Laravel 5.8 strange image upload validation error

Is it just me or is image validation uploading in Laravel 5.8 doesn't work properly? My form is configured correctly in blade view

<form action="{{url('admin/itemimageupload')}}" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
<input required type="file" class="form control form-control-sm" id="files" name="images[]" multiple>

Controller validation

$request->validate([
    'images' => 'required',
        'images.*' => 'image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg|max:2048'
        ]);

When I try to upload a VIDEO file, it shouldn't be allowed and i should get an error saying that, but instead i laravel throws a PostTooLargeException

Illuminate \ Http \ Exceptions \ PostTooLargeException No message

When I upload an 1 JPG file that's bigger than 2MB, I get the following error displayed in the errors output section of form blade view file.

The images.0 failed to upload.

When I try to upload 2 or more JPG files that are all larger than 2MB, I get thrown the same PostTooLargeException.