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It's a storyline with a lot of projections of confused understanding, and an attempt to find comedy through it. Seeing the film made me really miss the ability of certain individuals who were able to make everyone laugh a decade and half ago, it was simply fun and often had a clean finish. Nowadays, not many have that skill. Another thing I noticed is Vineeth is perfect now to portrait a Kollam-based character, his energy-level gives off that vibe. I don't know if the curse word used through-out the film is something commonly used around that area or not, and not using other regional expressions made it less funny. The ideology of embracing uncertainty or ambiguity is expressed through out the film, and felt like it is the statement that the film was making. Anyhow, not that good and not that bad, but bearable than some recent ones.

The film made zero-sense. It was shot like a set of shorts that could be connected together. Then it was tied together as a film with a lot of missing elements. It felt like they changed the story and graph of it's progression randomly to make money spent and star power hired justified. The film is purely meant for fans, and those who have a good level of attention deficiency. Otherwise, it's not a digestible film. I don't know if this would also be a part of the new generation's way of storytelling. I hope it wouldn't be. Some years ago, a famous producer said, he needed the whole proposed story in sketch. I believe, that should be the way from now on, then at least the individuals reviewing it to spend money on a story could meaningfully think whether they should or shouldn't invest rather than gambling away money on star power and promises. What's some thousands spend on making a rough graphic novel than spending millions.

I am not a fan of mindless violence movies, and this is one. Follows the DNA of such past Indian and other gory films with a handful of masala. Not a family film at all, and not suitable for impressionable age-groups. However, I felt like heroism should have been added at every second, that was missing here and there. Unni should have practiced those beginning fights a bit more, because the air gap between him and the one's that were getting the kicks and punches were noticeable. Also, should have a taken some behavioral insight from smokers on how to stylishly bite on the cigar, cause that shots felt very inorganic. I am of the camp that he should have had more defined muscles and structure, and should have been on display like in Salman's films. I am unsure of what Jagadeesh's trajectory is cause he is breaking his own template in each films, and I believe if there is an award for like reemerging star or so, he would get it. The guys who played as his son's were perfectly able to display the psychotic demeanor their characters demanded. The bgm kept the momentum going, and I felt like all the victims were given a ragdoll role for response to violence, which is absolutely alright for a masala film. The film isn't without logical issues, however, films like this isn't about logical fitness, only requires a story that superficially connects, shouldn't engage with it cognitively, like Pulimurugan. All in all, a film crafted for a certain target audience, and if leveraged appropriately, a perfect "superstardom" vehicle that could be used to elevate the lead's ranking position in the industry and enhance opportunities to do more films.