Everything I love tied up in a bloody bow. Evans and I seem to be cinematic-kindred-spirits, and it's fun spotting all the references and influences - Chan, Woo, Peckinpah, Scorsese, Kitano, Refn, Miike, Noe, Sezuki, 's all up there. Seems to pay homage to Game of Death, Wheels on Meals, and Way of the Dragon all at once. And the one-two-punch of the finale pushes it over the cliff to 11 (simply because Gareth Evans' shit goes to 11). Not sadistic, mind you, but (like the rest of the movie) insanely, Paul Verhoeven-ly violent. The car chase was gleefully (GLEEFULLY) violent.
THE RAID 2 MOVIE STREAMING MOVIE
The muddy prison riot gets the adrenaline going and I hadn't realized the nightclub fight had my heart racing until Yayan Ruhian shanked a guy in his throat and the screen cut to black! Then it goes Hard Boiled and everything from the intro of Bejo's henchmen to "No, I'm done." was brilliant. Watch the last trailer of The Raid 2 (original Indonesian version with english sub-titles) and check when the movie is scheduled in one of Cinmas Guzzos. 000001% here, and I'm telling you this stuff is batshit.
When it comes to knowledge of action/martial arts movies, I'd say I'm somewhere in the top. NO MOAR SPOILERS The action scenes are incredible. Took a genre film hero and fucked his life up. And the "TWO YEARS LATER" text hit me like a ton of bricks. Wipes parts of the slate clean, sets shit in motion, and it gives Rama a reason to hurt a whole lot of people. SPOILERS The shotgun blast to Andi's face was a great way to open the movie. The second one's got the better story - there's a genuine weight and pathos this time around (some very Shakespearean stuff going down with Rama and Uco), something that was really only hinted at in the original, but expanded upon here.
I don't find Berandal slow, at all, but I really enjoy the "all meat, no fat" approach of the first. It grabs you by the balls and it doesn't let go until Rama walks through the gate. The one edge The Raid has is in its pacing.
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