One other thing worth pointing out is the general aesthetic. Still, everything is lit and shot impressively. Of the combat and the rather stark backdrops for much of This one key fight scene conveys just some of the intensity There's no "shaky cam" work, and the brutality of the confrontations is palpable at all times. But if you dig intense, well-shot fighting in many forms, then you'll love the action in this movie. With The Raid, I did eventually grow less interested in the on-screen mayhem, despite recognizing how extremely well-done all of the action elements were executed. But my engagement will usually wear down after a while, if the action overwhelms the emotional or narrative elements of the movie.
I find myself somewhere in the middle on this - I'll remain engaged for a while in an action sequence, as long as it shows some visual and choreographic creativity. Other people - like my wife - immediately tune out the moment a car chase, fistfight, or gunbattle erupt in a movie. Some people can't get enough well-done fighting and action scenes in movies. The answer for The Raid: Redemption is a definite "Yes!" However, this answer will of course be dependent on how one feels about action scenes. More importantly is whether the action is visually engaging.
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So it's one thing to just pack a movie with action. They acquit themselves fairly well and fight back admirably, but the tension and carnage are never more than one minute or one corner away.
They're getting sniped from nearby buildings, blasted from floors above them, and generally attacked from every angle imaginable. After only about five-minutes of barely-necessary but simply effective "plot" setup, things go totally nuts for Rama and his team. Although I only just saw it for the first time, I remember hearing about it from a few action-loving friends back around 2012, when it really wasn't shown much in the U.S. The Raid: Redemption goes all out as an action/fighting movie. members, Rama, is especially adept at both fighting and seeing the larger picture at work, and he becomes one of the very few members of his team to get beyond the first few floors of the death trap building. The team has to battle its way to the drug lord on the top floor of the blasted concrete structure, fighting through wave after wave of thugs and henchmen armed with guns, knives, and some ferocious martial arts skills. team launches an assault on a building held by a violent, ruthless drug kingpin. The story isn't terribly complex: in a beaten-down, urban neighborhood in Indonesia, a S.W.A.T. I can see why it quickly became such a beloved classic among fans of the genre. The film is a presentation of Sony Pictures Classics.A martial arts/action movie tour-de-force that I finally got around to watching. The film is a production of Merantau Films in association with Celluloid Nightmares and XYZ Films. The film is produced by Ario Sagantoro and executive produced by R. The Raid is written, edited and directed by Gareth Huw Evans, and stars IkoUwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy and Tegar Satrya. Already a word-of-mouth sensation at the Toronto Film Festival, where it played to sold out crowds, the film is now poised to reach global audiences with a propulsive new score by alternativerocker/composers Mike Shinoda of “Linkin Park” and Joe Trepanese of “M83”.
Recently named one of 2012’s “Directors To Watch” by Variety – Gareth Huw Evans reteams on The Raid with Iko Uwais, the star and fight choreographer of thecult sensation MARENTAU – which first brought the Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat to global attention. Now Rama must stand in for the team’s fallen leader (Joe Taslim) and use every iota of his fighting strength – winding through every floor and every room to complete the mission and escape with his life. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange fortheir heads. Check out the new featurette for Gareth Huw Evans’ The Raid – the title altered slightly to The Raid: Redemption.Īs 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.
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