I Saw Leo The 2nd Time & I AM SHOCKED | Leo Spoiler Talk, Climax, Theories & Hidden Details 

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.

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.

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..."

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".

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..

Funny that Leo is getting interesting day by day while everyone was hating on it on Day One..now people cant ignore Leo😮

The Das brothers are not the Villains, while on paper they play antagonists but the Villain is Leo and Parthi is the Hero

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...

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

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 !!

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.

Definitely the most interesting Vijay movie in the last 20 years. The fact that you had released two videos for this movie ascertained this😅

Dont know about the Lokiverse future, but I definitely enjoyed Leo. Yes, I did enjoy.

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 😂😂

(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).

Unpopular opinion : The more you watch the movie the more you feel it's better🥶

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....

Petition to release an extended director's cut version

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. 😅

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.

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.

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

Vikram and leo both had limited hindi realse. Why makers don't understand hindi market is much bigger when it comes to action moives.

Finally, someone adressed the first 10 min subtext

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 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?"

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 😁

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.

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.

Parthiban telling everyone he is not Leo, is just like Anmol telling everyone he is not Jammy. #JammyDas 🪙🍫

Movie was outstanding ... Sanjay dutt intro bgm gave me chills tho

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.

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.

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....🙏🙏🙏

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

I am shocked as you.. was let down by the first watch (to much expectations)..but loved it the second time.. Brilliant movie

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.

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

With vijay , Lokesh has struggled on star vs story ...This was evident on Master and now in Leo...

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.

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.

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. 🫡

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.

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.

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 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 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

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.

One more thing I recollect is Parthiban’s daughter wants to name the hyena Elisa

They should have shown Harold Das giving bribes to the priest for throne it would have made more sense for superstitions

Leo is a gem no matter what!

I loved your opinions and criticisms you have for the movie. That's why I watch your videos jammy, you watch, feel and analyse movies in the same way i do. That's feels like a connection with you, haha. Agreed with all the things you said. 💛

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.

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).

Hi jammy big fan of ur work..keep going 🎉

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 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.

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.

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..

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.

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 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.

The title should be changed to watered down review of Leo to appease South audience.

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)

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

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✊

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.

Brilliant Video Jammy!!!!!!

Kaithi x Vikram x Amar x LEO = Rolex 💥💥💥💥💥 Rest In Peace Theatres & Box-office 🔥🤞💥 Experience x Surprise x Musical 💥💥💥

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!

As always Great Analysis🔥

Subrahmani coming to rescue was ok, I was actually expecting Trisha to have a badass moment like that of Agent Tina 😅

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.

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

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 was waiting for this Video!❤

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.

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..

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

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

Movie would've been much better if they'd kept psycho serial killer as ultimate villain instead of poorly written das brothers.

Leo is the villan of the movie Sanju and Arjun Sarja are supporting characters

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.. when he asks his family what we can name the Hyena.. his daughter says Elisa.. did his daughter know about Leo? 🙄🙄

That opening man😂😂😂

The movie was overall good and it was way better than the recent Bollywood movies

I agree with Jammy on this one. I too felt they let down the movie in the 2nd half and the story did not compliment the efforts taken by Vijay. But for me the funny thing are those fan theories coming after the release. So according to these theories, if the screenplay could not establish or convey something, they are either fake or will be clarified in a movie, which might happen in a movie 5-10years later? These theories are now spread over social media so that when someone watches the movie now, they don’t realize the gaps, because these gaps are filled by social media theories.😊

What you have said is absolutely correct...lokesh is one of the few directors who knows how to keep audience being engaged until post credit scenes... But i still can't digest the fact the he wrote screenplay for leo second half....even i doubt if anyone had interrupted in screenplay....According to me "He is the definition of detailing". He will do wonders in future... I'm sure about that.... But As a die hard fan of lokesh and vijay... I expected something more than vikram... Strongly hope he delivers something great in future in LCU.

Rolex is too big of a villain to come face to face with Leo.