Squeaky-clean Uwais turns out to be the proverbial secret weapon, demonstrating silat skills that are made all the more intense by the pounding club music soundtrack by Joe Trapanese and Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda.Jenis, 24 jam, Hours, Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Langkawi, Selangor, Kuala lumpur, Negeri sembilan, Melaka, Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Singapore, Penang, Pulau pinang, Kangar, Alor setar, Ipoh, Klang, Seremban, Ayer keroh, Bandar, Johor bahru, JB, Kota Bahru, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Box, Tayar, 4 6 12 16 18 20 21 22 24 26 28 30, Pro, Profesional, Pakar, Pengangkutan, Transport, Shah Alam, Pekan, Semenanjung, Angkat, Ton, Driver, Terbaik, KL, Pantai, Timur, Express, Restoran, Kedai, Makan, Pakej, Ikut, Seluruh, Mengikut, Berkualiti, Png, Kdh, Local, Out Station, Tip Top, Moving, Kanves, Termurah, Harga Cun, Ktn, Pkn, M'sia, Kilang, Sepantas, Kilat, Untuk, No hidden charges, Khidmat, Selatan, Lumut, Sel, Home, Office, Hantar, G. The team springs from this existential exchange into a full-on physical one, as their pre-dawn cover is swiftly blown and the guns start blasting.Ĭops and viewers both will soon have reason to wonder why so small a team was sent in, shades of the bungled initial Iraq War deployment. “Why us? Why today?” a worried cop asks at the start of the raid, only to be shut down with a curt “Why the f- not?” from another officer.
The baddies have been flouting the law to an extent that requires a response - even in a city where cops habitually look the other way, both for fear and profit.Ĭlosed-circuit cameras, a weapons arsenal and a psychopathic enforcer called Mad Dog (Yayan Ruhian) are just some of the tools Tama has at his ruthless disposal. Uwais is Rama, a rookie in a 20-member SWAT team charged with cleaning a 15-storey highrise of Tama and his legion of thugs. But actor Uwais, also the star of Evans’ earlier actioner Merantau, takes the trope from prayer mat to pummeling with astonishing skill, conviction and empathy. There’s also the “one good cop” angle that has been plundered in innumerable movies. It’s a reminder of a similar (but less grisly) scene in Die Hard, which The Raid bears spiritual blood ties with - and that includes family connections that come to bear on character motivations. The bodies thud onto a plastic sheet in Tama’s penthouse office.
The gore factor is made plain early on when Jakarta drug lord Tama (Ray Sahetapy), whose high-rise fortress is the object of a police raid, dispatches five men with pistol shots and finally a hammer. It’s exhilarating to experience, and Welsh director Gareth Evans and star Iko Uwais have action chops to spare, but make no mistake: this is brutal stuff, with a body count that is high even by genre standards. The winner of the Midnight Madness award at TIFF 2011, where it premiered as simply The Raid, it’s a surge of adrenaline that connects a strong protagonist and story to martial arts moves - traditional Indonesian silat - that are well beyond business as usual. That’s the tagline for The Raid: Redemption, and it nails this superior pulse-lifter while at the same time barely scratching the surface of the genre thrills within. One ruthless crime lord, 20 elite cops, 30 floors of hell. Opens March 23 at the Scotiabank Theatre.
Starring Iko Uwais, Ananda George and Ray Sahetapy.
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