Despite the high-profile collaboration of the Pulimurugan team (Mohanlal, Vysakh, and writer Udaykrishna), Monster was a commercial failure.
The film’s "progressive" reveal—that the primary antagonists are a lesbian couple—was widely criticized for being regressive and sensationalist. Monster (2022) Malayalam HQ HDRip x264 AAC 700M...
: The second half shifts into an investigative thriller, revealing that Lucky Singh is an undercover agent (Shivdev) tracking a pair of elusive criminals. Critics noted that this shift into "pulp fiction" territory initially generated interest but faltered during the lengthy exposition and "unpredictable" twists. II. Critical and Social Contention and writer Udaykrishna)