Kill (2024)
Dharma Films’ Producers Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta join forces in Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s relentless martial arts thriller KILL. When army commando Amrit (Lakshya) finds out his true love Tulika (Tanya Maniktala) is engaged against her will, he boards a New Delhi-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves led by the ruthless Fani (Raghav Juyal) begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train, Amrit takes them on himself in a death-defying kill-spree to save those around him – turning what should have been a typical commute into an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride.
(Source: Village Cinemas)
Wow, I am in disbelief that this is a Bollywood film! It is executed in a truly brilliant manner. The setup may be straightforward, but the action, direction, and acting are all outstanding. India’s response to the Raid Films. I can’t express in enough words how excited I am about what I witnessed. I was rooting for each kill and it remains engaging. The main actor has a promising career ahead in Bollywood and a flawless first film launch. Raghav is a pleasure to see and nails every scene he is in. The entire supporting cast performs admirably, but in the end, this movie belongs to the director. His vision and execution, without diminishing the lead’s contributions, are truly remarkable. This movie is an absolute blast for any action enthusiast. No giveaways, just sharing joy like how the film made me happy. (imdb.com)
“They’ll get off this train for sure … BUT only for their funeral!” This rabid declaration gets spit out in a fireball of pure rage, as does much of the exclamatory dialogue, in an over-the-top, excessively violent action import from India. Preposterous beyond belief, writer/director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat applies no brakes to the action as a gaggle of pirates square off with two cocky commando captains — Amrit Rathod (Lakshya) and Viresh Chatwal (Abishek Chauhan) — while on a train barreling toward New Delhi. Amrit deploys an array of creative acrobatic maneuvers and killer moves to dispense with the vile cretins aboard who are preying on his besotted lover (Tanya Maniktala), her rich family and any clueless passenger that gets in the way. After a groan-inducing 15 minutes of exposition, “Kill” lets go of all that baggage to become an outright blast while making a convincing argument for Lakshya becoming our next big action star. (Randy Myers, rottentomatoes.com)
Yeah it’s a really, really great action film that does a surprisingly good job of threading the needle between indulgent ‘oh shit did you see that’ brutal action scenes whilst also showing you ‘henchman have families too ya know!’. They quite literally make all the bad guys family members who are shown going through the same sadness, fear and fury that the hero does when their brothers/cousins/uncles are killed. (Reddit)
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