New Delhi, March 6 -- Throughout Subedaar, various characters tell retired army man Arjun Maurya (Anil Kapoor) that he's no longer on the border. Sometimes it's a threat, sometimes a plea, but the implication is the same: there are rules to that kind of warfare, whereas the battles waged in his small north Indian hometown are cruel and illogical. "Forget you were in the army," his friend Prabhakar (Saurabh Shukla) urges him. "Welcome to real life." But Arjun is spiralling in his grief and spoiling for a fight.

From the moment we lay eyes on Arjun's shiny new red Gypsy, we know it'll be John Wick's dog. The car symbolises his memory of his wife, who died in an accident while he was away on duty. So, when bratty gangster Prince (Aditya Raw...