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Director: Nikhil Nagesh
BhatWriters: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat , Ayesha Syed
Release Date: July 4, 2024
Language: Hindi
In terms of relentless graphic violence, Kill seems like a John Wick admirer and spiritual successor of Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal, (thankfully) minus the blatant misogyny. What it perhaps required to borrow from Animal was its outstanding background music by Harshavardhan Rameshwar. Though similar in terms of vengeance driving the plot, Kill displays some form of moral compass.
After witnessing Amrit’s unhinged rage, a psychotic Fani tells the army man, ‘Tum rakshak nahi raakshas ho’. Beyond this one sentence, you wish the writing and characterisation displayed some depth, compelling you to question morality, principles or humanity. The storytelling focuses on brutal combat scenes alone for almost two hours, which are intense, even engaging but a tad tiring beyond a point.
Director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat goes all out in a bid to do justice to the genre. There’s not a single dull moment even when things get repetitive. The director uses violence as a language and glorification of violence is evident, but action thrillers thrive on that so that’s not the issue. A gore fest for action lovers, you might even find beauty in the bloodshed if that’s your thing. Despite witnessing blood spattering, swinging hammers breaking open people’s heads and more, the scene that shocks you the most is a romantic one. Amrit proposes to Tulika in a train toilet!
Kill had the perfect setting to cash in on claustrophobic horror. It makes you squirm with all the violence (as intended), but never reaches a crescendo where fear grips you. That would have been its true victory.
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