seriously?? No other director could have made even this quality of a movie, in the current crop... thats the standard to be frank.@@Lalosalamanca1122
For me Leo was a story about a man growing up in an abusive family/pack and adapting violence as a lifestyle to survive. Like the hyena, which bites and attacks first because that is the pack and environment it grew up in. They, man and animal, are both seeking safety and calm. If taken away from the environment, he and the hyena becomes a family man/pet. When threatened, the old violent survival methods come back.
Jeolous spotted😂
During the climax, when Leo gives the conclusion about himself , both Mansoor and the other guy whom Trisha visits are shown, this means both of them know the actual truth about Parthiban's identity.
Leo makes Mansoor lie to GVM about the picture because he doesn't want Joshiy to know and eventually die, same with Trisha.
"The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World He didn't Exist".
If it's true then in climax there is seen where Harold das shows knife to parthi to make him remember how he killed Elisa, what about that.
@@sadiqpasha3222 bro 99% of what Monsoor character tells is truth. The rest 1% is that Leo died.
@@pulpreality2083 Even 1% also Leo didn't died. Because when parthi kills Arjun Sarja he makes him realise that he is Leo by styling gun shots. The only thing is Leo might have a different back story which might be shown in future LCU movies.
Herold might killed Elisa with the same knife but for some another reason.
The Das brothers are not the Villains, while on paper they play antagonists but the Villain is Leo and Parthi is the Hero
Meh. I mean you are someone the protagonist has to eliminate, it should be more compelling than whatever the Das duo ended up being
@@TriedRefusedProductionsagreed
@@TriedRefusedProductionsnope,they dont wanted to show them as dangerous or menacing bcz they r not. Its Leo who is menacing. Anthony was not trying to kill him but only to get him back. The flashback is not fully fake but after death of his sister. Das story is another film nd Rolex could be Harolds son. Did you notice one of the kids name hayena,Ghost(Vikrams name), then at the end Vikram asks do you recognise me? How on earth he asks if hes calling or talking first time.
@@TheNorwayMachan007 bruh they are literally doing a human sacrifice: what’s not evil about that!
Yep. That's one thing that Vikram nailed. Sandhanam, Amar, and other characters get their own moments to shine and explore the characterization.
Leo is not a story on a hero vs villains, like Vikram and Kaithi. It's a story on a few smaller villains trying to prey on a bigger monster. We can't call Parthi a hero just because he is living undercover and fights off some other villain gang. He was a drug lord, he was and still is a mass murderer who kills for self interest. So the main villain in the movie is Parthiban/Leo himself. Anbu needed to take drugs before killing even one or two people. Sandhanam needed drug to kill people. Even Rolex needed drug to kill people. But Leo is himself a monster and he doesn't need any drug to casually massacre people without guilt...he is a very dangerous character in LCU. Because he himself says in the climax that he will do whatever he can to suppress his identity. Now Vikram knows his identity. So he should deal with Parthiban the right way, or else Parthiban will have no remorse in going against Vikram. Because Parthi is not fighting for a higher cause or drug free society, he is fighting for his own reasons...
Maybe Leo is like that psycho killer past who wants to conceal his identity in every way possible to prevent his family from getting disrupted.
And Leo is a superhuman who can kill everyone.
Maccha Lokesh is creating Thamil super human verse.
exactly this could be the reason for the sarcastic smile at the end when Vikram asks Pathiban to join his fight
@TriedRefusedProduction Pin this comment brother. This is exactly the explanation you are looking for.
Sema comment bro
@@dr_death1227Parthiban didn't smile ffs. He shrugged in disappointment. He just didn't want any more stress.
I think Loki wanted this movie to show the lengths a deadliest villain will go to protect his family from breaking down due to his past which he has safeguarded for 20 years. Maybe this repressed rage is the reason why the present fight scenes were more Gory than the flashback one. Who is a bigger villain , A guy who does bad things because of superstition or A guy who does bad things because he can. Antony Das thought about making a deal with the police for Seized Datura but Leo just went in killed him and got the drugs back. So Leo was always the most dangerous of them all.
what intrigued me was Lokesh's attention to detail . Parthiban removed his shirt in 3 different sequences throughout the film . In vikram , when Das went to meet Rolex he had stitches in his neck which was due to the incident in kaithi . Even when Parthi faked the scratch in his back to get protection from the court , the marks from the incident with the hyena were there , but despite all this there were no bullet marks on parthi's body . The flashback maybe wasnt entirely true .
Another instance is Lokesh's symbolization where Parthi had Devil crown beside him and Antony had angel wings , i dont think these were coincidences , i think a sequel with leo's past is definetely on the cards
But can we all just agree the Das Bros were evil too. Harold admitted he killed Elisa. That was on real time.
Another detail here is during flashback we can see a star shape in sanjay dutt's room depicting his rituals.
But in climax when leo's son is held hostage in that same room there was only a table meaning the whole ritual angle could be made up and his sister's death is due to something else.
Funny that Leo is getting interesting day by day while everyone was hating on it on Day One..now people cant ignore Leo😮
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Main issue for me is the how the characters of Antony / Harold were written. The whole second half they keep running behind Parthi asking him to accept if he is leo (while they almost know for sure its leo). Antony himself says something like "If he is parthi only 4 ppl is enough to kill him.... if its leo even the entire town cannot defeat him"...... When Antony / Harold clearly know its leo what are they trying to achieve by making him admit the whole time ? Knowing Harold killed leo's sister and leo may always look for revenge, wouldnt they jus kill him at the first sight instead of taking a chance with him ? Didnt make sense whatsoever.....
Another prblm is when Elsa dies in front of Leo, you could see the revenge in his eyes and boiling in anger.... yet he settled down in kashmir peacefully with his family knowing his sister's killers are still out there. The writers didnt make it clear what was the reason leo didnt go for revenge soon after. The connection between him & his twin sister were not properly fleshed out in the flashback..... hence the transition from leo to parthi was not properly justified !!
Having said all that, i didnt feel movie required this much trolling / negative feedback. Its just that Loki set a very high standard for himself..... i thoroughly enjoyed overall inspite of the negatives in second half. Vijay's best performance in recent years....
