Special Ops commando Amrit (played by supreme badass Lakshya) is madly in love with the beautiful Tulika, but there’s a big problem: her family has put her on a train heading for New Delhi and toward an arranged marriage. Determined not to lose Tulika, Amrit boards the train and professes his love. Unfortunately for all involved, 40 armed bandits also board the train, terrorizing the passengers and eventually spilling blood, forcing Amrit to take a 1-against-40 stand against the criminals. And by “stand,” we mean a complete evisceration of everyone in his path via hand-to-hand combat and the carnage-fueled deployment of whatever foreign object is within reach. 

Behold, India’s most brutal film ever — trust us, Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s stunning Kill more than earns that billing. The best action film of its kind since Gareth Evans’s The Raid films, it’s a no-holds-barred exhibition of incredibly vicious fight choreography, with each kick, punch and fire extinguisher blow to the skull landing harder than the one before. Never losing sight of its characters and the story’s underlying emotions, Kill is a crowd-pleaser of the highest and most bone-crunching order.––Matt Barone