The Raid 2
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After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.
What critics thought
The Raid 2 is broadly praised as a technically extraordinary action film — the choreography, cinematography, and editing consistently draw admiration — but critics split on whether its expanded gangster-epic ambitions justify a runtime nearly double the original's, and whether relentless brutality becomes numbing rather than exhilarating. Most agree it can't replicate the first film's white-knuckle novelty, and that it rewards genre fans far more than casual viewers.
“Sumptuously shot, perfectly paced and flat-out exhilarating, The Raid 2 cements Evans as the best action director working today and may not be the best action, gangster, or even martial-arts movie ever made. But as a combination of all three, it's unparalleled in recent memory”
Matt Risley·Total Film
“appreciate(s) the directing skills on display in The Raid 2, but at a certain point, all of the fighting and killing nearly got to be too much for me. I'm recommending the film, but not in the same way as the last one”
Joey Magidson·Awards Circuit
“it may not have the first Raid's absolute novelty, and the plot is a bit superfluous. But the sheer mayhem-stamina of this followup is really staggering”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“The action stuff in The Raid 2, while likely to alienate the squeamish and summon dark thoughts of cinematic nihilism amongst overthinking highbrows, really IS like nothing else out there”
Glenn Kenny·RogerEbert.com
“Hyper-violent it may be but there is beauty in its brutality”
Amber Wilkinson·The Daily Telegraph
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Gareth EvansDirector
Iko UwaisRama
Arifin PutraUcok
Tio PakusadewoBangun
Oka AntaraEka
Alex AbbadBejo
Cecep Arif RahmanThe Assassin
Julie EstelleAlicia "Hammer Girl"
Very Tri YulismanBaseball "Bat Man"
Ryuhei MatsudaKeiichi
Kenichi EndoHideaki Goto
Kazuki KitamuraRyuichi
Yayan RuhianPrakoso
Joseph TrapaneseComposer
Aria PrayogiComposer
Fajar YuskemalComposer
Dimas Imam SubhonoCinematographyThe Raid 2
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.
What critics thought
The Raid 2 is broadly praised as a technically extraordinary action film — the choreography, cinematography, and editing consistently draw admiration — but critics split on whether its expanded gangster-epic ambitions justify a runtime nearly double the original's, and whether relentless brutality becomes numbing rather than exhilarating. Most agree it can't replicate the first film's white-knuckle novelty, and that it rewards genre fans far more than casual viewers.
“Sumptuously shot, perfectly paced and flat-out exhilarating, The Raid 2 cements Evans as the best action director working today and may not be the best action, gangster, or even martial-arts movie ever made. But as a combination of all three, it's unparalleled in recent memory”
Matt Risley·Total Film
“appreciate(s) the directing skills on display in The Raid 2, but at a certain point, all of the fighting and killing nearly got to be too much for me. I'm recommending the film, but not in the same way as the last one”
Joey Magidson·Awards Circuit
“it may not have the first Raid's absolute novelty, and the plot is a bit superfluous. But the sheer mayhem-stamina of this followup is really staggering”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“The action stuff in The Raid 2, while likely to alienate the squeamish and summon dark thoughts of cinematic nihilism amongst overthinking highbrows, really IS like nothing else out there”
Glenn Kenny·RogerEbert.com
“Hyper-violent it may be but there is beauty in its brutality”
Amber Wilkinson·The Daily Telegraph
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Gareth EvansDirectorIko UwaisRamaArifin PutraUcokTio PakusadewoBangunOka AntaraEkaAlex AbbadBejoCecep Arif RahmanThe AssassinJulie EstelleAlicia "Hammer Girl"Very Tri YulismanBaseball "Bat Man"Ryuhei MatsudaKeiichiKenichi EndoHideaki GotoKazuki KitamuraRyuichiYayan RuhianPrakosoJoseph TrapaneseComposerAria PrayogiComposerFajar YuskemalComposerDimas Imam SubhonoCinematographyRent & Buy