Kill: The Best Action Movie of the Year - Review 

The film's concept of a soldier fighting bandits, is actually a real story where an Indian Gurkha soldier Bishnu Shrestha fought off 40 bandits, killing 3 in process and injuring 8 of them with single khukri knife.

Fun fact: The Stunt director for Kill was actually part of the Stunt team for Snowpiercer.

I was the only woman in my theatre and I got to lift my soda cup to a few not-action-hero women kicking some ass along with the hero. But I was there for typical action too, and I definitely got that!

Saw this and there was like 3 Indian guys in the movie theater with me. BEST ACTION movie I’ve seen in YEARS. Hands down this movie deserves so much more attention. Hollywood needs to learn how to do a movie. People need to see this NOW!

I was visiting Tallahassee, 45 seconds into this review, I paused it, looked to see if it was playing, found on screening that was starting in 10 mns, bought a ticket, watched it. Now back to finish this review and it was indeed INCREDIBLE!

I had no intention of watching "Kill" because I thought it would be an over the top non-sensical story with the cliche tropes from Bollywood. I only went to see it because of this review. Dan's right, it is one of the best action films this year and a must see every year. I'm telling others they need to see it.

Finally Dan reviewing Indian movie after RRR. One of few reviewers I trust.

It was quite literally 'A BLOODY RIDE'. I'm so happy to see Dan review this❤

I'm from India 🇮🇳 and I can tell Indian action films are generally substandard.. I always used to think instead of spending so much money on the salaries of established actors why can't they spend the budget by hiring action directors from South East Asia and creating a better product. That is exactly what this production house did. They hired an unknown actor for lead and a stunt director from South Korea🇰🇷. The lead actor had to be trained for 8 months.. The supporting actors were trained for more than 4 months.. The stunt sequences had to be rehearsed multiple times. Hats off to this director and the production house 🏠The results are clearly to be celebrated. You appreciated the lead act , sound design and the music. Rightly so. I like to give a shout out to the cinematographer because shooting in tight spots with limited lighting is a huge challenge. Good work by the editing team as well. Now I can proudly say India 🇮🇳 can produce good action films as well.

No screenings here in Denmark, where American blockbusters reign. Maybe the buzz can motivate a smaller theater relase.

So happy Dan reviewed an Indian movie. A less mentioned but a great achievement was they built the entire set from scratch. Trains in India especially the one shown rattle a fair bit, they have a noise pattern to them....every little such detailed was catered to so that it feels like they were actually shooting in a moving train

A surprise review just like how much of a surprise the KiLL was And the actor who portrayed the villain (Raghav) is not a traditional actor but a famous dancer and his performance is really a surprising one

I am an Indian. From India, yet I hadn’t heard of this movie before. Thank you Dan for bringing this in my radar. The most fun I have had this year in a theatre! ❤❤

My local Regal theater owes you for this one, Dan. I haven't gone to the theater in a few months (as is typical for me when the weather improves in the late spring/early summer), but this review convinced me to go. So I've now got tickets to see Kill after work tomorrow.

My biggest suprise was the villain, Raghav Jugal and unfamiliar to everyone he has been on our Tv screens for decades, he got his start in a dance reality show quickly becoming one of the best Indian dancers and then he became host for a number of dance reality shows and he is funny funny man...most of the nights we see him on tv as a jokester and innocent lovable guy and now to see him in this avatar as the deplorable arrogant villain was one of the biggest surprises of the movie

Saw the first 30 seconds of this review and immediately A-listed my friend and I to catch it a few days ago and I had an ABSOLUTE BLAST! Telling everyone I know to go now, thanks for the head’s up, Dan!!

I’m seeing it tonight at 9:20pm tonight!! I am excited to for an under 2 hour length film to get into me into modern Indian filmmaking!

This is exactly the sort of movie review I'd like to see more of on this channel, Dan. This is the sort of thing Siskel and Ebert would do all the time. They'd put a spotlight on some obscure movie that they thought deserved more attention (Brazil and Blood Simple come to mind, for examples). Please don't only review the mainstream movies that feed the RU-vid algorithm. I'm putting Kill on my list of movies to see. Thanks!

Dan…the reaction I had when you mentioned that “twist” in the movie (the turning point) made me feel something incredible. It’s the exact same feeling I had watching it, realizing what it was turning into and sitting up in my seat in the theater as I was watching it happen. It reminds me why I still love going to the movies so much

Just saw it in the United States, and it definitely lives up to its name. And director does something very ballsy (which everyone can probably guess what it is), and that causes a “flip to switch” in the protagonist and it was carnage after that. It was a definitely an entertaining movie. And I can also appreciate the fact that the protagonist is not your typical invincible guy who takes on a 100 guys without dropping a sweat. He absolutely takes hits and damages as well.

