The Raid

2012 • 100 minutit

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Deep in the heart of one of Jakarta's most deprived slums stands an impenetrable high-rise apartment block. To most it is 30 floors of Hell to be avoided at all costs but for many of the city's most dangerous killers and gangsters, including the area's most notorious crime lord; it is a fortress-like safe house protecting them from the law. Even for the bravest and most experienced police officers it is considered a no-go area. In a desperate bid to flush these violent criminals and their leader from their haven once and for all, an elite SWAT team is tasked with infiltrating the building and raiding the apartments floor by floor, taking out anyone who stands in their way. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, the SWAT members make their move and enter the block not realising that this is the easier part of the mission. Once inside, it soon becomes terrifyingly apparent that the real problem at hand is surviving long enough to be able to get out again. ( - Serbuan maut) - All Rights Reserved. 2011 Pt.Merantau Films.

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Don't expect any great character development and you'll find a fantastic, quite brutal martial arts film. The first 10 minutes sets up the story, the next 15 looks mostly at gunplay and after that, all hand to hand combat that never let's up. The stars of the film certainly know how to fight and make every contact look real and forceful. Great movie for a night in with the boys.

After having been exposed to the various, distasteful and clumsy action thrillers of today, The Raid has set a new standard. Not only does the fast paced fighting, gruesome setting and polished acting set it aside from its equivalent counterparts, the independence from plot-determined action gives it an edge. A must watch.

Simply put there is more action in these 100 mins than you will find in any Hollywood action pic. The action hits the ground running the moment an elite unit of 20 swat cops enter a high rise to take down a drug kingpin on what turns out to be a suicide mission. It is 30 storeys of pure action at its finest. A must see