The title - Gangster, the star - Mammootty and the director - Ashiq Abu had given me high hopes about the then upcoming movie. With the trailer revealing very little plot and setting up a dark and eerie ambiance, I was very excited to see the then expected to be hit of the year.

The movie started off like a below average anime, narrating the history of the protagonist. The storytelling was refreshing since I have never seen anything similar in another Malayalam movie. Unfortunately that's the only compliment I can give this movie. The plot was slow and very predictable. The movie lacked any character development. Some visual effects were good, but most of it were annoying. The story moves at the pace of a snail.

I appreciate Ashiq Abu for experimenting with the storytelling despite it's similarity with some Hollywood movies but he chose the same old over-told story to do this with.