The Raid: Redemption
- Director: Gareth Evans
- Writer: Gareth Evans
- Cast: Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Iang Darmawan
- Theatrical Release Date: March 23, 2012
- Festivals: Sundance Film Festival
- On The Web IMDB Entry
Synopsis: A swat team is trapped in a rundown apartment block filled with heavily armed drug dealers and killers. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]
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American action movies are almost entirely defined by cutaways, blaring music cues and grunts. "The Raid: Redemption," a hyper-energetic Indonesian martial arts movie, delivers an effective rebuke to that meek norm. Bones break, blood flows and swift, excessively complicated fight choreogr...
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