The Raid Redemption (2012) - Movie Review
Movie Review: The Raid Redemption This movie came and went in the blink of an eye in the theaters ( at least here in India) but turns out this has been a top dog when it came to International movie festivals. Some tout this to be the BEST (EVUH) action movie of the last decade. One of my friends did manage to get a dekho and called it kick-ass’est ever action movie. They weren’t wrong. Raid Redemption is an over-the-top balls-to-wall adrenaline rush of flying fists, whirling kicks and high-octane action sequences that literally explodes onscreen leaving you gasping and shouting for more, if you’re a martial arts movie fan. An Indonesian martial arts movie, directed by Welsh born Gareth Evans, the Raid doesn’t make any pretense at having even a minimalist plot or character development. It’s an all-out unapologetic slug fest with blood spurting and bones crunching every five seconds. While you take a breather when short tense dialogues spoken in Indonesian dialec...