“Yeah, I'm thinking I'm back!” The revenge thriller didn’t start with , but sometimes it seems like it ended with him. While Keanu Reeve’s hyperviolent murder sprees may have rejuvenated the genre, they’ve also led to a . An assembly line of fading celebrities looking to slaughter their way to the top of the box office quickly sprang up, subsequently watering down a genre that fans have loved ever since Charles Bronson murdered a bunch of dudes .
But half a century later, one movie proved that the revenge thriller still has some juice. Written and directed by star Dev Patel, pushes the revenge thriller to delirious new highs by taking the movies that built the genre (in a interview, Patel cites everything from to to and injecting them with a timely warning about the rise of Indian nationalism. Combine all that with a first-time director showing incredible confidence and flair, and you get one of the best revenge thrillers ever made — and easily the best of 2024.
just made its streaming debut on Peacock (aka, the place you go to watch old episodes of ). Here’s why it’s worth checking out, and what you should know before you take the plunge. stars Patel as Kid, a young man on a quest for revenge.
Years earlier, a callous religious leader had his village razed to the ground, and during the massacre, a corrupt police chief murdered his mother. To pull off his plot, Kid gets a job working at a brothel where India’s elite congregate, and he slowly makes his way up.
