“Kill” Teaser Poster
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.
Kill hits theaters July 4th from Lionsgate. Don’t miss the film’s Trailer below:
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.
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.