Director Prince Joy’s Titans is an extremely ambitious film. Instead of sticking to one simple theme, the movie completely changes its identity halfway through.

The first hour plays out like a gritty, local crime comedy set in the streets of Kochi, but right after the interval block, it transforms into a full-scale supernatural fantasy.

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The story starts with a lively sequence that instantly hooks you into the lives of a group of clumsy, small-time criminals.

We meet Antony Yakuza (Jayasurya), a foolish goon who desperately wants to be a feared don like the father of his gang, Peter (Baby Jean).

However, Yakuza is incredibly incompetent, and Peter constantly dominates him and treats him with zero respect.

Alongside Yakuza is his friend and roommate Anwar (Nihal Nizam), a young digital scammer who uses social media tricks to make money.

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The gang bumbles from one failed crime to another, including a hilariously botched attempt to kidnap a police officer’s daughter that lands Peter straight in jail.

This entire first half relies on loud, raw slapstick comedy that feel like things you see on Instagram reels, culminating in a bank robbery sequence that is an absolute laugh riot.

The narrative shifts gears entirely when a mysterious man named Rejimon (Vinayakan) joins the gang as their getaway driver for the bank heist.

Before this, we see Rejimon working a regular job in a strange company headed by Indrans where his rivalry played by Sunny Wayne, threatens to take away workers who fail to close their files.

After the interval, the film drops the comedy facade and reveals a massive twist: Rejimon is actually a celestial being, making him “The Gurdian Angel.”

We learn that the supreme Angel leader, played by Indrans, has given Rejimon a divine mission to reform Yakuza.

To rescue his hidden wings and keep them from being permanently clipped by the demonic leader, Rejimon must stop Yakuza from doing bad deeds and transform him into a genuinely good human being.

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When it comes to the casting, the director does something wonderful by breaking traditional visual clichés. Usually, movies show angels as flawless, fair-skinned figures wearing flowing white dresses.

Prince Joy completely smashes this stereotype by casting Vinayakan as the main angel and Indrans as the angelic leader, rooting the divine characters into a deeply authentic Malayali look.

The film also uses this fantasy setup to deliver a powerful, socially relevant message about the narcotics epidemic that is spreading rapidly among school and college students.

Having local, grounded angels descend to Earth specifically to warn young people to avoid drugs and stay away from addiction is a noble intention that gives the movie a strong moral backbone.

Jayasurya breathes hilarious life into his foolish goon character, channeling the beloved, nostalgic energy of his older roles in Chathikkatha Chanthu and Three Kings with sharp, quick-witted one-liners.

Vinayakan matches him perfectly with a massive, stoic screen presence that balances out the absurdity of the situations.

On the technical side, the VFX is superb, rendering the supernatural elements and angelic wings in a realistic way that never looks cheap or cartoonish against the backdrop of Fort Kochi.

Ultimately, Titans is a movie made with pure heart that unfortunately gets weighed down by its own premise.

The sudden jump from raw, slapstick street humor to a preachy, moralistic fantasy creates a noticeable tonal whiplash that stops the script from flowing naturally.

The comedy becomes quite uneven in the second half, and the pacing slows down drastically as the film tries too hard to force its anti-drug message into the angel-demon lore.

It is an imaginative and daring experiment that doesn’t fully manage to execute its brilliant concept, but I definitely appreciate the courage and good intentions of the filmmaker.

Timeline Verdict:

Titans is a highly imaginative and entertaining time-pass movie that deserves respect for its concepts and social message but could have been executed well.

Rating: 2.5

Cast:

* Jayasurya
* Vinayakan
* Nihal Nizam
* Baby Jean (Habish Rahman)
* Indrans
* Suresh Krishna
* Sunny Wayne
* Manikandan R. Achari
* Shajeer P. Basheer

Crew

* Director: Prince Joy
* Writer: James Sebastian
* Producers: Irshad M. Hassan & Midhun Manuel Thomas
* Music Composers: Dawn Vincent & Shaan Rahman
* Cinematographer: Vishnu Sharma