As you pointed out the doppleganger theory didnt make any sense at all..... do watch Mr'Sudhir Srinivasan's take on how parthi deepdown hates his alter ego leo. Think thats what Loki might have gone for. Even one of initial naa ready poster they clearly mentioned "Alter Ego".... so dont know why so much speculations !!
a lot of story went unexplained tbh. Lokesh should've invested some more time to use story.
I thought if flashback removed, only parthi only know about leo,film will even better, also expectations for leo2 going much higher than leo
Because they want him alive and admit to their "big boss" that Leo is the one who destroyed the drugs and caused their "business" to incur severe losses.
May be flashback portion itself a lie.
Absolutely accept your opinion....
As I also felt the same, apart from weak characterisation of leo & das co in past , movie is so enjoyable and theatrical experience is just woooow !!!!!
Definitely the most interesting Vijay movie in the last 20 years. The fact that you had released two videos for this movie ascertained this😅
(My Opinion of Car chase scene) The narrative of that scene involved Vijay (Parthi) destroying a hundred cars, so shooting it practically wouldn't be feasible. Editing it like a game sequance made the scene fun and enjoyable (along with the bgm).
Finally.someone
@@kevinreji3348 ???
I said finally, someone like me who enjoyed the car chase scene
I loved that scene too
Dont know about the Lokiverse future, but I definitely enjoyed Leo. Yes, I did enjoy.
Home alone episode was good 👌
I don't know why so much negativity is being spread around the film.. People who have seen the film are liking it.. People are enjoying... That's what matter's
Leo is far better than recent blockbuster films
Leo was far better than Jawan, Pathaan,Jailer etc
@@MahaTalkiez i would go one step further and say it is the best Action-Drama film made in this country.
Same here..
Upon 2nd viewing there were many questions which were raised in my head
1. Why don't Parthiban have bullet marks on his body but we saw Anthony shooting leo
2. Why dsouza is in jail and why is he sentenced to death
3. If you carefully listen Kamal Hassan said I hope you remember me to leo, why does he say that !!!!
4. And this might be wild but guess but if you remember Rolex intro scene from Vikram there were 3 drug raids discussed 1 which was with Dilli 2 was with Vikram and 3 was with Amar but we weren't shown Amar's drug raid, this might be a possibility that Amar and leo are related with the orphanage and both are shown orphans.
😂😂
Too many outcomes if we go on discussing 😂😂
Amar's raid was the one where he destroys Santhanam's house
Leo was born to Anthony and grew up with his family till his late twenties. He ain't an orphan.
1. got the same doubt but maybe plastic surgery was performed to hide the bullet wounds. Leo was able to setup so many fake records then this also is possible for him to do
Allegedly the flashback that has been told is not totally true.
for Amar, it was not a drug raid ...they were talking about Santhanam's lab which Amar blew up
At the end Vikram says "you know who I am", and Parthi's expression was like ahh shit not this again. So there's definitely some history between them.
This. People did not understand that Parthi's expressions were literally "not again". That disappointment when he closes his eyes was crystal clear.
one of the reasons why the audience feels disappointed is due to Lokesh's fame. If this movie was before Vikram. It would have created more craze.
When parthi's family was asked to name the hyena, the names suggested by the son was GHOST (As in vikram) and daughter recommended ELISA (Leo's sister's name). Which might be because parthi tells them story about these characters but in disguise as fairy tales.
So this tells us that the Sister is real and Leo has previous connection with Vikram.
Damn bro🔥🔥
Not Elisa, she said Elsa
Yes Elsa, a character from the movie frozen
Yes elsa bola tha ,kuch bhi bolta he tu
ghost from game of thrones not Vikram
Unpopular opinion : The more you watch the movie the more you feel it's better🥶
It's like an ARR song :D
couse the more you notice things that makes the movie better
Perfect analysis👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Popular opinion : Vijay fans are trying hard to make it hit but the fact is this movie is shit😂
That's true for almost every movie.
I really don't understand the people who say the car chase scene has bad CGI. The purpose of that scene is to be stylistic (and not realistic) and remain a single shot the entire sequence like the one in Extraction. Doing that in practical effects would have cost a lot and they made whatever they aimed pretty well. The movie has so many flaws and yet when the criticisms come in, it is for the one sequence which deserves some credit; that kinda bugs me. I mean you wouldn't sit inside a theatre to watch Matrix and say that it is not realistic. 😅
It was soo good I have watched this type of chase for the first time in my life
@@weebsandgeeks74then you didn't watched any movies kid
Car chase is superb .... It looked like a video game and so entertaining
@@SwaroopTripathy I've consumed cinema on a different level you just don't know what is different in this chase.
@@SwaroopTripathy exactly my point... you watched too many movies which does the same shit that your brain numbed into thinking this was bad work. If you look at it closely though they have actually put some elbow grease in making that scene. It was also meant to be entertaining like the Matrix climax. Of course Matrix's climax wasn't realistic and was anime styled but it was still respected for what it was.
I want to see how Vikram will convince Parthi to join hands, because Vikram is on a mission for a drug-free society, while Parthi is just trying to save his family by staying low and not revealing his past, killing anyone who tries to do the same. And Parthi has no intention of following Vikram's footsteps, as it'd cause harm to his family, which he doesn't like at all....
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Good throwback to Kaithi n Vikram via Napoleon & the girl.
The Lokiverse bgm at the end with all characters Leo, Vikram, Dilli n Rolex reminders was awesome. Anirudh rocking 2023.
Yes, could have been more brilliant but a great watch
Napoleon got such a loud cheer, you would think a pan indian star appeared!
idiot movie sensless crictic go clean srk toilet@@TriedRefusedProductions
The main problem I felt was the backstory that Lokesh presented, wn we see his previous movies Lokesh is brilliant at keeping the protagonist's past a mystery and easily handling out the present by maintaining the suspense and continuing the story. Only if the backstory wasn't shown on screen as all Lokesh movies I guess then we could hav had a greater impact on Das family.
which is the case because it's confirmed that flashback is fake.
