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The Raid (Serbuan maut) 2011

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When there's nowhere left to run or hide... you fight or die.

Indonesian action film centred on the police raid of an apartment block, home to the deadliest gangsters and drug lords in Jakarta's criminal underworld. Choreographed by lead actor Iko Uwais (Merantau), The Raid merges traditional martial arts with chaotic gunfights. More

What starts as a tactical, stealthy raid on a criminal safe house soon turns into a fight for survival as the SWAT team’s cover is blown. When word gets out, all exits are blocked, trapping the law enforcers inside the building. The remaining soldiers are forced to fight through the entire criminal army they’re caged with.

The film features music by Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda and composer Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Legacy). This is director Gareth Evans and Uwais' second collaboration after Merantau. Hide

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116 votes / 46 comments The Talk

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    • 100WordReviews

      Good god. When it finished I realised I had been holding my braeth!!!

    • David

      looks good cant wait

    • Kurt

      Hell yes

    • alan

      wow

    • Chris

      Oh thank god yes! I was expecting this to never get released in theaters here. So excited!!!

    • MazRoY

      I Can't wait for this.. This Movie will be TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

    • frafe

      i just pooped myself, this looks freakin awesome!!!

    • tim

      awesoooooooooooome

    • jim

      ouch

    • Alexey

      This. Looks. Awesome!

    • Hodstar

      This looks like it kung foos all that hollywood kaka! My expectation are high!

    • RexH

      Looks as tough as Elite Squad 1 & 2... Definitely going to check this one out!

    • Leon

      lot of action but hardly any story

    • Mark

      This must be a remake of a Chinese/Hong Kong movie with the same story.

    • Gina

      after reading so many rave reviews abt this, I guess this one is a must-see

    • OWEN DLEIF!

      OMG!!!IM LIKE SOOOO INTO IT!<3BUT SEXY!

    • SHANIA

      TOTALLY HOTT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOOOAAA

    • paid

      been waiting a year to see this.. advance Flicks.co.nz screening?

    • Rudz

      Can't wait to see this!!

    • John

      I simply cannot wait to see this. The trailer blew my mind.

    • Rodney-Garcia

      smashing someones head into a wall is the greatest martial art move EVAR!!!!!

    • Christos

      epicxellent

    • Edwin

      I need to stop watching this trailer and watch the bloody movie!!

    • Parker Wayne

      The movie looks like ridiculous fun. I wanna see this!

    • HELIX

      lol, wall bang... Looks pretty interesting though, I might watch it.

    • Lugh Sovani

      bloody...

    • slychick

      Most realistic violent fight movie I have yet to see. Good graphics and awesome stunts.

    • That hurts

      OUCH!

    • Da 1

      Cant wait!!!Nothing like blood & guns with a fusion of martial arts thrown in the mix.Blood orgy!!!Lol.

    • Stigerfroid

      Yeah!!! this is it..Just Pure Brutal Fight The way this action film is meant to be... Can't wait to see this!!!

    • MARIO

      SUPERB!!!

    • CHARLY

      this looks hardcore

    • RICO

      FANTASTICO!! Definitely, Going Watch this kick-ass movie!!

    • Carol

      THIS MOVIE IS BADASS!!!!!

    • zack

      waooowww!!!! cant wait!!

    • Glenn

      Can't wait to see this movie tonight!!

    • Abe213

      This movie is insane and insanely-good. Best soundtrack since 'The Social Network' as well.

    • Sione

      The best action movie ever i've seen!! The fighting was just incredeable!!! wanna watch again this weekend!!

    • al2point)

      Amazing action, felt exhausted watching it as I didn't breath for 90 min.

    • Rocky

      The best action movie ever I've seen! Just amazing!! 100 minutes wasn't long enough for me. wanna watch again!!

    • ASIAN G

      BLOOOOOOOODY GOOD IF YO ROCKIN ACTION MOVIE YO SHOULD WATCH THIS~!

    • AARON

      DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!! WATCH THIS BADASS AWESOMENESS! ACTIONGASM IN EPIC PROPORTION!

    • Semmyth

      Great Action Movie Ever !!

    • Lea Lee

      The best action movie ever I've seen!! 101 minutes nonstop action! seen twice wasn.t enough for me!! going to see again this weekend!!

    • Candy Man

      I just watched this movie....Quick review....The greatest action film i have seen in year's....GO SEE IT. Seriously its that good !!!

    • Bee Williams.

      going to see this tonight, looks amazing!

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  • Rudz

    the best action of the year!!

  • Joel

    Final fight is EPICLY EPIC!! Definitely worth a REWATCH

  • Arief

    Awesome...!!!!

