The Raid: Redemption (2012)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 141
Fresh: 119 | Rotten: 22
No frills and all thrills, The Raid: Redemption is an inventive action film expertly paced and edited for maximum entertainment.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 5
No frills and all thrills, The Raid: Redemption is an inventive action film expertly paced and edited for maximum entertainment.
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As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every every killer, gangster, and thief in the building in exchange fortheir heads. Now Rama must stand in for the team's fallen leader (Joe Taslim) and use every iota of his fighting strength
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Cast
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Iko Uwais
Rama -
Joe Taslim
Jaka -
Doni Alamsyah
Andi -
Yahan Ruhian
Mad Dog -
Pierre Gruno
Wahyu -
Ray Sahetapy
Tama -
Tegar Satrya
Bowo -
Iang Darmawan
Gofar -
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Verdi Solaiman
Budi -
R. Iman Aji
Eko -
Yusuf Opilus
Alee -
Yandi "Piranha" Sutisna
Prisoner -
Hengky Solaiman
Rama's Father -
Fikha Efendi
Rama's Wife -
Umi Kulsum
Gofar's Wife -
Ananda George
Ari -
Yayan Ruhian
Mad Dog -
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All Critics (141) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (120) | Rotten (22) | DVD (2)
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.
Top CriticThe 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.
Evans doesn't bother much with story or character development, instead making his film a kind of brutal ballet.
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.
Because Welsh-born director Gareth Evans has an especially good understanding of how to choreograph and stage the fight scenes, this comes across as a viscerally enjoyable experience.
"The Raid: Redemption" is sheer action ecstasy.
You really have an obligation to see it to witness what has a legitimate claim of being the best action film of all time.
Gareth Huw Evans doesn't swipe plot points as much as organically build a taut, expertly choreographed heir to urban mayhem fantasies
Action so relentless, the stuntmen probably asked for stuntmen.
The movie "Dredd 3D" should have been.
Hyped as one of the most thrilling and enjoyable action movies to come along in the last decade, this is one of the rare occasions where the hype is actually well deserved.
The Raid: Redemption is simply the best action movie of the last decade. Director Gareth Evans films the combat with a trained eye to maximize the intensity and entertainment.
"The Raid: Redemption" will be most successful for people with A.D.D. or just generally short attention spans.
This adrenaline-fuelled spectacle of flying fists, whirling kicks and spurting blood will leave you breathless, exhilarated and shouting for more.
An electrifyingly kinetic and insanely frenetic action flick stacked with a level of violence at which the makers of Grand Theft Auto would marvel.
"Clever" may not be the right word for The Raid: Redemption, but it's certainly economical, compact, and potent.
The rawest and most intense action spectacle we've seen from any country in years, but it fails to grasp the importance of balancing badassery with at least a little maturity.
An unstoppable wrecking ball of an action film that signals the action genre is alive and well...
The Raid: Redemption boasts an outstanding showcase of martial arts and stuntwork. The story might be thin, and the fighting a little repetitive, but The Raid is a knockout low-budget actioner.
The Raid: Redemption Blu-ray sports an attentive transfer and elaborate extras that should more than please any fan of this B movie on steroids.
[T]his is undeniably kinetic and definitely the work of a filmmaker with incredible action chops.
Film critics across the world have been raving about The Raid but are they raving mad? It may be visually dazzling but ultimately is more like a bloodthirsty video game than a great movie.
That the action is vivid and for the most part, unrelenting, is indisputable, but the brain, consistently pummelled as it witnesses bloody orgy after bloody orgy, is undernourished in all other respects.
An action movie so relentlessly exciting and brutal that watching it will leave you feeling black-and-blue and breathless.
Evans, who's clearly an admirer of Walter Hill, John Woo, John Carpenter and John McTiernan, maintains a fierce pace that never lets up.
Possibly the best John Woo film that John Woo never made, The Raid is a skull-splintering slice of wish fulfillment.
Audience Reviews for The Raid: Redemption
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- Mad Dog: Pulling the trigger is like ordering takeout...this is what its all about.
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- Mad Dog: Pulling the trigger is like ordering takeout...this is what its all about.
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- Mad Dog: This is the thing. This is the pulse, This. Is what I do.
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- Andi: That uniform suits on you!
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- Mad Dog: This is what I do.
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- Mad Dog: Pulling the trigger is like ordering takeout..
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March 12, 2012:
Sequel Details Surface for The RaidDirector Gareth Evans and star Iko Uwais have been confirmed for the follow-up, titled "Berendal."
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Foreign Titles
- The Raid (DE)
- The Raid (UK)