Actually Anthony and harold not the villains. They didn't want to hurt or kill Parthi. They want Parthi to accept that he is "Leo" and they want Leo in their side to rebuild the Empire that Leo destoryed. In the movie Everywhere Anthony have feelings for his Son. But Leo is exact opposite. He will Kill anyone to hold his life that he created .In the coffee shop when Anthony first saw Parthi there is a Angel wing in Anthony's background. maybe that is a Symbolic representation that Anthony is not the Bad man. But Parthi don't like anyone remembering his past life.He is scaring that he will loose his present life. So he is killing everyone that digging his past. After the climax fight scene Leo is saying that " If anyone Coming and claiming that I"m Leo i will try to convince that i"m not, But then also they continue the digging They will die or they already dead. So he ruthlessly Killing every person who is claiming parthi is Leo.
There is a person who is Claiming to parthipan that you are my friend. That character also died. In movie scene it showing like Anthony Killed him. But maybe parthi only Killed him. because he don't want to intercept anyone in his present life. he got scared that Someone will notice the person ask him about his past. So maybe Parthi only killed him.
So in the film whoever claiming that parthipan is Leo they all dead.
At last Vikram calling him and Calling him Leo and he didn't liked that. Maybe that is a Start of Leo vs Vikram war. Because Parthipan don't want anyone to dig his past and he hate he Name "Leo". So i think there will be clash between Vikram and Leo.
And whoever telling the Villains are not powerful. In this story Leo is the Villain. The most powerful one. Anthony only telling that he so brutal and the most powerful. So there is No stronger villain than Leo here.
They did animal sacrifice and were going for a human sacrifice.
Wish this as to be truee....
Copism!!
@@abhishekmahanti5320that could be made up story by parthi to show that they are the bad guy's to gvm
5:12 Anthony is no bad man, who killed his own daughter, for his superstitions,for growing business lmao, lame story
Vikram and leo both had limited hindi realse. Why makers don't understand hindi market is much bigger when it comes to action moives.
Because only masala movies like rrr, pushpa run big in the north, since Tamil cinema is routing more towards genre specific movies it has to only rely on Tamil nadu and Kerala where there are audience for genre specific movies, though Leo does showcase some amount of hero worship and crazy fight scenes and songs, it doesn't come close to the masala elements produced by Telugu cinema, that's where Telugu cinema outperformed Tamil cinema in recent times and captured the north
They just dont care. Leo will definitely make around 700 -800 crore. As the ott release window is 4 weeks, they'll get huge profits from non theatrical revenue. Multiplexes demand 8 week window for hindi /hindi dubbed films to be shown in multiplexes. Compared to the revenue from hindi version with 8 week gap will be less than ott revenue with 4 week window. So they go for south indian release
@@sureshraghul2715yeah pushpa was a regular masala movie but I don't think you can compare rrr with masala movies it was well directed movie with good performances,music and cinematography even though it had some over the top action sequences.
8 weeks after OTT release is instructed by north Indian Multiplexes that the Tamil movie Producers don't want it. so, no wide release in Hindi market.
@@nirmalam635 yes I was just comparing the genres and it's associated audience in north and south, what made rrr a big hit is the ram concept presented in a big budget glamorous large scale vfx which sit well the northern sentiments, SSR caught the right threads, pinned them in all perfectly into the masala format the audiences expect
I guess Leo got his identity of parthiban from Vikram.
But i don't think the story was fake if it was fake Harold das would've never asked Leo "do you remember this weapon?"
And the eagle would not have recognised him! It's pretty clear that the origin story cannot be fake!
@@TriedRefusedProductionsbruh how he has no bullet marks and the story might be diff woth certain things happening the same way
@@pubgmonkey8325 what if as a part of changing his identity vikram and his agents helped him undergo a plastic surgery
It can be partially true.. half true.. half lie
@TriedRefusedProductions that doesn't prove anything. The eagle is a pet, and the weapon could've killed Elisa. But the reasons and circumstances surrounding Leo burning down the tobacco factory can be retconned, considering that was the biggest negative of the film.
I like this review, it's more nuanced and yes the 2nd half we all have to admit was weaker compared to the first BUT it doesn't change the fact that this was a highly enjoyable film, Vijay's performance was absolutely amazing (and we can only hope that other directors will learn from this and use him like this and not just as an action star), and this movie only heightened our thrill and anticipation for the next installment in the LCU.
Petition to release an extended director's cut version
this guy here is the winner
Nahi release kiya.
I think that LEO knows Rolex , and he was the man who helped Vikram to reach Rolex. Don't forget leo kills a policeman who was doing his duties, Leo is actually a baddy in this universe.
Finally, someone adressed the first 10 min subtext
It took me a second watch to acknowledge it!
@ifyouarebadtheniamyourdad.Leo >>>>>>>>>>> Bhagavanth kesari
@ifyouarebadtheniamyourdad.Comparing leo with kesari? Tell me you're a golti without telling me.
@@Haricr73😂😂😂
@@Haricr73😂😂😂😂 bro eats avakai pachadi for breakfast
I wish Parthi and Leo were different people . Leo’s back story wasnt needed . It should have been a mystery. A call from Leo at the end to hunt down Parthi would have been 🔥 . Rolex needs Leo . We got enough people on the other side 😁
If you see lokesh previous film you know he avoid the flashback seen...But here he didn't i think there is some reason that it has to be told which will impact in future LCU films(also there is theory that that is fake)
So wait for future LCU films
Tum logo ko kaise vahi double role Vali movies pasand ati hai pata nahi 🙄🙄
@@jaymahakal7759😂
@@jaymahakal7759why did you guys make jawan a hit then😂
Agree with you Dheeraj, I have same theory please read and say what you think.
I have the best theory.
What if Parthiban is Parthiban, he did told he is Leo of frustration to das brothers because they were not understanding him as Parthiban. Even if you look at the last shot where Vikram called him Leo and his closed eyes as " 0h not again".
Now what if Lokesh is playing with the audience and the real comeback will be in Vikram 2. Where Parthiban is on Vikram side and Vikram says he has to face his real demon....and boom Leo comes with Rolex.
Parthiban vs Leo, theatres will be blown away by this single twist.
