![]() ![]() ![]() Wahyu (Pierre Gruno), whose motives gradually come into question. Family will eventually resurface as a theme, somewhat justifying the Redemption subtitle added by the film's American distributor. Uwais plays Rama, a rookie cop who is introduced while praying to Allah and doing warm-up exercises, then kissing his pregnant wife farewell. Instead, the movie mixes ferocity and sentiment, a formula familiar from the Hong Kong movies that are among Evans' principal models. There's no comedy in The Raid, aside from battlefield flourishes so excessive they summon aghast guffaws. First, though, he'd have to reveal a sense of humor. ![]() ![]() This is the second film they've done together, and the agile Uwais could someday be as beloved in the U.S. The scenario is simple but effective - and not as complicated as the film's back story: This unexpected breakthrough for Indonesian cinema was made by a Welshman, writer-director-editor Gareth Huw Evans, who sidestepped an apprenticeship in the British film industry by moving to Jakarta.Įvans discovered his star, Iko Uwais, while making a documentary on silat, Indonesia's answer to kung fu. But this electrifying movie isn't just a collection of gory moments. Arguably the most dynamic Asian action film since the 1990s peaks of John Woo and Tsui Hark, The Raid: Redemption works as sheer gladiatorial ballet: An Indonesian SWAT team fights its way, hand to hand and floor to floor, through a towering inferno of a tenement. ![]()
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