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THE RAID IS BACK -- The Raid 2 (2014)

If The Raid: Redemption was a self-contained siege, The Raid 2 kicks the damn doors off and escalates the chaos to a sprawling crime saga. Gareth Evans doesn’t just want to up the body count—he wants to craft a full-blown gangster epic while still delivering the savage, no-frills action that put the first film on the map. Picking up shortly after the events of the first movie, Rama (Iko Uwais)…

THE RAID IS BACK -- The Raid 2 (2014)

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Merantau (2009) – Review

Before The Raid took the world by storm, Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais introduced audiences to a more traditional martial arts tale with Merantau—a film that’s as much a cultural showcase as it is an action flick. Rooted in the Indonesian custom of “merantau,” where young men leave their villages to seek experience in the outside world, the movie blends coming-of-age drama with brutal, bone-snapping…

Merantau (2009) – Review

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Iko Uwais week -- The Raid: Redemption (2011) – Review

When people talk about “non-stop action,” they’re usually exaggerating. The Raid: Redemption doesn’t need to exaggerate. Gareth Evans’ Indonesian martial arts assault on the senses is as straightforward as its plot: a SWAT team is sent into a crime lord’s fortress of a tenement, and all hell breaks loose. That’s it. That’s the movie. And it’s glorious. At a tight 101 minutes, the film wastes…

Iko Uwais week -- The Raid: Redemption (2011) – Review