In this film, the fight for survival isn't an elegant ballet in slow motion but a captivating tour de force, a close combat battle where every measure is justified.Īfter Hollywood noticed that little movie, they didn't hesitate to acquire the rights.
The repertoire includes punching, shooting, stabbing and bone breaking with reliable regularity. He too chooses actions that cause the viewer to raise his eyebrow once in a while. While fighting his enemies, our hero is surely no angel that hovers over their apparent barbarity. The conflicts are dirty and gritty, the actions nasty. Here, nothing gets toned down by a cool oneliner, no CGI overkill waters down the action or an act of heroic pathos saves the day in the last second. When The Expendables has the big names and the cool basic idea, The Raid has the guts to bring the goods to the table. The Raid however proves that the opposite is possible. And even then, a catchy title or fancy artwork is mostly the thing that attracts the common video store visitors. An action film originating from Indonesia normally gets lucky when an international distributor picks up the rights and releases it on the big markets.
THE RAID WHERE TO WATCH MOVIE
Films that are not manufactured in the States or other heartlands of movie productions and therefore don't get the media treatment from day 1, rely heavily on word-of-mouth advertising. The Raid is an exception in many aspects.
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