How did I just now discover "The Raid: Redemption" movie?

[Jeeebus]

Holy shit... this movie was like an arcade fighting game came to life, drank a case of energy drinks, and then had sex with Bruce Lee's mom. I am entertained.

Will definitely watch the next one, uhh, next.

One observation though:

Slicie Slicie Dicey Die. Dude carves up a dozen guys in the hall with a knife and/or machete. Couple minutes later they're walkin through the hall... nahh, leave the knife - I haven't fucked anyone up with my fists yet so I want to give the army of neverending goons a fair fight. I was like "PICK UP THE GODDAM KNIFE!"

 

[Annisman*]

That main character is the most gifted (movie) martial artist I've ever seen, the things they make him do are ridiculous.

 

[zinfamous]

what are you talking about and is this on normal internet movie services that modern humans use?

 

[sdifox]

This movie

The Raid (2011 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I think I saw it on Netflix but that was awhile ago.

Just checked, it's on YouTube, Netflix and Amazon.

The Raid 2 is worth a watch as well.

 

[Exterous]

That main character is the most gifted (movie) martial artist I've ever seen, the things they make him do are ridiculous.

Better than Tony Jaa? (personally I preferred The Protector to Ong Bak - you just gotta get past the first 15min)

This movie

The Raid (2011 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I think I saw it on Netflix but that was awhile ago.

Just checked, it's on YouTube, Netflix and Amazon.

The Raid 2 is worth a watch as well.

Oh I remember that movie. Don't think I ever saw the sequel but time to fix that

 

[Jeeebus]

Watched Raid 2 today. Not nearly as fun as the first movie - mostly because they tried too hard to have a plot and it wasn't particularly well-developed. Movie was still super entertaining though with even more carnage than the first. Kinda hard to look at hammers the same way again. Yikes.

The martial arts in these movies is insane. Definitely worth the watch.

 

[Exterous]

Watched Raid 2 today. Not nearly as fun as the first movie - mostly because they tried too hard to have a plot

Yeah some of the best action/martial arts movies realize that you don't really need a plot. We don't want exposition or deep character development. Oh you're going to kick the asses of 45 bad guys in a cool way? I'm in! Don't care why

 

[DigDog]

Exterous is correct.
The "The Raid" guy does all closeup shots and tons of cuts; Tony Jaa does wide-shot, long take scenes in full.

 

[pmv]

I saw both of them. The second one was OK, but the plot was 'sprawling' to say the least and I kept wondering 'how is this guy still standing?'. Reminded me of the Fast Show sketch 'the long big punch up'. The first had a more classic plot/set-up.