I saw it at it's premiere at TIFF Midnight Madness and having a sold out crowd cheer and groan and shout and clap at every brutal kill was so awesome. I saw it again this weekend and while the crowd was smaller you could feel the OMG vibe. Holds up on a rewatch. I'm with you Dan, see it NOW

I just went to see this earlier today and I had the same reaction. First 40 minutes I was like this is good and totally fine. Then ‘that thing’ happens and it totally went up a few levels. Such a good time.

This is why I like Dan's reviews. I had no idea that this movie existed, but I'll actually go watch it this week because of his recommendation.

This is based on real event where a Gorkha Indian Army soldier stopped a robbery on train (30 to 40 decoits ) and also killed 3 in process with his kukri. The director also mixed in a little bit of his own real life experience of a bloodied robbery on train.

Never heard of this until now but I am SO hyped to watch it! Love that you share all kinds of films from all languages, and especially ones that not many people are talking about!

That’s a pretty hefty endorsement. I’ll definitely give this one a shot

Doesn't seem to be scheduled in any theaters here in Switzerland yet... I hope it will find some places. If not, I guess I'll have to wait for a streaming release.

I saw this film at a local cinema the other day. There were only two other people in the theatre. I loved the film. I haven't seen an action film that good in a long time.

Thank you reviewing this! I saw the title advertised and had no idea what this was about for it to register for me. Now, I have a new film for the list. (I'm in NY, so I can probably see it in the theater,yeah!)

This movie is fantatstic. A few times it does have that super schmaltzy melodramatic romanticism found in Indian cinema. It's something that's so baked into their cinema culture, that even a movie this incredibly brutal touches on it occasionally. I found that fascinating. Luckily there were no big musical numbers!! haha Great great action here. There's a lot of good gags in many of the death scenes too, so it doesn't all feel the same. The audience I was with in my theater applauded at the end too.

What a week for Indian cinema!

I didn't expect this review! I have to say thank you for this. For I was sorta sad when i entered into a sparse theater and had probably one of my top ten action theatre experiences.

That giant dude single handedly smashed two commandos like they were nothing with him being just a random man and they were trained.

the hand combat is really amazing

Let’s hope the original arrives to Europe too. It will be fun to see which Hollywood actor they’ll choose for the remake in a couple of years.

I saw this last night based solely on this review. Was not disappointed. Thank you!

This started playing at the theater where I work and I considered checking it out. Thanks for the recommendation, it’s shot way up on my list.

The main villain played by Raghav Juyal - hands down his best performance so far also a great dancer in India known as slow motion dance king..

So happy to see you review Indian movies!

I like that Indian movies are getting mainstream attention. I hope the American remake doesn’t dumb it down. I’m always amazed how few remakes maintain what made the original so special even though the decisions are entirely in the hands of the adapters. If they don’t think American audiences will respond to the original, why buy it?

I'm glad I caught this review. I would have not been interested in this film without your take. Definitely going to watch when I can.

Thank You So Much dan for Reviewing kill and i am so glad and happy that you loved it very much, easily the best action film of 2024 and i had one of the best theatre experiences of my life while watching it with a packed crowd, here is a few interesting details about the film as you made my day!! - the lead actor lakshya who played amrit took 9 months of training for the film and when you see his bare body without his shirt scene, he did not drink water for 3 days before filming that particular scene. about the main villain guy who played fani, his name is raghav juyal and he is a dancer turned actor 150 litres of fake blood was used in the film and the core idea behind kill came from a real life incident experienced by the director. Every Knife Had A Name - So The Prosthetics Head of The Film, Needed to know the size of the knife 4 months before shooting the film, as he wanted to know whose cheek or eyes this knife is going to go, name of the person and how will it travel from the villains to the heroes and vice versa, and they had to map it 4 months in advance. A Total of 52 different knives were meticulously crafted and each member of the gang had fighting styles tailored to their individual characters ans story arcs. the script contained every action movement down to its minute detail & it took 1 and a half years to complete the script & sound design took 3 months some deleted scenes from the edit & script level - this one they shot and cut it out, he killed a person with a door, but he did not die, he then had to pull him out, take him to a window and kept punching him till his brains popped off in wash room sequence there where 2 more people he burnt alive, he kept the zippo lighter inverted and the fluid was flowing down, he kept the door open and when the came near the door, he pushed them inside and threw a burning object and shut the door and they were burnted alive, If You Want to Know The Behind The Scenes Making of the film, so on the "Dharma Productions" RU-vid Channel They Have Uploaded a video called Making of the train Kill, you will like it. As SS Rajamouli - The Director of RRR said - if there is no emotion backing the action then you will not feel the action scenes in more deeper way. if the emotional states are high and personal then you will connect to the action even more, whatever the emotion may be. and that's what makes kill and even john wick so special for us

I just watched it on Friday! Loved the action as well as how the story allows audiences to decide whether violence at this scale can ever be justified. So excited to see this review, Dan. ❤

Seeing this on Thursday. I've now watched three very positive reviews of it and went from never having heard of it to being convinced it was a must watch.

