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Kill
KILL
2024 105 min India R 18+
★7.5
Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
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Description
When an army commando finds out his true love is engaged against her will, he boards a New Dehli-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train, the commando takes them on, one by one.
Budget:
$4.8M
US Gross:
$1.17M
Worldwide:
$5.6M
Starring
Lakshya
Actor
Raghav Juyal
Actor
Tanya Maniktala
Actor
Awards
Saturn Awards 2025
— Best International Feature Film
Key opinion
Kill is a visceral, claustrophobic action thriller that draws heavy inspiration from international genre cinema to deliver relentless, gore-heavy combat. While its brutal choreography and confined train setting earn praise from fans of the genre, the film's repetitive nature and lack of emotional depth leave some viewers cold.
| Production | The film utilizes its confined train setting to create a claustrophobic and effective backdrop for high-stakes combat. | |
| Direction | The action choreography is relentlessly violent, graphic, and well-staged, frequently drawing comparisons to the grit of Indonesian and Korean cinema. | |
| Acting | Lakshya’s physical performance provides a strong, convincing anchor for the film's intense, combat-heavy sequences. | |
| Emotion | The emotional impact is polarized; while some find the central love line provides a necessary core, others feel the characters lack sufficient depth to make the drama resonate. | |
| Pacing | The combat sequences divide viewers, with some finding the brutal, inventive choreography thrilling and others feeling the repetitive nature of the fights becomes exhausting. |