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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, first up is Kaithi (2019), an Indian action-thriller about a man who has just been released from prison, excited to finaly visit his daughter for the first time. Uh-oh, his release just so happens to coincide with a huge clash between drug-busters and a powerful gang, and he finds himself caught in the crossfire. He is soon forced by the powers-that-be to cooperate with the law if he ever wants to see his daughter again. Tension escalates from there as he tries to avoid dying. It has received rave reviews all around, being frequently compared to Die Hard (1988), and Is one of the highest-rated Indian films on Letterboxd. Director Lokesh Kanagaraj specializes in gritty action films like this, such as Coolie (2025) and Vikram (2022), neither of which we have yet watched. This is his best-reviewed film to date.

After that is Thunder Road (2018), a black comedy about a divorced cop (Jim Cummings) who goes on a feature-length meltdown after the stresses of his personal and professional career finally crack him. Will no one give this man the help he needs to get his life on track? We’ll have to watch to find out, but we can expect a whole lot of over-the-top antics along the way as he takes his frustrations out in any way he can. “Cringe comedy” and “sad comedy” are frequent descriptors in the film’s reviews, which are excellent. Jim Cumming also directs; he also helmed the werewolf horror The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020), which we have not yet watched, though this is his best-received film so far.

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CWs for Kaithi:

  • Blood and gore.
  • Beatings.
  • Police brutality.
  • Alcohol.
  • Smoking.
  • Drug use.

CWs for Thunder Road:

  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Death of parent.
  • Spitting.
  • Fat jokes.
  • Nudity.
  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Stabbing.
  • Fistfighting.
  • Smoking.
  • Drug overdose.

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