Straight after the raid’s massacre, Rama goes undercover to expose the corruption within the police force, no matter how deep the rabbit hole goes.
There have not been many sequels that were expected to be better than the first instalments. Especially when the ones that spawned the sequels were shockingly good. Well, The Raid 2 is one of these exceptions, with Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais pushing the bar to the limit.
Starting two hours after The Raid: Redemption (2011) and ending up two years later, The Raid 2‘s uncut violence almost tripled the body count, got banned by the Film Censorship Board of Malaysia, was censored in the US, got an audience member faint at the Sundance Film Festival world premiere and mesmerised millions of martial arts fans, and action junkies all over the world.
Although the first cut is around three and a half hours long, the final cut is still almost 50 minutes longer than the first “Raid.” It features 150 minutes of gory deaths, phantasmagoric car chases, extreme martial arts, over 60 types of guns, police corruption, mob hits, Rama going berzerk, and… “Hammer Girl,” “Baseball Bat Man,” and “The Assassin.”
Directing, Editing, DOP, Choreography, Stunt coordination, and all cast and crew deserve a standing ovation. The opening sequence is amazing, and the second act is stunning. The grand finale fight scene took 6 weeks to prepare and 8 days to film. It’s an ABSOLUTE MUST!!!
P.S. If you are interested, this is how Gareth Evans shot the “how-the-f@!#-did-they-do-that” car chase scene (IMDb, 2019)
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