Kill

A decent Action flick on a train with bandits, not quite up to the quality of Indonesia, but actually pretty good by Indian standards. It's the first action movie from India that isn't downright over the top, crammed with CGI, dancing and the like, and the plot is too simple for the often twisty India, but it doesn't matter. The film has a likable protagonist, benefits from the train setting that you can't escape from, the villain is a decent nutcase too, and in one unexpected twist, the emotions kick in. From the incident in question, the protagonist switches to berserker mode and starts killing his enemies quite spectacularly. The decent brutality is a big upside, it is also quite unprecedented for India, as far as choreography is concerned. It's not too challenging and the bunch of thugs are martial arts experts, so you can't expect miracles from them, only the giant downright floored the protagonist. Outside of the action though, it's sadly boring, the actors overact weirdly and what was quite annoying to me was that every dead person has to be mourned by half the bad guys because they were some relative or another, it was a bit of a distraction but it was bearable. Overall a fine action flick, but I don't have much need to watch it again because it dragged unpleasantly outside of the action, and if it was PG-13, it would go down a star with the rating. 7/10. (07/27/2024)