Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ‘Leo” is a mixed bag: the ‘mass’ moments work, the dramatic ones don’t

The film stars Vijay, Trisha, and an entire battalion. But barring the hero, nobody gets much to do in this long movie.

The most positive thing about is that, like , it is a 100% Lokesh Kanagaraj film. The melodramatic  “family-friendly” daughter-track of is gone. The fan-service college portions of are gone. With the exception of one song ( here, like in ), this director has turned the concept of a star vehicle into a director vehicle. Co-written with Rathna Kumar and Deeraj Vaidy, this is a clean screenplay. Like in , there’s no out-of-nowhere father-son “twist’ drama. Like in , there is no out-of-nowhere messaging about farmer suicides or corporate villains. The narrative lines, the character lines are clean. They are not terribly inventive (more about that later), and like , this film is better enjoyed as a theatrical experience. (I’m not sure the ‘mass’ moments are going to explode on OTT.) But every choice locks together cleanly, and at the very level, the story chugs along without any bumps.

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