Half is a bloody, violent, cool, road trip for revenge that reminds us movies can simply be fun.

Anyone with siblings understands that the relationship is one of the trickiest ones we navigate as humans. Mostly because we’ve been raised alongside these strangers and have that trauma bond. No one else has had the same front-row seat to watch your parents fail at the parenting gig. Unfortunately, it means they also have the cheat codes to push all your buttons. Whether there is sibling rivalry or not, the situation is weird and can take decades to figure out if these people you share DNA with are friends or foes. That being said, while we can fight our siblings and land those low blows, nobody else better be mean to them. This is one of the smaller threads you’ll pick up watching Half. The action-packed Malayalam-language film proves blood really is thicker than water. It just uses the blood of men who are in the finding-out part of FAFO to do it.

Half introduces us to siblings who fight constantly but have decided to go on a road trip together. Ethan (Ranjith Sajeev) and Ivy (Aiswarya Raj) are living their best half-vampire, half-human lives until some skeevy scavengers interrupt their normal programming. They pull the siblings out of their vehicle, and one of the gang members is a little too gleeful as he disrespects Ivy, the woman he assumes is dead. Obviously, when the siblings awaken, they are justifiably upset. Ivy wants blood, and Ethan doesn’t need to be asked twice to join this bloody side quest. The siblings embark on a vicious and bloody quest for revenge that is a ton of fun to watch.

The script, written by Samjad and Praveen Viswanath, is a vehicle for an action road trip. It feels akin to the 1980s movies that were low-key reasons for men to brawl. Helping to set it apart from those throwback fist flicks is that the film is set in India, and we have Brown people throwing hands. Also, Ivy reminds us that women can be just as deadly. Not only is Ivy a welcome character to keep this from becoming another guys-punching-guys title, but the character is also mute. This means she usually moves in silence and that we have an intersectional character in the middle of all the beatdowns.

Samjad also pulled double duty and directed Half. While it may sound easy letting two hot people play siblings and kickass, the movie has a lot of technical parts to juggle. Like all of the fight choreography, because this title has fights for days. It’s also a western road trip moment, so there are cars and stunts to keep the adrenaline pumping between ass kickings. This movie is filled with spectacle and dipped in more spectacle. However, what it lacks in depth it makes up for in care and carnage. Everything looks and sounds (they need to put Ivy’s playlist on vinyl) amazing, making it hard to deny its spot as an instant banger. The plot is like a bagel, and the violence is the cream cheese; that is the actual reason you got the bagel in the first place.

Don’t go into Half expecting to see something new or heady. It’s not interested in how the siblings became half-vampires. It’s not even really that pressed to go deeper into the plot points that could’ve easily been given more weight. This movie is dealing out fists and fun as it provides a very cool escape from the real world. During times like this, that is a very welcome break. This is a movie for people who love gore, blood, and watching evil dudes get what’s coming to them. It’s also for people who enjoy watching hot Brown people lay the smackdown for almost 96 minutes straight. If you love some punches and kicks in your midnighter vibes, Half might be your kind of party.