Very good action flick. I really liked the value placed on the relationships between characters as well. When a good guy or a bad guy got captured or killed, their respective sides felt a sense of urgency about the loss.

Oo it was already on my radar but now that you recommend it, I'll definitely check it out this week

Convinced me to give it a watch. Hopefully, I can find it nearby.

Indian guy here , I watched this movie 3 hrs prior and can't forget the action scenes...never have I seen that stuff except John wick One of the best Indian film after quite a while ❤❤

Just got back from the theaters - this was an outstanding flick!!!

I will 100% watch this on streaming to help support it as much as possible (I live in the rural midwest... it is not available to see in theaters) the way I have w/ other Indian blockbusters like RRR and Enthiran (I'm still learning the cinema, gotta start somewhere)

I hadn't even heard of this but it looks awesome! Thanks for doing the review

9:39 Saw this multiple times in theaters. Told as many people as I could. Took my friend to see it. I was actually telling some coworkers about it today. It’s so good. People should definitely see this before or instead of the remake. Great review!

Just watched this. Didn’t even know about this movie and had no plan to watch until I saw both Dan and Chris Stuckmann gave high praise. It was such a satisfying viewing experience

The name of the movie's antagonist is Raghav Juyal aka "Cockroach". He is a superb professional choreographer and a fabulous dancer.

Kalki 2908, Chandu Champion, and Shrikanth I've seen within the last couple months, summer 2024. I'm not Indian, and I don't speak Hindu, so I appreciate that subtitles are the norm. With many of these Indian films it may be a challenge to find an English review to get an idea of what you're going to get. What you don't get is much time to book these films. They can show up for the day and, poof, gone. Shrikanth followed a guy's journey after getting kicked out of a special school for the blind. The school took his walking stick, his eyes if you will when they sent him out the front door... into traffic. Great scene. Chandu means "looser" apparently. So Chandu Champion is "looser" champion. Yeah, its a sports movie, with some interludes and a good one. Kalki 2908 is a Sci-Fi. romp most people probably didn't know they could see in theaters last week. Think Mad Max meets . . . I'm not sure exactly what, but it was great fun for those three hours! I didn't see Kill this week, so I don't know that I've already missed it for good. You get your money's worth with this Indian films. Wanted something a little different and still very good, usually? I'm jazzed to see a regular English review of ANY Indian movie. More please!

25 minutes in, I was thinking, "It's going fine so far, but no way this movie is gonna keep my interest for almost 2 hours with this premise and setting." I was so wrong. This is one of my favorite action movies from India (and I have watched a lot of Indian movies).

That is how Sisu was. I think I went because of you and saw at my AMC Cinema. Speaking of Sisu, watched the 4K Blu Ray last night. Great movie and nicely shot.

Raghav Juyal has arrived on the Indian film arena. His acting is superb . From a charming dancer to heinous villian the transformation is mind boggling

1:27 The most surprising thing it's based on Real Life story of an Indian Army officer

Woot! Adding this to my watch list!!

Point from where commando flip his switch from containing to kill mode..it made me want more and more…nothing was redundant….after a long time i wasnt bored of action..

Both the monkey man and kill trailers hooked me, but I think kill was a much better made movie. The action was gritty but still believable and never far fetched like the John wick sequels. The main character went thru so much diff emotions. The bad guys were interesting as well. Didn't even know it would get a remake. Definitely watch this original in the theater first if available

The most satisfying kill in the film was the Aunties taking on the big guy. There was a lot to like in this film but one thing that really bothered me was the terrible sound design. Once I realized about a third of the way through that they were just recycling the same small set of sounds it really brought down the film. They were cutting and pasting the same three punching sounds, 2 stabs, and a weird reverberation whenever someone swings something metal regardless of what they strike with it and it just ended up sounding like a fighting video game. The action wasn’t repetitive, it just sounded like it was Otherwise, an interesting film with a strong sense of what it wanted to be and uncompromising in its choices and commitment to action brutality

4:49 He did in several TV shows before finally appearing in film with this. He did have a martial arts background though.

I started listening to this review as it was clear Dan was so positive on it and immediately went out to see it. It was incredible!

Went to see this at a superscreen matinee screening on Dan’s recommendation and wowza! Truly great movie and one that stands out in the genre. Proud to see this type of movie from Indian film makers!

