The simple description is "Bollywood The Raid", and honestly that concept/simple trailer (and the fact that it cuts straight to the quick by calling itself "Kill") was enough to get me on board. The fights have some of that brutal ferocity and confined mayhem of "The Raid", even if the editing is a little overtightened and the cuts a litle too fast in places, and the bloodwork is satisfying. There are some good kills and a particularly excellent fight involving the Moustache-Sporting Viresh on a bunk bed. All of it is filtered through the very "Extra" Bollywood lense, and an overdone melodramatic style, which honestly kind of works? The insanity and ever-escalting madness are punctuated by a soundtrack which features cocking of shotguns leading into dubstep, and the long, lingering shots of our handsome lead and his manly, bloody pecs are entertaining. It's swinging for the crowd seats with it all, never really reigning it in, and aiming for those emotional highs. Some work, some don't, but it is refreshingly sincere. It loses some momentum towards the end, especially after they gild the lily a little on the 2nd act twist, and whilst the bickering amongst the family does entertain at first, it is repeated too often. But despite the repetition (how many times are they going to capture Amrit and make demands? How many times does Viresh need to get stabbed in the same shoulder, whilst keeping that magnificent moustache squeaky clean?) the casual insanity on display makes this one of the most memorable movies of the year: our main character ends an entire fucking bloodline, and by the second act has become a slasher movie villain, and goes Super-Saiyan about 4 times. It's actually kind of incredible.
I want more visceral, gritty (to an extent, you can take the man out of Bollywood, but not the Bollywod out of the man) action movies like this. Not as good as "The Raid", but what is?
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