Review: "The Raid: Redemption" is a dramatically lightweight but viscerally powerful martial arts flick
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Film Rating: B+ As a visceral action experience, Gareth Evans’ Indonesian martial-arts film “The Raid” is hard to beat. I can safely say I’ve seen very few other films that demonstrate such an awe-inspiring command of tension, action staging, and fight choreography. The film literally moved me to the edge of my seat multiple times, my mouth gaping open in amazement and terror at the on-screen chaos. It’s rare for a film to elicit such strong physical responses from the viewer, but there is a raw, spectacularly violent power to “The Raid” that cannot be denied.
Review: "The Raid: Redemption" is a dramatically lightweight but viscerally powerful martial arts flick
Review: "The Raid: Redemption" is a…
Review: "The Raid: Redemption" is a dramatically lightweight but viscerally powerful martial arts flick
Film Rating: B+ As a visceral action experience, Gareth Evans’ Indonesian martial-arts film “The Raid” is hard to beat. I can safely say I’ve seen very few other films that demonstrate such an awe-inspiring command of tension, action staging, and fight choreography. The film literally moved me to the edge of my seat multiple times, my mouth gaping open in amazement and terror at the on-screen chaos. It’s rare for a film to elicit such strong physical responses from the viewer, but there is a raw, spectacularly violent power to “The Raid” that cannot be denied.