(For people thinking if Leo is alive why didn't he avenge his sister, maybe something happened in the factory where he lost his memory or in coma, the guy in the jail didn't tell reality and hiding him to save him..who knows it can be)
Did anyone else notice some parallels being brought between Siddu and sandy master? There were a few scenes when Parthi is narrating the story to kids and Siddu’s face immediately cuts to the horrific psycho murderer. I feel like that is an open end too, which might potentially be explored in the future.
i had honestly thought that the psycho killer and siddu were somehow connected as they both looked the same ... I had thought the second half was gonna explore it and also had thought that the psycho killer and siddu were played by same person
I think Loki should had made Leo 2 explaining the details of the flashback, or he should described the flashback like the way Amar described Vikram's flashback. Only thing I understood from the flashback that Leo felt like that he had no relationship with the Das family once his soul twin sister Elsa (played by Madonna Sebastian) was stabbed to death by his uncle and his father was in favor of that. So he started believing himself that he wasn't Leo Das anymore and Leo Das was dead, and he reveals it out that he did many wrongs when he was Leo and the only way he could undo by doing good deeds like taking care of the family etc. Had the director atleast showed the chemistry between Leo and his sister, then the flashback story should had been even more impacting. Also I felt like Lokesh had hurried in the 2nd half due to lack of time, he should had atleast delayed the release even further , edited or re-took some scenes in the 2nd half.
One mistake we did as an audience and/or the fans of Lokesh Kanagaraj is that we had way too many expectations on him after watching Vikram. We should had slightly barred down our expectations. Before going to the theater, I saw your review on the movie then barred down my expectations and saw the movie. I felt like the movie was good but not as impacting as Vikram. Lesson learnt: every new movie needs to be watched with zero expectations, no matter who the director and the casting crew are....🙏🙏🙏
just like leo made it out of the factory there is a posibility that elisa couldve been saved too and he is actually just trying to protect her along with his family. overall i think Elisa could be alive.
The climax fight we saw there is no bullet marks..
In one frame antony is show as good man and parthi/leo as evil..
And also in climax fight the bgm was"WHO IS VILLAIN"
I think lokesh is giving us hint that something is wrong in leo character
Perhaps a slightly longer runtime would have greatly benifitted the film. The villans just needed a better build up and some scenes to show their terrifying nature.
Maybe Lokesh could have included some scenes of the human sacrifices done by Antony. Perhaps he could have given some ulterior motive to Harold that links him to the greater narrative of the LCU.
Just 10-15 more minutes of focus on the Das brothers would have made their characters better.
7:00 my theory : Leo fighting the police looked very goofy in comparison to the other fights, because it was intentionally shot like that to convey us that Dsouza's flashback is fake
I had the same thought.... Making it feel too over the top like a narration
A few things that I would like to note here:
I watched it a second time with a friend who had not seen it.
- The first half was truly brilliant in terms of direction and the way Vijay portrayed the character as well as the realism in the action sequences.
- The second half was def lacking in terms of character development for Antony and Harold and as a viewer I was very emotionally detached vs the character development given to Sandy’s character. But that said Jawan was just as bad in terms of having a compelling narrative. It was multiple Tamil movies with mass messages put together at best. The action sequences were the only thing about Jawan that was worth watching in the theater embellished by Anirudh’s score. Even Jawan had extremely bad cuts for Zinda Banda.
- I first watched the version where Leo is revealed only after picking up the gun against Harold at the end, the entire BGM after the back story did not have the “Leo is a Badass” lyric to not give away that he’s Leo but considering that they used the same track meant he was going to be revealed as Leo. Until the end I thought it was very unlikely that he was pretending, the only two possibilities in my head were memory loss or double acting. It never occurred to me that he could be acting, especially after they added doubt with D’Souza saying he’s not Leo similar to how Antony claimed he was lfeom his eyes.
- The attitude with which Vijay sits on the “throne“ in the end explaining that he had to believe that Leo was dead was so magical to watch, the ease with which he pulled off that dichotomy, and the way the words are stylized in his Tamil when he is behaving as Leo is pure masss.
- Napoleon’s introduction was truly the most mass scene in this movie and it was a very unforced link to LCU. The girl from Vikram is also present in the end with Vikram in the second version that I watched.
Parthiban telling everyone he is not Leo, is just like Anmol telling everyone he is not Jammy. #JammyDas 🪙🍫
😂😂😂😂Anmol is badass while jammy is parthiban
@@alokpadman3768 badass mr. jammwal is a badass...anmoooooool! 💀
@@PrayasRahangdale badaasssmaaaaa ....badasssmaaa🤣🤣😂😂😂
@@alokpadman3768 ratata...tata...ratata 🥁
Jammy das will appear in leo 2
I am shocked as you.. was let down by the first watch (to much expectations)..but loved it the second time..
Brilliant movie
Movie was outstanding ... Sanjay dutt intro bgm gave me chills tho
I think Leo is the villain, i don’t know how many notice this when Antony Das meets Vijay at coffee shop you can see the painting of an angle wings behind Antony and a devil ring for Leo
Honestly, leo is a good movie, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I dont understand why there are many mixed reviews about it. It's a great movie when you look at it as a standalone film. What makes this movie look bad is its connection to the LCU. I think it was overhyped by the fans and were disappointed when fanmade theories were not true.
The Single take shot of Parthi entering his cafe after the Thalapathy Title card is a homage to Scorcese's Single take shot in 'Goodfellas'. It was very obvious as Loki has been vocal about his love with Goodfellas movie... i donno why people don't talk about it.
watched leo with an open mind, and really felt watching an unique movie much different than other so called mass movies..
the movie explores the theme of inner struggle with past self.. the movie was never about leo vs villains, its about leo vs parthivan all way.. the main motivation of leo was to erase his past self which eventually overpowers parthivan during the climax.. he becomes successful in erasing the proofs of him being leo, but actually becomes leo from parthiban..
With vijay , Lokesh has struggled on star vs story ...This was evident on Master and now in Leo...
he is a fan and of course he tries to make his hero looks more fantastic (Leo flashback story)
I believe this would have easily worked out with having 2 parts,
The first part could have just ended with killing Anthony Das and the monologue that he gave in the end could have been a speech given after revealing that he is Leo to Anthony and then killing him.
And they could have explored Harold in the second part cause I feel like they wasted Arjun sir's character.
And by doing this they could have put more effort into the flashback sequence.
I felt the same. Anthony Das atleast gets 1 mass moment. Harold except for the entry is not explored. Even more so when you compare the amount of time given in Vikram to Sandhanam's characterization.