Thanks for putting this on my radar, Dan! Haven't seen a movie in forever, will try to check this one out

Oh mr dan u made my day by reviewing this movie which also blew my mind..but the sad part is despite it being such an amazing movie its not doing the box office it deserves even in india

i watched it in theatre, with very few women...there were scenes which made me stand up from my seat! i felt the movie was epic when i felt the interval came so quickly and when movie got over! the ending song is masterpiece.

5:16 That’s the best way I’ve heard it described. I love it 😍

Hope this premieres in my country!

saw it on Friday its bloodier than most horror movies I have seen

The actor who is hero in this movie used to be the lead actor of the biggest indian serial called porus. I think that serial had the biggest budget, that's why he's so natural on the screen. He used to play the role of king after all.

I was amazed by Raghav Juyal’s acting.. from Dance reality shows to this acting level.. Pretty good

Finally an Indian movie review by Dan

Possibly Seagals UNDER SIEGE 2 or Mathis Landwehr DEATH TRAIN upgrade? Definitely going to check it out even though it's a rehashed formula.

For all the hype, Tiger Shroff has, this man took him over in one movie💥 first monkey man and now this ❤

I hope u also review kalki with indian crowd. But maybe u wouldn't like it that much since it's based on indian mythology connected to future sci fi setting

My only gripe with this movie was the runtime.. 1 HR 55 mins is a bit much. This could have easily been 90 mins , but still a fun bloody ride and the subs were fairly accurate too

Coincidentally i was also alone in my viewing of "Kill" which is very unfortunate, because there were MULTIPLE bone crunching hits, gasp worthy kills, and scenes that were triumphant and horrific in equal measure. Amrit and Viresh were great as the overly skilled commandos, Fani, Fani's father and Siddhi were great villains to watch and at times even sympathetic, despite not rooting for them. The location of everyone on the train could be confusing at times, and the fighting sound design lack some punch i would prefer, but it was a thorougly enjoyable action flick, that turned electric when that title popped up.

2:35 Definitely! Oh my gosh, when it switched, I was confused at first, and then I realized what was happening, and I actually felt gloom and terror for the train robbers 😅

Seeing it this week!

bishnu shrestha fought with 40 robbers in a train from ranchi to save a girl who was going to be raped in front of everyone in train, he was a Indian soilder from gurkha regiment, He killed three of them in the fight and injured eight others. The remaining robbers got scared of Bishnu's brave attack and fled the scene. this movie is based on real event with just movie plots.

Damn..didn’t expect you to review this one!

WOOHOOOO! THANK YOU DAN!!

You can review so many Indian movies if you haven't watched Indian movies yet. We have many great films in our country from different regions. It's just that they didn't got enough recognition due to language barrier and unavailability of those films outside the country. But in this age of OTT, You'll easily find those gems. You can start with swades, 3 idiots, pk, barfi, andhadhun, tamasha, lagaan, taare zameen par, devdas, Zindagi na milegi dobara, badhai ho, badhai do, and many more . These are just hindi films. There are hundreds of great films from different parts of the country.

Dan, please please please talk about Scavengers Reign! It's one of the best shows I've ever seen and needs all the love it can get!

I will look for it on streaming. My small town theater will never show it.

You should watch "Maharaja".

I saw this yesterday and while I liked it, I thought a lot of the action felt a little repetitive by the end of things. I chalk a lot of that up to the setting. You can only do so much with the tight train hallways and to the films credit it pretty much empties the playbook. I also thought Amrit's vulnerability was a little inconsistent. He'll get the shit kicked out of him in one scene and despite a few new visible cuts and bruises, proceed as if he's completely fine in the next scene.

lol great, Hollywood remake of this gem would be so watered down. This movie is great. The only thing I didn’t understand were how the police got involved near the end. Felt like a Deus Machina moment

I don’t care much for bang bang stab stab revenge movies (John Wick type). Sounds like this one might be more than a bloody spectacle. Might give it a shot.

I had no plans to see this movie at all, now I'll be seeing it tonight

I have been wanting to watch more foreign films so the timing is perfect

I didn't see the trailer as I am not too fond of the contemporary approach to trailers. It gives too much away. The review taglines stating that this movie is better than Animal is what piqued my interest. I went in blind and this movie was an exhilarating ride that surpassed any expectations that I had.

The title card comes in after 40 minutes. Till then the movie was just warming up. And when a bad guy says to a hero, “who kills like this?”, it hits different

I'm definitely intrigued! Especially after seeing how amazing RRR is.

Saw this movie today and it's definitely a must watch. I would give it a 9.5 out of 10. Too good

Murrell man reviewing an obscure Indian movie?! fuck yeah babybayy!

man becomes a monster when he has nothing to lose . Thats what this movie depicts