Kill 4K | 4K Ultra HD SteelBook (Lionsgate)
Lionsgate continues to pump out John Wick-like/The Raid-esque product with Kill, a Hindi-language martial arts actioner from director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat (Hurdang) that’s headlined by Lakshya (Haseena).
According to Korean Film Expert Paul Bramhall, some of the film’s action was choreographed by Oh Se-young, whose notable work includes Bollywood films such as Tiger 3 and War, as well as stunts for Snowpiercer and War of the Arrows.
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.
Later this year,
Kill hit theaters on July 4th from Lionsgate. Look out for a 4K Ultra HD Amazon Exclusive SteelBook version later this year.
This can’t be a Bollywood film if it’s this violent! I wonder if Vidyut Jamwaal and Tiger Shroff would ever go in this direction.
Its a Bollywood movie. Its produced by a well known Bollywood studio.
I want Vidyut Jamwaal, to absolutely do this. It would really showcase Kalaripayayttu more
That would be something. It doesn’t look like Kill showcases Kalari very much, but we’ll see.
It is probably some Kalari but not much I see MallaYudda and Kushti which are Indian
I know a few Korean stunt guys and action directors who worked on this, so not sure how much of the choreography will feature native Indian styles vs. the down and dirty choreography Korea is known for. We’ll see in 2 months!
That is interesting to learn. One has to wonder if they all collaborated to make something unique by combining Indian and Korean styles.
It does seem like the order of the day is animalistic brutality, but I hope there’s a good balance between that and traditional techniques as what was shown in Monkey Man.
I loved that in Monkey Man. I noticed they didn’t elaborate too much on it but it was good. Do you know about Indian Martial Arts?
The Raid on a train?
more like Under Siege 2 with dancing.
Martial art fight scenes are always a violent dance.
then is Under Siege 2 with MORE dancing.
Which is good since the fights in Under Siege 2 were short and sloppy dances.
let’s just hope they aren’t long and sloppy.
It doesn’t look like that with Kill. The movie is following in the footsteps of Iko Uwais and Korean thrillers.
not really sure about that, from the looks of it doesn’t fall much far from the bollywood tree.
There’s no dancing in the movie. Lots of violence and action.
i take back everything i said.
just finished watching it and it’s a great non stop fight ride.
doesn’t even look like a bollywood flick, not a single ounce of the usual sillyness.
Better than John Wick?
Better action than John Wick , so tired of the headshot headshot roll around on the ground headshot headshot rinse repeat of the John Wick franchise. It is quite brutal though, definitely not for everyone. Also “story” is paper thin almost non existent. This movie really is all about the action
it depends on what you’re looking for.
there’s neither grand action set pieces like the hotel fight or the paris run nor extravagant acrobatic stunts a la tiger shroff, it’s grounded and minimalistic.
all in all, this is more fun and satisfying, mostly thanks to a more manageable runtime, JW4’s 160 minutes felt too heavy.
I loved that in Monkey Man. I noticed they didn’t elaborate too much on it but it was good. Do you know about Indian Martial Arts?
I’m not as knowledgeable about it as with other styles, but from what I’ve seen of Kalari, it’s very similar to kung fu and capoeira with the way it looks free flowing while also maintaining certain forms. I find it interesting that Indian martial arts predate Shaolin which really cements how all martial arts have a lot in common with one another.
I celebrated my 4th of July with Kill at the theater. While there is a lot to enjoy about the movie, it’s not the game changer that the review blurbs have been making it out to be.
The action certainly is of the “down and dirty” variety. Oh Se-yeong’s fight choreography is very unique in how it combine’s Korea’s close quarters techniques with an Indian flair. The action and movie as a whole can be compared more to Farang (Mayhem) than The Raid in how there’s pauses that either allow the audience to catch their breath or slow the proceedings down depending on how one looks at it.
There are a number of imperfections. The main character, Lakshya despite being a commando suffers a lot throughout the movie to make him less unstoppable and more human, but there are more than a few scenes where the bad guys incapacitate him, but they don’t kill him because they’re fucking around. At one point, even though it’s supposed to be because Lakshya gets exhausted, it also looks like he keeps getting injured simply because he’s not defending himself properly.
At one point, one of the henchmen decides that he would make a better hostage than the other train passengers in spite of what he’s done to them. For that matter, there are too many scenes where the bad guys are crying because of what Lakshya does to each of them or when they find the various dead bodies. (The bandits are a giant family) They last longer than they should, and it gets old fast.
At first, I was annoyed that an English language remake was announced before Kill’s release date, but now I would welcome it as long as it fixes the flaws of this movie. In the end, I’m glad that I watched Kill, and I would watch it again, but Monkey Man is still the better Indian set flick.
Monkey Man is unwatchable. No way this is worse. Also the best Indian action flick of the year is Malaikottai Vaaliban.
No, it’s not “worse.” It just didn’t have the emotional investment that Monkey Man had.
There’s no dancing in the movie. Lots of violence and action.