@@skpksharan Yess and also him making the Datura Drug could have been an entire plot to itself as the whole theme of LCU is the Drug cartels
@@akshays2982 Datura drug , Rise and fall of Antony ,Harold,Leo and Elisa Das might be the story of Leo 2
@@_.Ash.._ hmm that sounds nice and maybe a far fetched theory but It wld be nice if they connect Rolex to be Harold's Son....in some frames they do share few similarities
Nice Idea... What about the call sheet of Vijay?? Lokesh has a big line up already set... So they did what could do with that limitations... having said that, the writing could have been better in the 2nd half.
Though I agree that the film has many flaws, in fact it is probably the most flawed LCU film, for this one i'm okay with looking over those flaws, because quite honestly I had a blast with Leo.
I totally agree that a song that has become my favourite of the film is Ordinary Person and the insane
long take that it is accompanied with ,through the cafe shop, Parthi going from the one who stopped the hyena to an ordinary cafe owner.
The fight scenes are all fantastically captured and Lokesh's style is displayed in every frame and every camera angle choice.
I totally agree that the 2nd half is nowhere near as good as the first half, especially with that fantastic interval scene, and that the Das Duo of villains just were not intimidating to me and their plan was not well written.
Vijay's acting is fantastic as everyone is saying and I liked the hyena portions of the film though the CGI was noticeable.
Antony does not seem to want to kill Leo and I think he wants Leo to go back to him so that he can get back to top in his business. This is why he doesn't hurt Trisha or Chintu. If Leo loses his family he only has Antony to fall back on. Harold in the climax wants Leo to feel the loss that he felt with his brother before killing him, ie why he asks him to admit he is Leo to his family. But flashback didn't need to be shown if Manzoor was an unreliable narrator. Sanjay and Arjun chopping off some hands and heads would have made them more fearsome. But I suspect it was censored.
I want to see much more of the actor Vijay. I saw the movie twice and both times he got me teary eyed with the scene with Trisha.
Vijay the actor was definitely in full form in this one!
@ifyouarebadtheniamyourdad.Leo is nothing in front of salaar.. that's ur usual dialogue know
@@gowthamjeyam2733😂 you are right
@ifyouarebadtheniamyourdad.?!
Even though the screenplay Faltered in second half and we have to witness literally the most stupid flashback sequence in past few years.
The moment I heard the voice of kamal sir in the end I don't know why I felt so pumped up for what's coming next.
The possibility and the range this universe will reach in future.
Vijay, kamal, karthi, Fahad and Surya all in one frame,,,,, My god it's just beyond our imagination.
Movie budget 😅
Flashback is like Virupaksha
@@Lalosalamanca1122maybe 7 screens, rkfi, dream warriors, hotstar will collabrate with eachother to make the endgame
I think partiban is the bruce banner of this universe, he really doesnt want his past and leo to come out at any situtations, my favourite portion of the movie is when parthi loses his cool and chokes the police.officer. his intensity anger and the menace he is, is perfectly shown in that scene. And also i think dilli and leo have a past.
More like Winter Soldier and Bucky
Tbh, i like the car chase scene very much. LEO has some one of a kind action and camera shots that i haven't seen earlier in any indian action film. The car chase sequence looked so cool to me may be because i was fully into the flow of the film that's why. Vijay just surpassed my expectations. Man what a performance!!! Lokesh keeps saying "I can't direct a love story" but bro just gave us a matured love story in an action film itself. 🫡
You didn't see climax? That 1 vs 100 fight was amazing
Even master was similar upon first viewing we felt its a average affair but on repeat watching. We can easily say its one of the best mass masala hero film of this decade. Sad that we failed to celebrate master.
Parthi is suffering from PTSD for his past actions as Leo. He hates being Leo, a situation he was born into. Post the factory fire, he wanted to escape from his current reality. Parthi is the world that he has built for himself, and he wants to hold onto it dearly. He is madly in love with Satya, and wants to parent his kids Madi and Siddu. This is world he has created and he believes this is his reality. He will protect this reality at any cost. Loki s reference for Villain Yaruda, Nanban Yaruda shows the conflict is internal. This movie is all about Parthi vs Leo, he certainly makes us believe that Parthi is the real villain here. The back story is intentionally poor, to establish that Antony and Harold are dumb gangsters and not that evil that we expected them to be. Infact when Antony and Harold get to know that Leo is alive, their first reaction is to get Leo back into their fold and resurrect their failing drug empire. This movie is all about Leo/Parthi' s world and the song Naan Ready captures it is as an Alter Ego.
There were no villains. Das brothers never wanted to kill leo.
They just want him to accept he is leo till the last moment, nothing else.
They need him back to flourish their business.
What i thought could be better is that a more brutal sacrifce sequence of sister
and leo never confessing from his own mouth, it would still be understandable and would satisfy audience for them to understand themselves
I would suggest u to make videos on serials and movies who gives us unrealistic love expectations...and those also who justified toxic love and other problematic scenarios..
I don't think Das duo was supposed to be scary villains. For me, the only hero and villain in the story was Vijay's character himself, Parthiban and Leo respectively. The song 'villain yaaru' and its placement in the movie was kind of depicting that. His care for the family, asking the son to get back home and when he refuses tries to slap him and instead showing his anger on the two random guys and that scary look he gives to his son and the lyrics of the song asking 'Only one question, who is the villain? who is the friend?' kind of shows that. The fact that Antony Das never wanted to kill Leo was clearly evident in the film. During the scene where Leo's friend was hanged in front of his cafe, they showed a small clip that Antony did that, that might be a misdirection. I think it was done by Parthiban/Leo himself cause somewhere in the movie he says that he will eliminate anyone who comes in search for Leo even if its his friend.
But still I am really frustrated about the second half of the movie just because it had so much more potential. The flashback scene was not so effective. Leo Das was supposed to be 'badass'. But I never felt so. The first fight of Leo with the police officers was not strong enough to establish the badass character. The relation between Leo and his sister, her death were not emotionally connected to me. And the car chase. Although I appreciate Loki for trying such a grand scene, something we mostly see in Hollywood films, I hoped that he would have mixed that scene with some practical effects. I also hope that there will be an alternate flashback. I don't think that the entire flashback scene was a scam. Maybe a 10% of it was not true, maybe the sister was killed because of Leo's actions itself which might have caused a mental breakdown for his character which forced him to change from Leo to Parthiban. And these are all just speculations.
