What I really have to say is that, I entered as a Vijay fan, and returned as a vjs fan (Vijay sethupathi).
This movie have developed not just a character, but an Empire of it. Vijay fans may get disappointed at loki for giving emphasis on the villain more than the hero. The audience go wild and hysterical when the villain bgm just starts to play. But we can see a totally different Vijay here, who travels through a local lifestyle(which he didnt do for the past few years). Vijay was given no justice.. No proper history, no character development or romance stuff (which also would hv been boring), no scenes for the viewers to go awe. The main problem was that this movie involved two legends where one cannot sacrifice for the other. But the director, in my opinion, sacrificed Vijay for Vijay sethupathi.
That was about the characters..Now coming to music. It was MIND BLOWING.. The music just gave life to this film. I would like to disclose a fact that the portion just after interval felt lagging just because they used no music and had lesser scenes of vjs (and his fist punch). And special mention to Vijay's ringtone and that "ooooo..yeah" songs which was never expected to be made by a tamilan.. hats off to Anirudh
Now the main part, Story. The director held the film tightly in his hands for first half but as second half started to develop, he lost its hold. The first half had good character intros, intention portraits and energetic moves and fights. But in the second half, what we could see was unnecessary fights, unwanted threatening, video taken and stolen adding nothing to the film etc. And the climax, well you don't have to sit in there for long to see that, it's not worth it. Vjs killed three men in one punch, but lucky Vijay survives the attack and...sorry not disclosing it.
So overall, I suggest to watch the first half and get out if you want to have a better picture of the film MASTER in your mind.
Thanks. My rating 3/5