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.

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!

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

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!

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

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

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 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!

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

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.

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

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.

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 KZfaq algorithm. I'm putting Kill on my list of movies to see. Thanks!

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

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! ❤❤

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’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!

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

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

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!)

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.

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'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.

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!

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.

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!!

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.

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.

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 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?

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" KZfaq 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 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.

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.

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. ❤

So happy to see you review Indian movies!

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.

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.

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.

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).

What a week for Indian cinema!

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..

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

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

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.

Woot! Adding this to my watch list!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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)

Where did you see it in a theater?

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

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.

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

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

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

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 the review. This was not on my radar, but after watching the review I immediately went to see if it was playing at my local theater. This might be in the top two favorite movies I have seen in the theater this year (though admittedly, the amount of movies I have seen in the theater this year is down from previous years). I don't think it will gain the attention that John Wick ended up getting - but can see it having a loyal fan base like Raid: Redemption gained.

Interesting how two movies that take place in India about a main character seeking vengeance came out this year. Monkey Man and Kill. Anyone know which they prefer more?

Hope this premieres in my country!

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

Well put. Can't wait! Please watch it in theatres!

I’m planning to see this movie in 3D! I would have thought it would be playing in more theaters near me but it seems the Hollywood distribution was too low compared to the Indian distributors who regularly release movies in my area every week in multiple theaters and languages. If you haven’t already seen Kalki you should and I hope you do more Indian movie reviews in the future.

Great recommendation, Dan!

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!

Seeing it this week!

This year you should make 2 list at the year end, your best hollywood movie, and your best worldwide movie

Needless to say, you're a great reviewer. I just came to see your thoughts on the movie for about 4-5 minutes, and i didn't even realize how i just ended up listening to your entire review because everything you said were reasonable and nothing extra. Great job, really

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.

Thanks for the recommendation! This sounds like a great date night movie, can't wait to watch

WOOHOOOO! THANK YOU DAN!!

Watch Kalki 2898 as well, i want to hear your thoughts on that 🤔

We saw a trailer for this before Monkey Man back in April and it looked awesome! For me personally it might be a bit too much gore so I will probably skip this (and I'm saving for my visa renewal) but I hope it finds a worldwide audience because the craft on display looks absolutely stunning!

Great review 💥🏵️

I really want to see this movie but they are only playing it at 10pm near me.

The tonal change reminded me of the Nic Cage film Mandy

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

I almost wish this was a situation where a producer had come in to put their name in front of the movie like Tarantino or Jordan Peele to boost the profile of this movie. Though I do understand why David Leitch would want to remake this. While I enjoyed it he did have a stumble with The Fall Guy and I'm sure he thinks he could take this material and do something with it. He seems to have thing for train set movies.

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..

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

Yeah, looking forward to this. However the remake turns out, hopefully this attracts an audience. It would be nice if foreign-language movies could regularly move beyond the limited or specialty release space in the West. Twilight of the Warriors is another international action movie that deserves a mention

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

This movie sounds interesting. Will have to give it a shot if it is playing in my area

It was the most pleasant surprise that Dan covered this movie! I was in the theatre watching an hour before the review uploaded! Wholeheartedly agree with the review and I hope the movie does well financially too!

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

Thank you very much!

Remember the main guy does not kill anyone until the title Kill appears on screen, after that the spider-bot in him activates the kill mode.

Is this a new benchmark for action cinema like The Raid or John Wick movies?

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.

Nice to see Dan cover Kill

Surprisingly AMC and Regal are showing this film but it seems it’s only in distribution for a week 😭

I really enjoyed it and loved the action but i kinda wanted more. On your scale I would give it Its Good raiting.

Not sure about comparisons with John Wick. The film is more in the vein of Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto's films.