But overall I really enjoyed movie as a whole but frustrated for the second half because it had so much potential.
Absolutely resonate with your statement that Sandy master character was far more menacing - on a whole loved the movie (probably because I was prepped with the initial reviews and analysis); I felt Vijay and Madonna were probably against the drug business. I hope to see more of that part and the Das brothers duo in future. Also, I did not feel the call from Vikram is forced fit - we need to wait and see how Lokesh would take it forward.
I do believe that Leo and Vikram has a past, because Leo was just a criminal and reinventing himself as Parthi would take expertise (Like how Vikram became Karnan). Also when Vikram called Leo, he wasn't surprised, so I guess though Das Orgin story was a sucker, there's more to that orgin story post the factory fire
I don’t know ..not really a fan of Vijay and went in watching this movie thinking it would be mediocre based on the mixed reviews but Leo was actually really good!
What if instead of doing Kamal Haasan Cameo like Nick fury they could have integrated Rolex into the story as The person who had invested in the das family business and das were searching for Leo only to prove to the Rolex that 20 years ago Leo was the person who had burnt the factory which have dented das family reputation in the eyes of Rolex.This would have also solved the major problem about they that why need Leo not for sacrifice but present him infront of Rolex and to get their reputation back. Comment ur thoughts
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I think in the second half leo das introduction fight sets on forest there is double role. I noticed on my 2nd watch of the film. There is moment where vijay looking for the lorry and immediately the lorry starts driven by vijay in the particular scene. And there is no bullet marks for vijay in the whole film, if leo and parthi were same. And i truely beleive that lokesh will give depth of theses das brothers in upcoming movies. Its just an intrioduction of leo in lokesh universe. The das brothers will more in rolex stand alone movie .
I enjoyed the movie throughout. Beginning to the end. I'm not much of a vijay fan but i need to say that this movie probably was his THE BEST performance in his entire career. Man has really put in some reaal hard work and IT SHOWS. This is the best example for people to realize how movies or actors can become if it is the Director's movie and not the actor's movie. And regarding the death of the das brothers and anurag's character and even Elisa, I feel like this movie is just an introduction to those characters and maybe there might be some kind of a prequel to this in Lokesh's future movies...MAYBE. Just like Kaithi.
True. Vijay actually does good when he tries. Like he was good in Thupakki, Kaththi, and his old movies. It’s just that he doesn’t try sometimes like in Bigil
May be, Parthi didn't want to be Leo and has convinced himself that Leo is dead. And he's in anguish when he fears that he'll not be able to convince Satya that he's Parthi and not Leo (anymore).
Honestly saying it is 100% Better then jawan.... Due to expectation of people it got some negative reviews....but its ok film collecting very well✊
Yes I watched it yesterday on Netflix on my 65 inch TV with home theatre on and man I enjoyed every bit of it and 10x better compared to Jawan
The title should be changed to watered down review of Leo to appease South audience.
My opinion,
1. Half should be made into one film
* Serial killer part, Hyena, more character establishment needed for Leo, more scenario and those scenarios should be made into visuals,He is preparing his son how to be prepared for unforeseen events in life and how to find the imminent solutions,
Sanjay Dutt’s introduction, and vehicle showdown should be the climax. And the movie should be made with the same budget allocated, one or two VFX flaws were there, ( eg: the killing of doctor, final vehicle showdown, the pet eagle head movement, and the tail end should be G V M meeting the his exgang member ( Mansoor Ali Khan ) at jail. Where he narrates the introduction of LEO. That’s it. Just the look of Madonna and Vijay was enough. That will be the highest note.
Second part movie should give more time to give character establishment of Das brothers, how their cartel operates, who was the former aides and they can connect LCU there. Not in the first part. Then this movie would have worked wonder. This is my idea about this movie. The movie was too much packed for such a short time. Too many characters went under cooked and they had only 1 year time to produce a movie. All this came because of he committed 4 LCU movies may be. Yet those action choreography was the best. I have seen many people saying second half is the best. There are much mass masala movie lovers who prefer over the top action sequences. some time we have to compromise to please all parts of demographics due to pressure from producers.
The movie was one of the most intelligent movies made by Lokesh. There are so many hidden details and Leo is more like a charactery study which has many unanswered questions like how Fahadh & Vijay are related, is Rolex son of Harold, what is the flashback of Leo etc. This movie was more like a base set for Vijay's character in LCU. I would give this to Lokesh and not criticize the movie as we need to understand his vision and how he will collate all of this in his universe. The Orphanage link would be definitely a key link to establish links between Trisha, Fahadh, Vijay & Karthi.
I thoroughly enjoyed the car chase sequence both the times I watched the movie. It showcased how more BADASS Leo can become if he wants to.
Great video - couple of thoughts:
1. The backstory cannot be a hoax - there are too many people who corroborate it at multiple points, none of whom need to.
2. I think Vikram may have saved Leo and help establish his fake history as Parthi. Vikram was a spy, so definitely something he would be able to. The why may come later. Pretty sure Leo knows Vikram because there is a line something like “You know whose voice this is” during the call.
3. I think Parthi doesn’t mean to “gaslight” Sathya (though he really does). In the end, Leo says something to the effect of “I want to believe that person is dead” - so for Parthi, he has already ‘killed’ his alter ego and has nothing to do with Leo.
4. The second half had serious pacing and editing choice issues. Agree the back story should’ve got more time to breathe.
5. And to be honest, the whole occult stuff was a bit ridiculous, and the only way to make it believable was to spend more time on it. Would’ve been better if the plot was something like Leo was not a son and was just devoted to the Dad brothers, but becomes too powerful that they decide to kill him. The pack abandoning ideology would’ve panned out.
6. Was so fun to hear the moaning bgm from Vikram when the escort is at the cafe. Got a hoot outta me.
5. The friend’s death outside the cafe was pointless, because there was no time given to that character.
Agree on everything else, but still a good watch for me.
@@connorcoco2152you can’t make your enemies play along with your story though. Outside of his “death”, the other stuff had to be true because the villains also reference them multiple times.
