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KILL

3 July 2024Hindi1h 45m
7.2
from 9 scored reviews · 5 not rated

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What critics are saying

Critical reception for KILL is overwhelmingly positive, with reviewers broadly agreeing it stands as one of the most intense and inventive action films in recent Hindi cinema.

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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.

Critic Consensus

Critical reception for KILL is overwhelmingly positive, with reviewers broadly agreeing it stands as one of the most intense and inventive action films in recent Hindi cinema. Critics most consistently praised the visceral, relentless action choreography and its effective use of the train's confined spaces as a setting. Several reviewers also noted that the film offers substance beyond its extreme violence, with Raghav Juyal's performance as the antagonist receiving specific commendation. The near-universal caveat across reviews is that the film's graphic gore makes it unsuitable for squeamish viewers, though this is framed more as a content warning than a creative flaw.

9 rated reviews · 9 positive

Praised: visceral, inventive action choreographyCriticised: extreme gore limits audience

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Critic Reviews (14)

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Shubhra GuptaTop Critic· Indian Express
7.0
'Kill' is a lean, mean killing machine that doesn't pussy foot about trying to save all the main characters. While the film is nothing but a string of sequences oozing with an overwhelming degree of blood-and-gore, a quantum we haven't seen in Hindi cinema before, it succeeds as its own creature with distinctively desi elements that work alongside the visceral action.
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Saibal ChatterjeeTop Critic· NDTV
7.0
It is taut, tense and terrifically inventive with the acts of staggering violence that it executes inside the coaches of a train hurtling through the night. The film is definitely not for the squeamish.
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Zinia Bandyopadhyay· India Today
9.0
This is an absolute must-watch for all fans of action and otherwise. However, reiterating the point made earlier, you would need to steer clear of it if you can’t digest gore.
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Sukanya Verma· Rediff
8.0
An ultra-violent film about violence, Kill's greatest accomplishment isn't its death count alone but to challenge our perception of violence. If its refusal to resort to misogyny and foul language for hostile effect can lure you into submission, Bhat's livid piece of work deserves to be congratulated for breaking the monotony of superstardom-dictated action bonanzas.
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KILL is one of the best action films of the year, and action fans need to keep this one on their radar. Amrit tears through this gang of bandits with anything he can get his hands on, delivering some of the grittiest and grimiest action seen all year.
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Kartik Bhardwaj· New Indian Express
8.0
This satisfying actioner serves more than just guts and gore, addressing the age-old problem of violent action films by offering substance beyond the bloodshed.
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Catherine Bray· TheGuardian
8.0
Kill's objectives are achieved with an energy and enthusiasm that make it a tasty piece of action cinema which doesn't pull its punches; it's finger-cracking good.
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David Ehrlich· IndieWire
7.5
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat's ultra-violent delight 'Kill' starts as a cheesy action-romance before veering into hardcore, head-smashing mayhem. One of the best pure action movies since 'The Raid'.
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Bollywood Hungama News Network· Bollywood Hungama
7.0
KILL is a violent and stylish action entertainer.
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Rahul Desai· Film Companion
Not rated
Kill is DDLJ reimagined as a gory, gruesome action spectacle that somehow works as both a violent thriller and a romantic drama, delivering awesome entertainment through its brutal execution of familiar tropes.
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Peter Debruge· Variety
Not rated
With 'Kill,' director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat and the fight choreographer of 'Snowpiercer' concoct a singularly intense, Hindi-language martial arts movie.
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Nandini Ramnath· Scroll.in
Not rated
Kill, billed as the most violent Indian movie ever made, is a slaughterfest that begins soon after the train leaves Ranchi for Delhi. The action makes excellent use of the train's narrow corridors and restricted spaces, with unrelenting and unforgiving action choreography. Raghav Juyal is this movie's prize-winning ticket, superbly playing Fani as a formidable adversary.
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Uday Bhatia· LiveMint
Not rated
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat's 'Kill' is a dark, brutal action film that's unlike anything in Indian cinema. The violence in this grisly action film is anything but empty.
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Shilajit Mitra· The Hindu
Not rated
Once Kill gets down to business, it explodes. This is one of the gnarliest Hindi action films set to hit theatres in a long, long while. The action is slick, frantic, propulsive and all the other adjectives you can lavish on a Bollywood film with raw fight choreography and unembarrassing CGI.
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Release Date
3 July 2024
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
Hindi

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