But if you are obsessive about avoiding spoilers, you can read the No Spoilers review.Īs promised by the trailer, Ajay Devgn is a tax official who raids the house of the most powerful and wealthy man in the area, Saurabh Shukla. So, you can read this SPOILER review and still see the movie and enjoy it almost just the same as if you didn’t know what was going to happen. The plot is almost exactly what is shown in the trailer, no real surprises, and yet it is still enjoyable to watch because it is so well-made. Constantly innovative as much as it is brutal, this is a master class of action and will remain a game changer for as long as the genre exists.This was a really good movie. The chances are that you will not find a more high-octane action film taking place in a “realistic” setting. If you don’t mind the most hardcore possible action, you’re gonna have to give ‘The Raid: Redemption’ a spin. Ruhain’s talent and his ability to share it is what truly set’s ‘The Raid: Redemption’ apart from other action films. The villain in this scene, Mad Dog, is played by the lead fight choreographer of the film’s production, Yayan Ruhain, and its very evident. This decrease in pace is no weakness, as it leads to one of the greatest two-on-one fight scenes that you will ever watch. When most of the building’s residents are reduced to corpses, the story is focused on more heavily and the action scenes are slowed down to patient tempo as it narrows down to one plotline. There’s never a chance for negotiation, only live or die. Best found in the wall-hiding scene, the cold-blooded relentlessness of each villain in the story emphasizes that somebody will end up dead at any opportunity. Beyond the fighting, Evans masterfully creates tension. This allows the audience the focus entirely on each moment of action without having to worry to so much about what’s taking place outside of the frame. Its very barebones but it doesn’t matter. The story itself is not deeply riveting, there’s no way around that. Every fight scene is not only innovative to the genre, but flawlessly choreographed with the appropriate cinematography and editing to capture and emphasize all of it. While there are plenty of notable deaths by bullet, the use of guns is over with halfway through the movie, and we’re left to see characters fight with machetes, fists, glass, refrigerators, and countless apartment resources. The action in ‘The Raid’ is at the absolute apex of the whole genre. While you may have never heard of Rama, he may just boast the highest kill count by hand of any movie character in a single installment (not to mention the equally solid ‘The Raid 2’). From this we get the movies title, as he hopes to save and redeem his brother by joining this raid. He carries the plot not only as a survivor, but it loosely revolves around the fact that his brother is a high ranking criminal that runs the building. The officers are massacred almost instantly with few remaining, including our main character, Rama (seen above), played by Iko Uwais. The most similar movie to ‘The Raid’ is easily 2012’s ‘Dredd,’ an almost identical but equally unique and exciting watch. With there are countless action movies that have blatantly copied their stories and plot structure from ‘Die Hard’ (1988), ‘The Raid’ takes the trapped-in-the-building premise to a whole different level without adhering to the overused plot structure. The story is centered around Brimob officers organizing a raid on the building to put an end to the criminal operations, only to be trapped in the building with no option but to kill their way out. It takes place in a sketchy apartment block ran by a brutal gang leader. If there is any movie in the last 10 years that has valued its action over its story and came out maximally entertaining, it has to be Gareth Evans’ ‘The Raid: Redemption’ (2011).ĭespite its Welsh director, ‘The Raid: Redemption’ is fully Indonesian. With how many come out, we’ve seen almost every possible way to fight, hurt, and kill in a Hollywood movie. While many hem and haw about the lack of exciting stories in these movies, which of course still matters, the big problem comes from a lack of innovative action. There are plenty of cutting edge action movies we get each year but the high volume of undercooked action outings has led to giving this beloved genre a somewhat hacky reputation. Modern day Hollywood action films are very effects and set-piece based.
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