The newspaper article of Parthi leaving the court is seen by 3 ppl in different states, and only in my rewatch I realised two of them were Dinesh Master (Parthi’s friend who Trisha visits) and Mansoor (Desouza). Probably alerted them that Leo’s identity maybe compromised and ppl are gonna come look for him. The flashback may not entirely be a hoax but definitely fabricated.
Just watched this in theatre and was one of my best theatre going experience. I was in awe of all the action set pieces, and contrary to everyone i loveeeeddd the car chase. I love how it is cut like a video game cutscene fight where you press the buttons to push the action, it literally gave me goosebumps. I think it is clear that Loki just want to direct a full-blown, no nonsense, high octane action movie. Like most great action films (Raid 1, John wick, Rumble in the bronx, Armour of God) this movie had a wafer thin plot, yet was filled with nuances. Parthi's inner turmoil is caught great by vijay. But what I wanted to notice was the shift between Parthi and Leo during violence. In HOV, Viggo portrayed this with gloriously subtlety, shifting between two characters on a whim-- cold blooded killer who loves killing and a "peace loving soul" protecting his family. When Parthiban accepts with all his glory that he is indeed Leo the illusion breaks for me. Even the half-baked backstory didn't bother me, because this is about a man running away from his past. I never felt the fear of approaching mobsters in HOV... It is all about Tom stall, it is about his conflict with the inner Joey. Want to watch leo one more time to observe this split-personality like shift in parthiban. However I thoroughly enjoyed it and so glad that a "Vijay" movie could entise such vast theories about acting and inner turmoil.
Leo is a good character study.. Parthiban has moved on from his past and living peacefully but he knows that his ability to be violent is still in him.. he satisfies that urge through small time animal rescue .. but in the coffee shop scene his violent side gets revealed.. it's a mass movie moment but it's treated in a different way.. from that moment on he is scared.. not because he is being hunted or his family could be in danger.. because Leo that he buried in himself could come out.. all he has achieved in that last 20 years will be lost. Every villain characters are just triggers.. they are just triggers to push Parthiban to reveal himself as leo
i watched the cut where he reveals to antony right after the fight and then rereveals it at the end to harold... i think this cut SUCKS i think the cut where they show he said it to antony at the very end AFTER the reveal to harold is MUCH better but still doesn't save this film
My Theory - Just like in Vikram, he leaves clues behind so that someone will come after him ( Agent Amar / Fahadh Faasil ) He is given false flashbacks to make them believe Vikram is an alcoholic person. Later we realised it was a fake.
Same in Leo, ( Irudhayaraj D'souza / Mansoor Ali Khan ) tells the flashback to ( Joshy Andrews / Gautham Vasudev Menon ) This scene is right after Leo sees that girl Escort from Vikram. He must have suspected that Vikram was after him. So he leaves a fake flashback through Irudhayaraj D'souza. Joshy Andrews believes he is Parthiban whereas Vikram believes he is Leo. Or he made up the flashback to get closer to Vikram (since his character has 2 faces) working with Rolex on the other hand. Who knows there might be another reason why the tobacco factory was closed. Because it does sound weird to hear that Leo who smuggled did the dirty work for them to run the business smoothly and suddenly turned against them for revenge. Maybe we might get a clear picture in Lokesh's next LCU movie - Rolex
Point Agreed.
1. Missed opportunities to score in the flashback
2. The Na Ready song should have gone uninterrupted.
3. The cult practices did not work for the movie. It should have been better.
4. Elisa should have had more screen time to connect emotionally with her.
5. One vs All looks more unrealistic after what we witnessed in the first half. Should have handled it in a Lokesh way
Vikram ( Using Warmachine and Cannon to fight all )
or like Kaithi ( Using Minigun to fight )
All the negatives came from the second half. My only five negatives.
Nobody cares about your theory. But movie made ppl to come up with one. That's the ✨
@@pranav8681 I'm just sharing my thoughts and theories that came to me after watching this Video. If you hate people coming up with theories, that's your problem.
The worst part was the Occult angle - not the idea as such ,but the execution. The Villains’s lair with the dim lighting.. the huge ass Eagle statue..I mean come on, an Eagle.. dude could have at-least used a Vulture or a Raven would have atleast made sense with the bonkers occult theme, oh yeah not to mention the Red light up and the Indiana jonesque fire torches .. the priest with the French beard who suggests the Kid sacrifice. The whole second half seemed like something out of an Uwe Boll movie.. albeit the cool song ..(the audio version not the Super informative cut scene song visual)
The spree killers mysskin and sandy were scarier than the main villains. A lost opportunity to use Arjun as a more dangerous villain still remains. Sanjay Dutt was never menacing, but just looked tired. In hindsight I felt Arjun would have been a menacing Anthony Das. That said, I echo with you Jammy, the second half let down the excitement that was set by the first half
Anthony das just wants to know that parthi is leo
Anthony das is suffering huge loss and his drug mafia has gone nuts since leo left him.. and he has become older.. only intention he has is leo to come back..
Harold on the other hand had only one encounter with parthi and he is sending his army of 150 odd ppl to kill him.. gangsters usually don't fight
In the flashback, dsouza is telling the story so he is definitely projecting leo bigger than anthony and Harold so logically they can't be powerful than him...
And the movie is all about internal conflict of parthi not letting leo to take over and not let ppl know that he is Leo.. so the importance is given to lead character.. rest all the characters are just provoking him...
@@balu8885 not drug mafia its dathura smoking weed
@@smr19673 yeah same...
This is just the introduction of character Leo. Like vikram and kaithi for respective charactors. Maybe upcoming films in LCU these villains have more to do. Even Anurag Kashyap !
One more thing I recollect is Parthiban’s daughter wants to name the hyena Elisa
The main loophole I feel is the location thing. That Vikram girl coming from Chennai to Theog just for that little meet didn't make sense. Good Vikram connection tho.
Everybody pointed out the Hyena sequence wasn't there just for a visual treat. Jammy felt he missed something when watching LEO. So he went in for a seond watch and corrected that part in this review 😀 good..
One more thing.. when he asks his family what we can name the Hyena.. his daughter says Elisa.. did his daughter know about Leo? 🙄🙄
Leo is a gem no matter what!
