Kill: parents' guide
Best for ages 17 and up. Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, grisly images and language.
An extremely gory Hindi-language action thriller that is only for older teens with a strong stomach. An army commando fights a gang of armed robbers through the cars of a moving overnight train, and after the first act nearly every scene is a brutal, close-up killing. A gang member gropes and sexually threatens a young woman, who is later murdered, a child is stabbed to death, and other children are held at knifepoint as human shields. The English subtitles include the f-word and some crude sexual talk, and there is no drug content. The relentless gore, the death of a child and the sexual threat are why we suggest 17.
What's in it
Violence
StrongNonstop close-up killings with knives, hammers, an axe, chains and fire, including a partial decapitation, a head crushed with a fire extinguisher and a man set alight. A woman is groped and sexually threatened (it goes no further), then murdered; a child is stabbed to death.
Language
ModerateModerate overall, and all of it in the English subtitles, which are sometimes harsher than the Hindi: the UK ratings board lists the f-word along with s--t, bulls--t, bastard, prick, piss, ass and moron. There is also crude talk about having balls.
Sex and nudity
ModerateNo sex scenes or nudity. A couple talks about eloping and he proposes with a ring. A robber makes crude remarks about men watching sex cams, phone sex and porn, and one line refers graphically to anal sex. The groping is covered under violence.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
NoneNeither Common Sense nor the UK ratings board reports any drinking, smoking or drug use; nearly the whole story takes place in the cars of a moving train.
Scary or intense scenes
StrongSustained terror from start to finish: families with children are trapped with killers, hostages have blades at their throats, bodies hang inside a coach, a close-up shows brain matter, and survivors weep over murdered loved ones.
Sensitive topics
- Sexual assault
- Death of a child
Worth talking about
The film asks whether a soldier who kills without mercy is really different from the murderers he fights. Is revenge ever a good enough reason for violence?
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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, bbfc.co.uk, the MPA, Wikipedia. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.