Leo

Too much time was spent on Vijay's present, which is not necessarily a bad thing. That's the one of the reason first half felt better. Especially the introduction with Hyena which represented a man flighting to tame violence with empathy.

But there were too many villain characters and not enough character development or screen space was given to them. This made the main villain characters half-cooked and their motive was not very convincing, either in flash back or in present. This resulted in a disappointing third act for most. Seems Lokesh was conflicted with the idea of a man who is trying to move on from the violent past and Vijay's stardom as an action hero, which demanded a celebration of violence. Nature of Vijay's stardom didn't afford him the space to create a convincing story line like in Kaithi and Vikram. In Vikram, Kamal Hassan of present hardly appears in the first half, which created the anticipation. This allowed Lokesh to unleash Kamal in the third act. Even in Lucifer Mohan Lal's screen space was much less in the beginning which allowed the plot to develop and Mohan Lal created hawock in the third act. While in Leo, the Villains appears only near the intervel and Vijay's action scenes are one too many very early in the film. That didn't allow the plot to develop into a good third act and created disappointing finale to the audience.

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