The Raid: Redemption

Starring Some Indonesian geniuses.
Wow and double wow! That's the only way to describe this movie. For the serious martial arts and shoot em up film buff, this movie is more than enough to hold you over for the next 10 years.
Our "story" (and there aint much of one) concerns a special forces unit on a raid in a building that is owned and operated by a crime lord. The building and opposing police are both heavily armed and the goal for the good guys is simple, take out the main bad guy hiding inside.
What sounds simple on paper soon turns complicated within the first few minutes as our heroes soon find themselves grossly outnumbered and with no back up.
O.k now on to the blood bath of literal jaw dropping fight sequences and ear popping shoot outs. I dont even know what was more impressive but would have to give the hand to hand sequences the edge as they were far more creative than anything I have seen in a long long time. Imagine Jackie Chan in his prime and now imagine he gets his ass handed to him. The level of expertise showcased here by the stars and stuntmen alike is unequaled in anything I have ever seen in film.
I cannot even stop there with how great it truly is, so heres another paragraph. This is better than Rambo and Crouching Tiger hidden Dragon if the two were to have a film baby. I mean that film baby would get beaten up by the Raid. This is so good that you dont even care about the fact that its in a different language. It transcends language.
Featuring actual martial arts champions and genuine fight scenes this one easily trumps anything that Hollywood has produced recently ie the entire Bourne series and anything else remotely offering fight scenes shot with a budget. The money here is virtually absent and yet we are left with some of the most crisp and mind bending choreography this side of a Michael Jackson video.
Now to cement my opinion on this one in grand and audacious fashion. The Raid is better than Die Hard and Enter The Dragon combined. I said it.
See it.

Rating 5 broken backs out of 5

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