If new New Jack City and Dredd (the 2012 version) had a baby, it would be this action packed martial arts masterpiece. The fight choreography was nothing short of amazon. Loved the dark atmosphere of the entire film.
The story and the plot -- weak at best.
But if you like martial arts movies and can handle the often over the top violence, then this movie is for you.
Technically, it's a real achievement. Beautiful action sequences. If that's what you're into, the movie is perfect. If you're into such things as believable characters, sensible plot, interesting themes, you'll probably be disappointed.
Great direction, cool style, and, taken alone, any single fight scene is mindblowing. The problem however is that they're exactly the same for the entire movie. And after an hour of people punching each other in the face a hundred times and grunting I was just about done. Admittedly this is a problem I have with a lot of martial arts films, so maybe it's just my lack of knowledge that results in me not understanding the nuances of the fight scenes, but by the twentieth back flip of The Raid everything just seemed kind of dull and lifeless.
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Better than Dredd.boulderman
Saw this at the London premiere introduced by the directorSobchak
Torgo: Why should anyone care what Ebert thinks?Torgo
For those who are already afraid to watch this movie:http://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120321/REVIEWS/%20%20120329993
jseingaldt
If new New Jack City and Dredd (the 2012 version) had a baby, it would be this action packed martial arts masterpiece. The fight choreography was nothing short of amazon. Loved the dark atmosphere of the entire film.The story and the plot -- weak at best.
But if you like martial arts movies and can handle the often over the top violence, then this movie is for you.
Shaunage
Zero-content trash.munshi_maniac
concept was awesome and so was the action sequences.. i think the plot was weak though..tweet_tweet
I guess Action Movie Fans masturbate while watching this movie! *Ducks*Riqon
Technically, it's a real achievement. Beautiful action sequences. If that's what you're into, the movie is perfect. If you're into such things as believable characters, sensible plot, interesting themes, you'll probably be disappointed.lachyas
Great direction, cool style, and, taken alone, any single fight scene is mindblowing. The problem however is that they're exactly the same for the entire movie. And after an hour of people punching each other in the face a hundred times and grunting I was just about done. Admittedly this is a problem I have with a lot of martial arts films, so maybe it's just my lack of knowledge that results in me not understanding the nuances of the fight scenes, but by the twentieth back flip of The Raid everything just seemed kind of dull and lifeless.Egil
Surprisingly good action movie. Worth a watch.mook
The Raid (2011).Gritty & relentless Indonesian action film with minimal plot but near constant gunplay, weapon fights & martial arts. 8/10.
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Scratch47
Absolutely THRILLING! Yes, it's the best PURE action film since Hard Boiled.onuryz
Lat sau san taam (1992) is thousand times better than this. What about serbuan maut's popularity in the lists? blowed!Showing items 1 – 15 of 42