Plot
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 8.7/10 (3,538 voted)
Critic's Score: 72/100
Director: Gareth Evans
Stars: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra
Storyline
He thought it was over. After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen - a fight that left the bodies of police and gangsters alike piled in the halls - rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought it was done and he could resume a normal life. He couldn't have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama's opponents in that fateful building were nothing more than small fish swimming in a pond much larger than he ever dreamed possible. And his triumph over the small fry has attracted the attention of the predators farther up the food chain. His family at risk, Rama has only one choice to protect his infant son and wife: He must go undercover to enter the criminal underworld himself and climb through the hierarchy of competing forces until it leads him to the corrupt politicians and police pulling the strings at the top of the heap. And so Rama begins a new odyssey of violence, a journey that will force him to set aside his own life and history and take on ...
Cast: Iko Uwais -
Rama
Julie Estelle -
Hammer Girl
Yayan Ruhian -
Prakoso
Donny Alamsyah -
Andi
Arifin Putra -
Ucok
Oka Antara -
Eka
Tio Pakusodewo -
Bangun
Ryûhei Matsuda -
Keiichi
Alex Abbad -
Bejo
Ken'ichi Endô -
Goto
Epy Kusnandar -
Topan
Cecep Arif Rahman -
The Assassin
Very Tri Yulisman -
Baseball Bat Man
Marsha Timothy -
Cok Simbara -
Bunawar
Trivia:
The principal photography began on January 20th, 2013, and the production wrapped up in the first week of August 2013. See more »
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User Review
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Rating: 10/10
Being said, this is the Sundance Edition; extremely brutal and uncut
violence. It was amazing to hear how the editing had just finished (on
Sunday) only a couple days before the first screening (on Tuesday)for
Sundance. The level of expectations of surpassing the Raid: Redemption
will not disappoint any action junkies. A barrage of set-action
sequences from a muddy prison (uncontrollable chaos) to several people
being decimate with the use of a baseball bat and a pair of claw
hammers (with close-up gore that can only rival horror movies), a
fantastic car chase that might have been the one of the very best
choreographed sequence in recent memory and a final fight scene that
will leave you breathless from its intensity and insanity.
The plot is of a familiar "storyline", yet there are somber moments
from a few characters that help drive the emotional aspect (especially
from the main character's quiet reconnection with his family). It does
feel a bit choppy in certain scenes but, for a 2 1/2 hr movie, it
really does fly on by.
The final fight scene completely out-shined the first Raid. Quite
honestly, it really was an edge-of-your-seat moment. As the director
explains his reason of making such a movie during a Q&A, (paraphrasing)
"I wanted to make a movie that I wanted to see and hopefully there'll
be several hundred people who will enjoy it too."
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