Spectacular, and spectacularly violent, Bollywood thriller Kill shoots for the, well, you know

  • 📰 globebusiness
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 47 sec. here
  • 3 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 25%
  • Publisher: 66%

Noastack News

Criticspick

For action-movie purists, writer-director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s Kill needs no translation. Bite your tongue, and keep your kicks high

A film that answers the likely unasked-till-now-but-still-important question of what would happen if John Wick boarded the train inPushing the limits of Bollywood’s typically conservative tolerance for blood and guts, writer-director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s feature is built on a number of sly narrative and stylistic tricks that gradually cement its status as aThe film opens with a strain of chaste romantic melodrama that might be more familiar to fans of co-star Tanya Maniktala, here playing a...

Without spoiling the details of this twist, the delayed moment of narrative and aesthetic acceleration is also when the director finally drops the film’s title card on-screen, resulting in one of the best late-movie “opening” credit moments sinceFinding inventively lethal uses for everything from curtains to fire extinguishers, Amrit is a one-man killing machine who might even scare off Mr. Wick, and Lakshya conjures the hero with frightening ferocity.

Inspired by the real-life phenomenon of Indian train robbers dubbed “dacoits,” Bhat’s film ingeniously amps up the stakes by having all the goons be members of the same extended family. When one is dispatched, the other is driven to furious action to avenge his fallen uncle, cousin or brother. And as the body count rises on both sides, the film toys with the concept of just what “family honour” means to different clans and classes.’s own director Chad Stahelski.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 31. in ENTERTAİNMENT

Entertainment Entertainment Latest News, Entertainment Entertainment Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Victoria's Jimbo comes home with drag show spectacularThere’s singing, dancing, jokes, clowning and some very pointed impressions, including a take on Shirley Temple and Joan Rivers.
Source: timescolonist - 🏆 15. / 75 Read more »