The fact that there is much heated debate about the theories of movies already made this movie awesome, everyone wants to give their opinion and share their theories and will watch this movie more than a single time, this already made this movie accomplished its purpose
The censorship surely messed some scenes. I believe many scenes regarding the human sacrifices might've been removed, affecting the over-all impact of the Das's intimidating factors.
I enjoyed the film largely due to Vijay's fantastic performance, Anirudh's BGM, Lokesh's unique style of story-telling and the way he has connected this to the LCU. The first half in particular was simply terrific with a solid interval point. The second half especially the back-story featuring Dutt & Arjun Sarja was weak indeed but thankfully the film picked up steam in the last 20-30 mins. Sanju Baba is getting typecast in such roles (KGF2, Shamshera, Leo) - hamming away to glory. High time he does something different or gracefully retires.
Movie would've been much better if they'd kept psycho serial killer as ultimate villain instead of poorly written das brothers.
Sandy Master killed it honestly!
No, as mentioned in the video those small time criminals were used to tease who actually parthiban actually was. That went really, really well. The das Duo should've been written well or else the human sacrifice part must've been made us spine chilled. If the either worked well, I think leo will a complete 100% lokesh's film.
Sandy master left a long lasting impact with that opening scene 🔥
@@Rajutp-22i agree
They should have shown Harold Das giving bribes to the priest for throne it would have made more sense for superstitions
Jammy the existence of a twin is true but whats fake about the flashback is the reason why the twin was killed.. Not because of the occult sacrifice.. It's possible she was the one leaking intel to the cops as a police informer and probably thats why she was killed by Harold and leo was trying to save her even though he knew the truth
It is not necessary to fully explain the intentions, backstory and complete character arc of every character for a movie that is a part of a cinematic universe in one film itself. It might make sense as other films come out and we get to know more about them. Das duo and their arc may get explored in upcoming films. This was just a character intro and his nature in my opinion. Leo is like the Hulk the Bruce Banner Parthiban hates. He is kind of like an anti hero and a villain as the song Villain Yaruda clearly indicates this. In the second watch I could sense the evil in him right from the beginning. Das duo wanted something that Leo could give. Why Parthi hates Leo might get answered as LCU expands. Come on, we hated Age Of Ultron when it released. Now we love it after Infinity war and Engame as it clearly contributed to complete Tony's character arc. I loved Leo much more after second watch❤
Parthi should've never accepted that he is Leo. Rather Lokesh should've left some signs like
1. Parthi rolls a revolver on his arm and kills Harold in Leo's cool style.
2. Parthi looks into the eye of the flying eagle.
3. Parthi grabs the knife that was used to kill his twin sister Elisa followed by blowing up the factory scene.
4. In the end, he receives a call from Vikram saying that "Leo can fool everyone but not him, he knows that Parthi is in fact Leo."
Lokesh should've left the Parthi-Leo identity open-ended rather than concluding it.
Kaithi x Vikram x Amar x LEO = Rolex 💥💥💥💥💥
Rest In Peace Theatres & Box-office 🔥🤞💥
Experience x Surprise x Musical 💥💥💥
Movie would be good if vijay didnt reveal himself as leo to anyone , bluffing all the way till the end, and finally revealed by kamal.. then it would be suspenseful and mysterical and could be potential lead and hype for the next movie in the universe..😅😅
Leo is the villan of the movie Sanju and Arjun Sarja are supporting characters
So a few points I noticed on my second viewing -
SPOILER ALERT (obviously)
1) While the flashback might not entirely be fake, I feel D'Souza did lie about a few aspects. The kadi Leo wears on his hand before "dying" is found at Das & Co after the climax fight (he wears it again then) - not sure how it got there if he "died" according to D'Souza. Also when Joshy visits D'Souza in jail, one of the policemen mentions that there will be a headcount soon and that Joshy only has about 20 min to talk to D'Souza, which kind of explains why D'Souza talks mostly (and briefly) only about the day the factory got burned. After his conversation with Joshy, D'Souza even says this - "He reacted like this after I narrated what happened in one day, I wonder how he'll react if he listens to the entire story". This kind of explains the rushed "flashback" as I'm guessing Loki has kept it under wraps to explore in future LCU movies. Also, the absence of bullet wounds after getting shot at (twice I think) that everyone is pointing out. Loki is very consistent with such details and I refuse to believe that he missed something so obvious. And he showed Leo shirtless for like 3 times in the movie - which I believe is to establish that the part about him dying after getting shot by Anthony is not true.
2) I feel there might've been some rivalry between Das & Co and Rolex as it is hinted in one of the lyrics from Naa Ready - "Don't taunt this lion (Leo) with a scorpion bite (Rolex). Also, one of his henchmen says that they're getting shot at by "them" whenever they try to transport stuff. "Them" here might either be the police or Rolex's peeps - I'm inclined to believe the latter.
3) In the climax fight, before killing Harold, Leo says "I should've killed you that day itself, not sure why I didn't. No matter, I'll do it now" hinting that he had a chance to kill him "that" day, but he still let him go for some reason - which also kind of establishes that D'Souza was not entirely truthful when he spoke to Joshy.
Maybe I'm reading a little too much into stuff, lol. But I really enjoyed it a bit more (especially the second half - which I felt was kind of a letdown on my first viewing) on my second viewing.
The whole thing isnt a lie. I think D'Souza was toning down how he narrated the story as gvm's character is already shook to the core just hearing that and he must have also lied how eliza died and how leo was killed. Also the issues with the censor board must played a part in toning down the scenes
So when the guy from jail tell the flash back he says that sanjay dutt shot leo in the back multiple times but with parthi his back is clean with no wound marks. So maybe. Also appears that there are 3 version of the film going on 1. Where Anthony never find out and the scene cuts after the cigarette is thrown out.
2. Anthony learns about leo when he dies but is only reveled when harold is being killed
3. Anthony learns about leo in his final moments and this is shown to the audience and also same thing with harold.
The movie was overall good and it was way better than the recent Bollywood movies
But bollywood is garbage why you compare garbage industry
Lol seriously
Not at all.. typical south masala.. can't even make different genres like bollywood
@@parshiya9271 well said
@@parshiya9271 I don't like both 🤣
Anmol....Now its time to review some of the underrated Gems Like kaalapaani , scam 2003 and some regional cinema...😅 Fed up of this LCU and stuff