The title certainly gets straight to the point. It would be deeply unsurprising if the pitch for Kill were “The Raid on a train”, because that’s pretty much exactly what it is. Just enough story setup to give us context, and then a relentless procession of torsos being bludgeoned, arms being sliced and heads being pounded into mulch by fire extinguishers. It’s breathtakingly violent – and outrageously entertaining.

Our hero is Amrit, a commando whose girlfriend Tulika has been entered into an arranged marriage. Neither Amrit nor Tulika want this marriage to happen, so Amrit sneaks aboard the train her family are taking in a bid to get her back. Unfortunately, a gang of vicious bandits is also on board, and it’s up to Amrit to kill them all and save the day.

So yes, the story here is very minimal, but that really isn’t a problem for a movie like this. Like The Raid before it, Kill knows exactly why we’re here and doesn’t waste time getting to the good stuff. We spend just long enough with Amrit and Tulika to get invested in their relationship, even if the musical cues every time they encounter one another do lay the sentimentality on a bit thick. Once we’re on the train, though, it’s down to business, and that business is Amrit killing the hell out of a whole lot of bad guys.

The setting lends itself well to the kind of vicious, up-close action on display here, and director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat makes the most of the cramped, claustrophobic carriages. The sense of danger is palpable and Amrit takes enough punishment to slow a Terminator down, to the point that it almost strains credibility that he keeps picking himself up. The key word there is almost, however, because it doesn’t really matter if he should have bled to death several times over when the action’s as fun as it is.

Kill is the most graphically, unashamedly violent film this writer has seen in quite some time, and the sheer amount of brutality is something to behold. If what the BBFC refers to as “injury detail” isn’t your cup of tea, you’d be better off skipping this, because the only punch Kill pulls is not having guns factor into the action in a meaningful way.

In addition to the aforementioned bit with the fire extinguisher, one poor mook gets pile-driven into a toilet bowl and there’s a particularly creative – and absolutely hilarious – death reserved for one of the main villains. If you were laughing like a hyena when John Wick used a book to kill that massive guy in the library at the beginning of Part 3, you’ll be in heaven with this.

The only real sticking point is how confusing the plan of battle can be. Maybe having the characters simply move from the back of the train to the front would have been too reminiscent of Snowpiercer, but that structure meant we always knew where the good guys were, where they wanted to go and who stood between them and their goal. Here, on the other hand, people are constantly moving up and down the train, sometimes climbing over the roof, and keeping track of where everyone is can be needlessly headache-inducing.

That’s the only major issue with it, though. A more fleshed-out narrative wouldn’t have gone amiss, but it isn’t necessary, and Kill absolutely delivers where it counts. If you’re craving an action movie that’s properly brutal and sheds enough blood to fill a train carriage, you’ll definitely want to buy a ticket to Kill. It’s a heck of a ride.