07-08-2025, 02:02 PM
This is Disney? Well, actually it's Hulu.
Kill is a Hindi film - that's right Bollywood. But there's never been Bollywood like this. This is pure ultravi in all its over-the-top sanguineous glory. It's a simple plot, as most decent ultravis are - two commandos are on break and one is following his lover, who just got engaged to another, on a train. Then a dacoit (bandit) family takes over the train. It's up to the commandos to save everyone.
The premise allows for some top notch close-quarter combat and being India, there aren't many guns, at least not until the end, which opens the door to plenty of hand-to-hand, lots of knives, and plenty of improvised weapons like fire extinguishers and lighter fuel containers. The main punk villain (who, of course, finds the commando's lover) wields a kukri with visceral savagery. And this film goes a few unexpected places. It's merciless and brutal - the kind of fights where you throw a knife into an opponent's eye and then kick it through his skull for good measure. Gratuitous throat slitting.
I was dumbfounded to see India cinema go this way. There's often been a brutal side to Indian auctioneers, like cops sodomizing prisoners to torture them, but that's always off screen. This was an in-your-face blood spatter fest. Relentless. Stylish. There's an underlying morality which denies the stakes, but the violence overshadows everything.
Not for the faint at heart. D00M recommended for those of us who still bask in sanguinousity.
Kill is a Hindi film - that's right Bollywood. But there's never been Bollywood like this. This is pure ultravi in all its over-the-top sanguineous glory. It's a simple plot, as most decent ultravis are - two commandos are on break and one is following his lover, who just got engaged to another, on a train. Then a dacoit (bandit) family takes over the train. It's up to the commandos to save everyone.
The premise allows for some top notch close-quarter combat and being India, there aren't many guns, at least not until the end, which opens the door to plenty of hand-to-hand, lots of knives, and plenty of improvised weapons like fire extinguishers and lighter fuel containers. The main punk villain (who, of course, finds the commando's lover) wields a kukri with visceral savagery. And this film goes a few unexpected places. It's merciless and brutal - the kind of fights where you throw a knife into an opponent's eye and then kick it through his skull for good measure. Gratuitous throat slitting.
I was dumbfounded to see India cinema go this way. There's often been a brutal side to Indian auctioneers, like cops sodomizing prisoners to torture them, but that's always off screen. This was an in-your-face blood spatter fest. Relentless. Stylish. There's an underlying morality which denies the stakes, but the violence overshadows everything.
Not for the faint at heart. D00M recommended for those of us who still bask in sanguinousity.
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