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Steve Newall Flicks Writer

Everything you’ve heard about The Raid is true. This is the best action film in years, one that doesn’t muck around in terms of getting things cracking and barely lets up for its running time. The Raid is rammed full of action sequences, with an unfathomable number of dudes succumbing to guns, knives, hands, fists and other helpful accessories in fashions that will defy audiences to stifle their applause. A masterclass in economical filmmaking, The Raid applies the same brutality you’ll find in its close-quarter combat to the film’s structure, stripping back character development and narrative to the bare minimum required while still treating them as important parts of the film. More

The Raid’s vicious hand-to-hand combat delights with its pace, and the camerawork puts the audience close to the action in a manner that allows us to revel in the physicality of pencak silat, the Indonesian martial art showcased. Whether director Gareth Evans is focusing on repelling wave upon wave of attackers or staging more traditional fight scenes with fewer participants, he does a great job at exciting with the film’s action, capturing a sense of panic when events reach their most frenetic and making viewers invest in his characters in The Raid’s more tense moments. This combination makes for such satisfying viewing that it’s easy to forget how much we’re often prepared to overlook for the sake of enjoying an action movie when apparently this is all someone had to do the whole time – do their best to make it really, really awesome. Hide

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Hyper-Violent Action Heaven

adamatdramatrain Flicks Superstar (?)

If, like me, you like your action movies served hyper-violently with buckets of gore, high-octane plot, brutal characterisation and dynamic direction - then look no further. The John Woo of 'Bullet in the Head' and 'Hard Boiled' days just got reincarnated in the form of Brit director Gareth Evans' Indonesian action flick, 'The Raid.'

Unapologetically violent, 'The Raid' has a straightforward plot - a Police SWAT team go into building full of bad dudes after the baddest dude and... that's it really. They get trapped. They fight. The action scenes are glorious - think 'Old Boy' meets 'Ong Bak' by way of 'Reservoir Dogs.' It's martial arts, gunplay, explosions - the lot - and all handled with gleeful menace and skill.

Be warned though, if you don't share my penchant for hyper-violent movies - this is an R18. 'The Raid' is chock-full of graphic violence and offensive language - and if THAT isn't recommendation enough, I don't know what is :)

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A Bit of the old Ultra Violence

steveisatree Flicks Superstar (?)

You know a movies good when the guy with a bun in his partners oven survives.

Oh and when you kill someone on a broken door frame.

What else could you want.

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What a movie!

Josef A-Lister (?)

Don't let the subtitles put you off seeing this film unless you can already understand Bahasa. You can't help but be immersed in the non-stop action and (necessary) violence. I haven't wriggled around in my seat in a movie for a looong time. I could almost feel every kick and punch. Cracking good fun and a must have when released on Bluray/DVD.

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Movie of the Year

Rooster Nobody (?)

Best movie so far this year. If action is you, go & see it, you won't regret it, you will if you don't

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best martial arts movie since Ong Bak

the-Habit B-Grader (?)

Wow! not only is this a great martial arts movie its also a great old fashioned shoot em up action. The martial arts are amazing in parts but the real greatness of this low budget flick is in the very good story and awesome action. Be warned though...this is R18 for a reason. If you are a hetro male go and see this movie...and dont DL it cause you need to see it on the big screen!

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The Raid: Everyone goes out like a champ

KeefScorsese A-Lister (?)

Everything about this movie is absolutely ridiculous, its repugnant, its senseless, its insane and its bloody good fun. A SWAT team are trapped in an apartment building run by mobsters with their one note henchmen launch to attack. This is a plot line where having fun envisioning it is inevitable.

You can sense that director Gareth Evans was having one helluva time time directing this. He may have enjoyed it even more sitting in the editing room casting his eye over at the abundance of carnage.

A flurry of bullets, machetes and more bullets are lodged in the good, the bad and the unlucky. It is the devil's paradise from a shoot-out gamer point of view - a generation of gamers would greatly appreciate this body count.

But while most action buffs would be lost in the escapism of ultra violence, it is the screen canvas of bullets and machetes which inadvertently serve as the movie's flaw. Yes, there is some nifty no fuss editing which is attempted admirably. However the action runs its course in places, where eventually the bombardment of blazes of glory subdues the viewer.

Or maybe that was the whole point?

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Press Reviews

A.V. Club (USA)

The fight choreography here is blisteringly quick, designed to make the audience gasp, and then cheer. Full review.

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

I am dismayed. I have no prejudice against violence when I find it in a well-made film. But this film is almost brutally cynical in its approach. Full review.

Guardian (UK)

An instant cult hit that carries the funky, illicit thrill of the fleapit and serves as an unbeatable reminder of the gloriously disreputable heyday of VHS. Full review.

Hollywood Reporter

Hard-driving, butt-kicking, pulse-pounding, bone-crunching, skull-smashing, bloodcurdling. Full review.

Variety (USA)

Hand-to-hand, fist-to-face, foot-to-groin battle, with a few machetes and guns tossed in for good measure. Full review.