Toxic X review: Netizens call the film 'torture' and 'soulless'; Yash's performance wins praise

Following multiple delays and massive buzz among fans Yash has finally returned to the big screen after four years with Toxic A Fairytale for Grownups The gangster drama helmed by Geetu Mohandas was released in theatres worldwide on August 26 amid much fanfare Fans were seen celebrating the release with fervour outside cinema halls Likewise early moviegoers have started sharing their reviews of the film on social mediaToxic X reviewOne early moviegoer who watched the film in Dubai wrote Finished watching in Dubai 2am show 1st half 70 to 80 percentYash benkiii acting 2nd half awesome with twists n turns Overall cud hv been tighterMy review 45 Yash 75 he has outclassed his acting prowess Raw real n crazyFinished watching in Dubai 2am show 1st half 70to80Yash benkiii acting2nd half awesome with twists n turns Overall cud hv been tighterMy review 45Yash 75 he has outclassed his acting prowess Raw real n crazyToxicyashToxictheMovie pictwittercomi9TQIHtSkCmdash naganayan aradhya nayanaradhya August 26 2026A third user wrote Toxic A Fairy Tale That Turns Into a Complete Nightmare for Everyone They added A technically sound film buried under chaotic writing and exhausting execution There are barely any proper character introductions the narrative has no clear flow and the screenplay gets confusing enough that yoursquore often left wondering whatrsquos even happening Dialogue writing is bad the editing is even worse and Ravi Basrurrsquos BGM only makes the experience that much more painful Yashrsquos screen presence and a few scenes along with a betterexecuted climax are the very few positives This one is hard to sit through Not even a bad watch this is a straight up disaster Rating 155Toxic A Fairy Tale That Turns Into a Complete Nightmare for EveryoneA technically sound film buried under chaotic writing and exhausting execution There are barely any proper character introductions the narrative has no clear flow and the screenplay gets confusing enoughhellipmdash Venky Reviews venkyreviews August 26 2026Another user shared a review at the interval saying Itrsquos INTERVALhellip YASH has a BOSSY screen presence and the terrific BGM elevates his scenes to next level Itrsquos his show all the way Whistleworthy dialoguesscenes a lot of violence and enough dose of intimacy which audience expected So far engaging and intriguing TOXICItrsquos INTERVALhellip YASH has a BOSSY screen presence and the terrific BGM elevates his scenes to next level Itrsquos his show all the wayWhistleworthy dialoguesscenes a lot of violence and enough dose of intimacy which audience expected So far engaging amp intriguing TOXICmdash Aavishkar aavishhkar August 26 2026A user shared an honest review writing Yash Sirrsquos performance and the cinematography are the only major positives The fight scenes are also massive But the story amp screenplay are a complete disaster Character introductions are poorly handled emotional scenes have zero impact and the narrative constantly feels lost Too many unnecessary and adult scenes feel completely forced Heroinesrsquo acting is CRINGE PRO MAX Songs amp BGM are another huge headache At times it feels like 4ndash5 different movies were mashed together without knowing how to connect themToxic ReviewYash Sirrsquos performance and the cinematography are the only major positives The fight scenes are also massive But the story amp screenplay are a complete disaster Character introductions are poorly handled emotional scenes have zero impact and the narrativehellipmdash Honest Review honestreview01 August 26 2026One user even wrote TOXIC TORTURE A Boring Soulless Violent Action DramaTOXIC TORTUREA Boring Soulless Violent Action Dramamdash Christopher Kanagaraj Chrissuccess August 26 2026One user posted a detailed Toxic review and wrote The first half of Toxic starts with a solid Yash entry that delivers the expected mass elevation followed by a few impressive fight episodes The cinematography production design and overall setup look good while KiaraAdvani and Nayanthara put in decent performances However the major issue is the excessive lag The first half feels repetitive with an adult scene followed by a fight and similar sequences continuing throughout More importantly the film fails to establish a strong emotional connection with the audience The second half unfortunately continues the same slow pace with only a few action sequences providing some relief The core emotion never really works and the last 40 minutes feel unintentionally comical because of the way the situations are written and presentedToxicReviewThe first half of Toxic starts with a solid Yash entry that delivers the expected mass elevation followed by a few impressive fight episodes The cinematography production design and overall setup look good while KiaraAdvani and Nayanthara put in decenthellip httpstco4VMJUvpxEz pictwittercom35yljNiMhumdash Australian Telugu Films AuTelugu_Films August 26 2026The user added Despite some good performances very little works in the filmrsquos favour Kiara Advani stands out as one of the best aspects of the movie delivering a fantastic performance while Yash also does a good job in his role However the climax is one of the weakest and most unconvincing parts of the film By then the excessive runtime becomes extremely noticeable making the overall experience feel unnecessarily stretched Overall Toxic has good action performances and technical quality but the weak emotional core slow narration lengthy runtime and disappointing climax severely affect the film before calling it a very disappointing outingAbout ToxicToxic is helmed by Geetu Mohandas and produced by Yashs Monster Mind Creations along with KVN Productions Along with Yash the film also stars Kiara Advani Nayanthara Huma Qureshi Tara Sutaria and Rukmini VasanthThe film has been passed by the CBFC with an A rating The Hindi version of the film received significant cuts including muting abusive dialogues reducing a drug abuse scene and replacing an obscene dialogue