The Raid: Redemption (Indonesia)
Review
I manage to get hold of a copy called the Raid after hearing many positive review on this movie in particularly of the action scenes. After watching it, i can conclude that the storyline was just average and direct, the acting was also so-so but the action was relentless, forceful and the execution was just perfect. The movie plot is simple with a band of police swat team on operation to capture a kingpin holed up in an apartment full of criminals. A simple raid suddenly becomes complicated and dangerous when they are locked inside and the criminals started to exterminate the police team one-by-one. From then on, it is fighting all the way to the top from both sides. The action sequence is extremely believable, fast and vicious. I didn't really expected that an Indonesian movie can be on par with some of the best action movie that Hollywood can offer. The fight sequence by lead action and martial artist, Iko Uwais was extremely good and to me, it is almost equivalent with Hong Kong martial art actor, Donnie Yen. The highlight of the fight sequence in this movie must be 2 against 1 combat between Iko Uwais and Donny Alamsyah against another great martial artist in Yayan Ruhian. The fight sequence is approximately 15 minutes and you can almost feel the pain and bone crunching of all the 3 actors. In short, it could have been a great action movie if they can improve on the dialogue and scriptwriting as well as doing some better editing. However, all the flaws in this movie be ignored when the action starts and that is why it is one of the best movie that comes out from Indonesia.
Verdict:
I give this a 3 star out of 5.
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