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The Raid: Redemption [Audio: Indonesian]
In Jakarta, Indonesia, the Lieutenant Wahyu organizations deployed an attack on a building which used to be the hotbeds of Tama and his gang. SWAT team was trapped on the seventh floor, they know that Lieutenant Wahyu had not informed his superiors about this situation. Therefore, the police officers had to fight with limited ammunition to fight against gangs who were armed and extremely dangerous.
May 03, 2015
A triumph of fight choreography, spatial relations and precious little else.April 21, 2013
Gareth Huw Evans doesn't swipe plot points as much as organically build a taut, expertly choreographed heir to urban mayhem fantasiesMay 20, 2013
You really have an obligation to see it to witness what has a legitimate claim of being the best action film of all time.February 07, 2017
Incredible fist-pumping fight scenes.November 05, 2013
Hollywood is particularly unsuited to producing sensation cinema these days.April 13, 2012
"The Raid: Redemption" is built on shaky and blood-soaked ground, but if towering technique is all you want from an action movie, then yippee-ki-yay.May 10, 2016
The Raid thrives on a passion for extreme cinema that is rooted more in the universal taste for blood and butchery.August 28, 2013
My only complaint about The Raid is that it ended.April 11, 2012
Evans doesn't bother much with story or character development, instead making his film a kind of brutal ballet.April 09, 2012
The movie is a gory free-for-all, a horror film dressed up as an action film, and it's as pure a shot of adrenaline as any Tarantino fan could wish for.April 19, 2012
The movie gets a little slow when it settles down for some routine dialogue or plot development, but it's never more than a couple minutes before break time is over and it's back to the insane fighting stunts.May 15, 2012
For now, count 'The Raid' alongside the likes of Peter Jackson's 'Bad Taste' or Guillermo del Toro's 'Mimic': a talented young filmmaker flexing his muscles, stating his intent, and promising better things in the future.