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Rating: 6.5 stars

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All movies seen on 04/12/2014

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The Raid 2 (2014)

Directed by Gareth Evans

Action | Drama | Crime

Most recently watched by archstanton43, PeterMartin, sleestakk, zombiefreak, Angjonesy, Javitron, schofizzy, jcdeleon1, noahphex

Overview

After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.

Rated R | Length 150 minutes

Actors

Iko Uwais | Arifin Putra | Tio Pakusadewo | Oka Antara | Alex Abbad | Cecep Arif Rahman | Julie Estelle | Very Tri Yulisman | Ryuhei Matsuda | Ken'ichi Endô | Kazuki Kitamura | Yayan Ruhian | Cok Simbara | Roy Marten | Epy Kusnandar | Zack Lee | Deddy Sutomo | Marsha Timothy | Donny Alamsyah | Mike Lucock | Henky Solaiman | Haryadi Anwar | Pong Harjatmo | Aditya Antika | Patty Sandya | Tegar Satrya | Fikha Effendi | Thomas Nawilis | Mulyadi Marlon | Hari Pratama Lubis | Ardani | Ferouz Ahmad Pero | Warsono | Simon Pitta | Raffa Putra R. | Thahir Alrafi M. | Kenny Mayang Sari | Nabil Alata | Makmur Effendi | M. Bagus | Suradi Tanadi | M. Heny Sulaeman | Nancy Gratia Cycling | Cheppy Haryadi | Aira Sondang | Raja Khalid | Edy Tambudo | Dicky Syahputra | Thamrin Sutra | Ferdian Ariyadi | Saifan Nur | Kusyantono | Adi Ariyono | Anom Perkasa | Kristian Agung | Safaringga | Yolla Primadona Jampil | Zuli Silawanto | Asep Haerudin | Fihrin Jerry | Saad Afero | Hanata Rue

Viewing History (seen 6 times)

Viewing Notes

I like The Raid quite a bit, though perhaps not as much as others. It’s a compact, tense little movie that keeps the plot straightforward, though not without its twists, and rightfully focuses on the amazing action.

I don’t mind that The Raid 2 isn’t a repeat of the same thing (though I can’t say I’d have minded that) but it feels like a movie that got lost in the editing room. It sets out to be a much more expansive drama but falls short by continuing to rely on massive action set pieces. These feel like small movies on their own and serve to over-elaborate points in the larger story that could have been much more succinct.

While I do love the action, and there is some amazingly choreographed violence in this movie, I think I’d have rather seen a tighter focus on the story that would have minimized the fighting, or conversely, a movie that focused on the action that reduced the amount of drama.

It was great to see characters from both Macabre and V/H/S/2 show up in this, and the soundtrack is excellent!

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