IMDb plot summary: A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
Directed by Gareth Evans. Starring Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, and Yayan Ruhian.
This is a heck of an action movie. It's a fantastic setup that brings to mind a survival horror video game, where the evil creatures who want to kill you JUST KEEP COMING. The score is incredible (the first score I've heard in a long time that's actually been so impressive I paid attention to it). But most of all, the fight sequences are *stunning*. Usually I am bored by fight scenes, and there are a LOT in this movie, but these are truly more like choreographed dances than anything else. Brutally violent choreographed dances, yes, but there's a smoothness and a grace and a creativity to them that makes them so much more interesting to watch. Overall, this is pretty fantastic, and way more fun to watch than I thought it would be.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Raid > Unbreakable
The Raid > Marty
The Raid < The Holiday
The Raid < Carrie
The Raid < The Basketball Diaries
The Raid > Show Me Love
The Raid > Zero Effect
The Raid > Bend It Like Beckham
The Raid < Detroit
The Raid > Coherence
The Raid > Sneakers
Final spot: #626 out of 2834.
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